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Scales in lateral line 22 or 23, 5 +2 or 3; 7 or 8 scales above lateral 

 line, 11 below, 10 to 12 predorsal. Scales with 17 to 20 basal radi- 

 ating striae; obsolete apical radiating striae 40 to 43; circuli fine. 



D. IX, 11, I or 12, I, ninth spine 43^ to 4 3^ in head, first branched 

 ray 2J4 to S}4; A. Ill, 12, i, third spine 4^ to 5%, first branched 

 ray 2^ to 33^; caudal 1% to 1^, truncate, slightly convex as 

 expanded; least depth of caudal peduncle 234 to 2%; pectoral 1% 

 to 1^; ventral 2i/g to 2}4. 



Deep Vandyke brown generally, each scale with vertical pale or 

 grayish line and on small scales as gray or pale spots. Buff line 

 across interorbital from one eye to other. Dorsals brown, edged 

 narrowly buff or greenish and on median part of rayed fin small gray 

 ocelli with dark ring-like borders. Anals dull brown, with median 

 marginal greenish longitudinal bands. Caudal brownish, with green- 

 ish marginal and median tints and with small gray spots. Pectoral 

 base brown, like trunk, fin pale brownish medianly and pale greenish 

 terminally and marginally. Ventral brown, front edge and some 

 spots obscurely greenish. Iris pale brown. 



Red Sea, East Africa, and Mauritius to the East Indies and the 

 Paumotus. Neither Riippell or Giinther show the caudal fin spotted. 



8769. Lahuy Island. June 11, 1909. Length, 263 mm. 



A983. Binang Unang Island, Celebes. November 17, 1909. Length, 220 mm. 



Genus STETHOJULIS Gunther 



Stethojulis Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 140. Type 

 Julis strigiventer Bennett, designated by Jordan, Genera of Fishes, vol. 3, 

 1919, p. 308. 



Hinalea Jordan and Jordan, Mem. Carnegie Mus., 1923, p. 69. Type 

 Julis axillaris Quoy and Gaimard, orthotypic. 



Body oblong, compressed. Mouth small. Canines small, close- 

 set, upper short, lower as cutting edge; large posterior canine each 

 side. Scales large, 25 to 30 in lateral line. Head scaleless. Scales 

 on chest and breast usually enlarged. Lateral line complete. Fins 

 low. Dorsal spines short and pungent, 9, rays 11. Anal spines 3, 

 rays 11. Caudal convex or truncate behind. 



Small reef fishes of the Indo-Pacific, brilliant and ornate. Some 

 of the species are so constant in their association as to suggest they 

 may be sexually dimorphic. 



ANALYSIS OF THB SPECTEJS 



a'. Stethojulis. Thoracic scales but slightly enlarged; flanks below with 



small white spots or longitudinal bands, latter when present above 



median axis of body incomplete. 



&'. Lower flanks with many longitudinal rosy bands; pectoral base without 



band or spot; small black ocellus on last dorsal rays and another at 



bases of upper caudal rays strigiventer. 



