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body color of paratype extends to base of anal fin); a black mark 

 nearly as long- as eye and about equal in width to the diameter of 

 pupil extending diagonally upward from midposterior edge of eye, 

 this mark bordered with a bicolored band which is pale inwardly and 

 black outwardly, the band extending along lower edge of eye half way 

 to upper lip; anterior nostrils in a dark-edged pale blotch, the flap 

 pale, the cirri dark brown; an elongate pale spot on maxillary; 2 small 

 pale spots anteriorly on snout next to upper lip; upper edge of eye 

 black; spinous portion of dorsal fin brownish, soft portion dark brown 

 on basal scaled part, rays light yellowish, membranes with a pale 

 yellowish band just above scaled basal part, this separated by a dark 

 line (better seen on paratype) from upper hyaline part of fin mem- 

 branes; caudal fin pale yellowish like caudal peduncle except for very 

 narrow black margins on upper and lower edges of fin; anal fin brown- 

 ish, almost as dark as spinous portion of dorsal fin; pectoral fins brown 

 basally and in middle of fin, becoming pale yellowish outwardly ; pelvic 

 fins brownish with pale yellowish rays, the lateral edge of fins dark 

 brown. Life colors not recorded. 



Remarks. — Named hicolor in reference to the contrasting dark 

 anterior and pale posterior parts of the body. 



Of the 5 species of Paracirrhites with postocular marks, which might 

 be termed the arcatus complex, hicolor seems most closely related to 

 nisus. 



Genus Cirrhitops Smith 



Cirrhitops Smith, 1951, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 12, vol. 4, pp. 627, 637. (Type 

 species, Cirrhites fasciatus Bennett, by original designation.) 



Diagnosis. — Uppermost 2 and lower 6 pectoral rays unbranched; 

 dorsal soft rays 14 (rarely 15) ; a few small teeth anteriorly on palatines; 

 upper thi'ee-fifths of free margin of preopercle finely serrate, lower 

 two-fifths smooth; preorbital without a free hind edge; interorbital 

 not scaled; 5 rows of large scales on cheek; 4 rows of large scales above 

 lateral line in middle of body; depth of body about 2.8 in standard 

 length; snout length about 3.5 in head length; snout not pointed, 

 profile from interorbital to upper lip convex; a tuft of cirri from 

 membrane near tip of each dorsal spine; membranes between spinous 

 portion of dorsal fin moderately incised, the one between fifth and 

 sixth spines notched about one-third of spine lengths; longest dorsal 

 spine about 2.3 in depth of body; first dorsal soft ray not produced; 

 longest pectoral ray (tenth) reaching to or slightly beyond origin of 

 anal fin, this ray about 1.5 times longer than longest branched ray of 

 fin; uppermost simple pectoral ray (ninth) intermediate in length to 

 lowermost branched ray (eighth) and longest unbranched ray; pelvic 

 fins reach anus; caudal fin truncate. 



