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The type of hemistictus (No. 1874.11.2.5), a specimen 153.5 mm. 

 in standard length, from Raiatea, is in the British Museum. 



This species is known in the tropical Pacific from Guam (Fowler, 

 1925), Phoenix Islands (Schultz, 1943), Society, Tuamotu, Gilbert, 

 and Marshall Islands, and from one locality in the Indian Ocean, 

 Cocos-Keeling Islands. Fm'ther collecting will probably dispel the 

 present discontinuities in its range. Apparently the largest species 

 of the genus; both forms are known to attain at least 190 mm. in 

 standard length. 



Two specimens at the Museum of Comparative Zoology are labelled 

 as collected by Garrett in the Hawaiian Islands. This locality is 

 probably an error, for Giinther did not list any Garrett specimens 

 from Hawaii, and the species has not turned up in other extensive 

 collections from this archipelago. 



Paracirrhites arcatiis (Cuvier) 



Figure 13 



Cirrhites arcatus Cuvier, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829, Histoire naturelle 

 des poissons, vol. 3, p. 74 (type locality, Mauritius and Tahiti). 



Cirrhites vittatus Cuvier, 1829, Le r^gne animal . . ., vol. 2, p. 146 (after Renard 

 pi. 18, fig. 102). 



Diagnosis. — Dorsal rays X,ll; anal rays 111,6; pectoral rays 

 ii,5,vii or ii,6,vi (usually with lower 7 rays unbranched) lateral-line 

 scales 45 to 50 (see table 2); 5 rows of large scales between lateral line 

 and spinous portion of dorsal fin; 11 large scales below lateral hne to 

 origin of anal fin ; gill rakers 4 or 5+1 + 11 or 12 (20 specimens, Society 

 and Tuamotu Islands). 



Table 2, — Lateral-line scales of species of Paracirrhites of the arcatus complex 



1 50 lateral-line scales on one side, 52 on other. 



