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eye united by transverse spot, fourth on snout and forehead, fifth 

 transversely on opercle membrane. Front part of back with 6 to 8 

 reddish violet longitudinal bands formed by confluent spots; hind part 

 of back with 4 yellow cross bars edged with violet, scarcely extending 

 below lateral line; each scale on sides with violet transverse spot. 

 Dorsal with 3 rows of red blue edged ocelli and blue intramarginal 

 line. Anal with 2 or 3 undulated red blue edged bands and with a 

 blue intramarginal line. Caudal with similar ocelli as dorsal. Pec- 

 toral with black spot superiorly at base. Black ocellus superiorly 

 at caudal root. (Giinther.) 



East Indies. Known from the Philippines by Cartier's description 

 of his nominal Platyglossus uhayensis, which we place with the present 

 species. He describes above median line each side of body with 3 

 silvery white, irregular, small spots, first under last dorsal spines, 

 second under fifth dorsal ray and third below ninth dorsal ray. His 

 example 80 mm. long. Bleeker gives the maximum size 102 mm. 



HAUCHOERES NOTOPSIS (Valenciennes) 



Julis notopsis (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 vol. 13, 1839, p. 485. Guam. 



Platyglossus notopsis Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerl., vol. 1, 1862, p. Ill, 

 pi. 41, figs. 1-2 (Java, Bawean, Sumatra, Batu, Biliton, Celebes). — 

 GuNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 4, 1862, p. 154 (Java, Sumatra, 

 Batu).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 3, 1877, p. 398, pi. 84, fig. 4; Fauna 

 British India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 404. — Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. 

 Fisher., vol. 27, 1907 (1908), p. 266 (Calayan).— Guntheu, Journ. Mus. 

 Godeffroy, vol. 8 (16), 1909, p. 268, pi. 142, fig. A. (Society Islands).— 

 Beaufort, Bijd. Dierk. Amsterdam, vol. 16, 1913, p. 130 (Saonek). — 

 Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 375 (Savu). 



Julis (Halichoeres) phaiopus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 4, 1853, 

 p. 291. Cauer, Sumatra. 



Depth 3 to 33/g; head 2% to 2^, width 2% to 2}4. Snout 

 3% to 33^; eye 3% to 4, 1 in snout; maxillary reaches ^ to eye, 4 3^ 

 to 4^ in head; interorbital 4 to 43^, convex. Gill rakers 7 + 9, 

 lanceolate, short. 



Scales in lateral line 22, 5 + 1 ; 5 scales above lateral line, 10 below, 

 10 predorsal. Scales with 19 or 20 basal radiating striae, apical 12. 

 to 14 ; circuli fine, coarser apically. 



D. IX, 12, I, ninth spine 2^ to 2% in head, first ray 23^ to 2^; 

 A. ni, 12, I, third spine 3% to 3%, first ray 2% to 2^; caudal 13^ 

 to 1%, convex behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 23^; 

 pectoral 1% to 1^; ventral 23^^ to 23^. 



Body chocolate generally. About 6 white longitudinal lines across 

 head that usually become broken as spots. Black ocellus, larger than 

 eye, at front of soft dorsal. Also black ocellus, smaller, at front of 

 spinous dorsal. Dorsals and anals dark brown, spotted whitish. 

 Caudal white. Pectoral pale grayish. Ventral dusky. Iris brown. 



