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Cirrhitops hiibbardi (Schultz) 



Figure 19 



AmUijcirrhitus hubbardi Schultz, 1943, U.S. Nat. Miis. Bull. 180, p. 132, fig. 12 

 (type locality, Enderbury Island, Phoenix Islands). 



Diagnosis. — Dorsal rays X,14; anal rays 111,6; pectoral rays 

 ii,6,vi; lateral-line scales 52; 4 rows of large scales above lateral line 

 in middle of body; 11 or 12 scales below lateral line to origin of anal 

 fin; gill rakers 4 to 5 + 1 + 12 or 13 (4 specimens). 



Color in alcohol brown shading to light tan on lower half of body, 

 with 4 rows of white spots on the side and a large jet-black spot on 

 caudal pedmicle; a blackish area on opercle composed of several ir- 

 regular black markings; vertical dark lines on lips; irregular small 

 dark spots and lines on head and chest. 



Color from a 35 mm. kodachrome transparency taken of a specimen 

 70 mm. in standard length from Makatea in the Tuamotus by the 

 author: body brown on back, shading on sides to brownish orange, and 

 becoming white on abdomen; 4 lengthwise rows of white spots on body; 

 caudal peduncle light orange with a large black spot ; head and chest 

 with irregular rows of small spots and short lines, those on dorsal part 

 of head brown and those ventral to eye bright red; a group of spots 

 and irregular short lines on opercle at level of lower edge of eye 

 darker than other head markings; dorsal fin mottled with red; caudal 

 fin light red, abruptly light orange at base; anal fin pale; paired fins 

 pinkish. 



Remarks. — Smith (1951, p. 637) placed hubbardi in the synonymy of 

 cinctus {=jasciatus) , stating that it is almost certainly the juvenile 

 of fasciatus. Although these 2 species are obviousl}^ very closely 

 related, they do appear distinct. The color pattern of hubbardi is 

 definitely not the juvenile color of fasciatus. W. A. Gosline kindly 

 checked specimens oi fasciatus in the collection of the University of 

 Hawaii down to 26 mm. in standard length and reported them looking 

 "pretty much like the larger ones." 



C. hubbardi is presently known only from the 3 small type specimens 

 from the reef of Enderbury Island, the single spechnen from the 

 Tuamotu Archipelago, and a specimen in the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia (No. 84311), 79 mm. in standard length, with 

 no locality but labelled "probably Oceania". The specimen is 

 cataloged as a type; however, Henry W. Fowler informed the author 

 that the name he proposed has not been published. 



C. hubbardi and C. fasciatus, as mentioned, are closely related. 

 They may represent allopatric species, the former being restricted 

 to Oceania except Hawaii. Further collecting is necessary to verify 

 this. 



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