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Brown generally, scarcely paler below, with 5 transverse narrow 

 pale or whitish vertical lines, more or less irregular and broken or 

 becoming indistinct with age. Each scale with slightly darker vertical 

 central blotch, more or less darker and pronounced on breast and 

 belly or about edges of body. Along median axis of body row of 

 small round black spots, one at middle of each dark broad vertical 

 band, latter reflected upon bases of dorsals and anals, also pale 

 dividmg lines. Three small black spots behind eye, also 1 or more 

 followed by 1 or 2 more. Head otherwise pale below, with vertical 

 deep brown variable streaks, formed as 4 pairs across mandible. 

 All markings on lower surface of head strongly contrasted. Iris 

 brownish yellow. In darker areas noted above on vertical fins, fine 

 waved, vertical, dark lines and formed as G faint cross-bands on caudal. 

 Pectoral uniformly pale brownish. Ventral pale, finely ribbed, with 

 deep brown to blackish, with tinge of dusky medially to fin. 



Easily distinguished from Duymaeria Jlagellifera by its variegated 

 or finely blotched appearance. 



Type.— Cat. No. 89969, U.S.N.M. 



20473. Catbalogan, Samar. April 16, 1908. Length, 72 mm. Type. 

 18382. Cebu market. April 4, 1908. Length, 69 mm. Paratype. 

 18343. Port Usin, west of Pinas Island. December 17, 1908. Length, 56 mm. 

 Paratype. 



Genus LABRICHTHYS Bleeker 



Labrichlhys Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 6, 1854, p. 331. Type 



Labrichthys cyanotaenia Bleeker, monotypic. 

 Thysanocheilus (not Thysanochilus Philippi 1857) Kner, Anz. Akad. Wiss. 



Wien, 1865, p. 185. Type Thysanocheilus ornatus Kner, monotypic. 

 Thysanochilus Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 7 (15), 1881, p. 242. 



Type Thysanocheilus ornatus Kner. 



Body oblong, compressed. Head pointed. Lips fleshy. Canines 

 anteriorly 4 above, 2 below; hind canine present each side. Head 

 covered with small scales, much smaller than on body. Scales in 

 lateral line large, 25 to 27. Body scales pass out well over bases of 

 all vertical fins. Lateral line complete. Dorsal fin with 9 spines 

 and 11 rays. Anal with 3 spines and 10 rays. 



One species in the Indo-Pacific. 



Labrichthys caudovittatus Steindachner ^^ can not be admitted to 

 the present genus as the dorsals and anals are scaleless. 



Elera has reported Labrichthys rubiginosa,^^ which is a species of 

 Pseudolabrus, from Luzon, Santa Cruz, and Cavite. As no species of 

 Pseudolabrus has been found in our collections we prefer to consider 

 Elera's record as doubtful. 



1' Sitz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 107 (1), 1898, p. 783, pi. 1, fig. 3. Suez. 

 "Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 550. 



