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5b. Hind edge of maxillary reaches or extends posterior to a vertical at 

 front edge of eye; fifth dorsal spine the longest; first dorsal soft 

 ray decidedly longer than more posterior rays (35 mm. standard 

 length or greater) ; no groups of 20 or more dark spots forming 

 bars anteriorly on body (ludo-Pacific and tropical eastern 



Pacific) oxycephalus 



2b. Longest dorsal spine 2.2 to 2.6 in body depth; depth 2.2 to 2.5 in 

 standard length; lower 7 (occasionally 6) pectoral rays unbranched. 

 6a. Pelvic fins reaching anus; color not as in 6b. 



7a. Median anterior part of interorbital space and region between nos- 

 trils scaled; color in alcohol uniform pale yellowish brown (orange 



or yellow in life) (Japan and China) aureus 



7b. Median anterior part of interorbital space and region between nos- 

 trils not scaled; color dark brown with a pale yellowish caudal fin 

 which is sparsely spotted with blackish and has a broad blackish 



posterior border (Gulf of Oman and Red Sea) calliurus 



6b. Pelvic fins not reaching anus; color rosy with light longitudinal lines and 



a large ill-defined dark blotch below soft portion of dorsal fin; a dark 



spot behind upper edge of preopercle (India) (after Day) . . bleekeri 



lb. Lateral-line scales 52; 4 rows of scales above lateral line in middle of body; 



dorsal soft rays 13; anal soft rays 7; snout length about 3 in head length 



(Reunion Island, Indian Ocean) guichenoti 



Cirrhitichthys aprintis (Cuvier) 



Figure 26 



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



des poissons, vol. 3, p. 76 (type locality, Timor). 

 Cirrhites graphidopterus Bleeker, 1853, Natuurk. Tijdschr. Nederlandsch-Indie, 



vol. 4, p. 106 (type locality, Amboina). 

 Cirrhitichthys aprinus Bleeker, 1876-77, Atlas ichthyologique . . ., vol. 8, p. 146, 



pi. 303, fig. 1 (East Indies). 

 Cirrhitichthys aprinus Ramsay and Douglas-Ogilb}', 1886, Proc. Linn. Soc. New 



South Wales, vol. 10, p. 575 (Shark Reef, Port Jackson, Austraha). 

 Cirrhitichthys analis Fowler, 1938, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 85, p. 48, fig. 18 



(type locality, Jolo, Philippines). 



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

 i,7,vi; lateral-line scales 41 to 43; 3 rows of large scales above lat- 

 eral line in middle of bodj"; 9 or 10 scales below lateral line to origin 

 of anal fin; gill rakers 4 or 5 + 1+9 to 11 (9 specimens, Philippines 

 and East Indies). 



Depth of body 2.4 to 2.7 in standard length; snout 3.5 to 3.8 in 

 head length; longest dorsal spine 1.8 to 2 in depth; bony interorbital 

 space about 1.7 in eye of adults; median anterior part of interorbital 

 space and region between nostrils scaled; profile of head, excluding 

 eye, with a marked indentation above eye; serrations on preopercle 

 17 to 22 (at standard lengths greater than about 45 nmi.); pre- 

 orbital unsealed, its free hind edge usually wdth one to a few spines; 

 maxillary ending beneath anterior fourth of eye; fu'st dorsal soft 



