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5b. Body deep and compressed, the depth 2 to 2.4 in standard length 

 and the width 2.9 to 3.1 in depth; dorsal soft rays 13; palatine 

 teeth absent; upper margin or preopercle coarsely serrate; lower 



6 pectoral raj's unbranched Neocirrhites (p. 403) 



4b. Rows of large scales on cheek 4 to 6 (small scales also usually present). 

 6a. Rows of large scales between lateral line and spinous portion of 

 dorsal fin 5; a single cirrus from membrane near tip of each dorsal 

 spine; membranes of spinous portion of dorsal fin not deeply 

 incised, those between longest dorsal spines extend four-fifths or 

 more of distance from base to tips of spines; palatine teeth absent. 



Paracirrhites (p. 404) 

 6b. Rows of large scales above lateral line in middle of body 3 or 4; a 

 tuft of cirri from membrane near tip of each dorsal spine; mem- 

 branes of spinous portion of dorsal fin deeply incised, those 

 between longest spines extend less than two-thirds of distance 

 from base to tips of spines; palatine teeth present or absent. 

 7a. Dorsal soft rays 14 (rarely 15); first 2 pectoral rays unbranched; 

 free posterior margin on preorbital; interorbital not scaled; 

 snout not pointed, the profile from interorbital to upper lip 



convex Cirrhitops (p. 419) 



7b. Dorsal soft rays 1 1 or 12 (rarely 13) ; first pectoral ray unbranched, 



second usually branched; free posterior margin on preorbital 



present or absent; interorbital scaled or not scaled; snout pointed 



or not pointed. 



8a. Palatine teeth absent; longest dorsal spine 3.5 to 4 in depth; 



snout not pointed, profile from interorbital to upper lip 



convex Isocirrhitus, new genus (p. 422) 



8b. Palatine teeth present; longest dorsal spine 1.7 to 3.2 in depth; 



snout pointed, profile from interorbital to upper lip nearly 



straight. 



9a. Preopercular margin finely serrate; preorbital without a free 



hind margin; interorbital scaled; first dorsal soft ray not 



produced into a filament; lower 5 (rarely 6) pectoral rays 



unbranched Amblycirrhitus (p. 423) 



9b. Preopercular margin coarsely serrate; preorbital with hind 

 margin free for about }i to }2 distance from lower edge to 

 eye; interorbital not scaled; first dorsal soft ray usually 

 produced into a filament; lower 6 or 7 pectoral rays 



unbranched Cirrhitichthys (p. 429) 



3b. Caudal fin lunate, the lobes produced; dorsal soft rays 16 or 17. 



Cyprinocirrhites (p. 443) 

 2b. Snout elongate, its length about 2 in head length; body slender, the depth 

 4.4 to 4.6 in standard length; canine teeth in jaws only slightly longer 

 than inner villiform teeth and nearly uniform in size. 



Oxycirrhites (p. 445) 



Subfamily Isobuninae 



Genus Isobuna Jordan 



Isobuna Jordan, in Jordan and Herre, 1907, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, p. 158. 

 (Type species, Paracirrhites japonicus Steindachner, by original designation 

 and monotypy. New name for Paracirrhites Steindachner, preoccupied by 

 Paracirrhites Bleeker.) 



