428 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM vol. in 



Tuamotu Archipelago. A 43-mm. specimen from Tahiti and 3 speci- 

 mens from 43 to 51 mm. in standard length from the Solomon Islands 

 were sent on loan from the British Museum by A. C. Wheeler. Largest 

 specimen examined, 67 mm. in standard length, from Kwajalein. 



Ainblycirrhitus oxyrhynchos (Bleeker) 



Figure 24 



Cirrhitichthys oxyrhynchos Bleeker, 1858, Natuurk. Tijdschr. Nederlandsch-Indie, 

 vol. 15, p. 205 (type locality, Goram Islands, East Indies). 



Cirrhitichthys oxyrhynchus Bleeker, 1876-77, Atlas ichthyologique . . . vol. 8, 

 p. 146, pi. 303, fig. 4. 



Diagnosis. — Dorsal rays X,12; anal rays 111,6; pectoral rays 

 i,8,v; lateral-line scales 40; 3 rows of large scales above lateral line 

 in middle of body; 10 scales below lateral line to origin of anal fin. 



Longest pectoral rays reaching a vertical through base of third anal 

 soft ray; depth of body 3.1 m standard length; origin of dorsal fin 

 over hind margin of opercle; lower jaw projects slightly anterior to 

 upper; longest dorsal spine (sixth) 2.3 in depth of body (2.6 to 3.2 

 for other species of AmhlycirrMtus) . 



Color of body and fins rose with 8 near-vertical bro\\m bars or 

 elongate spots on body and 3 bars on head ; a round dark brown spot 

 on back at rear base of soft portion of dorsal fin (after Bleeker's 

 description and figure). 



Remarks. — M. Boeseman kindly examined the holotype (No. 5842) 

 at the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historic at Leiden. He verified 

 Bleeker's fin-ray counts, length sho^vn for the pectoral fin, and slight 

 jutting of the lower jaw. The following measurements were made: 

 standard length 43 mm.; total length 52 mm.; body depth 13.8 mm.; 

 snout length 4.2 mm.; longest dorsal spine 6 mm. The margin of 

 the preopercle above the level of the center of the eye bears 15 small 

 serrations. Color markings are no longer visible on the specimen. 



De Beaufort (1940, p. 10) erroneously placed oxyrhynchos in the 

 synonymy of Cirrhitichthys oxycephalus Bleeker. 



Fowler (1959, p. 288) recorded oxyrhynchos from Fiji without seeing 

 a spechnen. He based his record on an entry in the catalog of the 

 Museum GodefFroy. Otherwise known only from the type locality, 

 Goram Islands. 



Ainblycirrhitus unimacula (Kamohara) 



Figure 25 



Cirrhitoidea xmimacula Kamohara, 1957, Rep. Usa Mar. Biol. Sta., vol. 4, pp. 

 2, 30, fig. 19 (type locality, Somachi, Ryukyu Islands). 



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

 i,8,v; lateral-line scales 48; 4 rows of large scales above lateral line 



