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long, extending to anus and usually to origin of anal fin; lower un- 

 branched rays of pectoral fin markedly longer than upper branched 

 rays, the uppermost unbranched ray usually the longest; caudal fin 

 truncate. 



Key to the Species of Amblycirrhitus 



la. Lateral-line scales 38 to 45; pectoral fins reach or extend beyond origin of 

 anal fin; dorsal soft rays 11 or 12; ocellated black spot on opercle present 

 or absent. 

 2a. Dorsal soft rays 11; upper Yz to ^i of preopercular margin serrate; small 

 pale spots on head, anteriorly on body, and on dorsal fin. 

 3a. Depth of body 2.3 in standard length; dorsal profile from snout forms 

 an angle of 48° to horizontal; lateral-line scales 45; upper 2 pec- 

 toral rays unbranched (based on a single 93 mm. specimen) (India). 



indicus 



3b. Depth of body about 2.7 in standard length; dorsal profile from 



snout forms an angle of about 35° to horizontal; lateral-line scales 



41 to 44; upper pectoral ray unbranched (West Indies and Florida). 



pinos 



2b. Dorsal soft rays 12; upper Yb to % of preopercular margin serrate; no small 



pale spots on head, anteriorly on body, or on dorsal fin. 



4a. A large dark brown or black ocellated spot on opercle; head not crossed 



with 3 vertical dark bars; longest dorsal spine about 2.7 in depth 



of body (Indo-Pacific) bimacula 



4b. No large dark brown or black ocellated spot on opercle; head crossed 

 with 3 vertical dark bars, the first running ventrally from eye, the 

 next 2 on operculum; longest dorsal spine about 2.3 in depth of body 



(East Indies) oxyrhynchos 



lb. Lateral-line scales 48 to 50; pectoral fins do not reach origin of anal fin; 

 dorsal soft rays 11; ocellated black spot on opercle absent (Rj'^ukyu 

 Islands and Formosa) unimacula 



Amblycirrhitus indiciis Fowler 



Figure 21 



Cirr lilies fascialus Cuvier, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829 (non Bennett), 



Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, p. 76, pi. 47 (type locality, Pondich^ry, 



India). 

 Cirrhitichth ys fascial us Day, 1888, Fishes of India . . . , suppl., p. 788 (Madras) ; 



1889, Fauna of British India, Fishes, vol. 2, p. 145. 

 Amblycirrhitus indicus Fowler, 1938, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 85, p. 49 (new 



name for Cirrhites fasciatus Cuvier, preoccupied by C. fasciatus Bennett, 



1828). 



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

 ii,7,v; lateral-line scales 45; 4 rows of large scales above lateral line 

 in middle of body (one specimen, Pondichery). 



Depth of body about 2.3 in standard length; dorsal profile from 

 snout forms an angle of 48° with a line from tip of snout to center 

 of caudal fin; longest pectoral rays (tenth and eleventh) nearly reach a 

 vertical through origin of anal fin (from Cuvier's illustration; rays 



