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front of lowest pectoral rays; eighth and ninth rays of pectoral fins 

 the longest, reaching to a vertical at base of fourth anal soft ray; 

 length of pectoral fins l}i length of pelvic fins, Iji in head length. 



Color yellowish bro\vn with a diffuse golden yellow spot in the 

 center of each body scale (after Steindachner). 



Described from a single 150 mm. specimen from Japan. The total 

 number of pectoral rays, number of gill rakers, number of vertebrae, 

 presence or absence of air bladder, and presence or absence of cirri 

 distally on dorsal fin membranes and at rear edge of anterior nostril 

 are not known. 



Subfamily Cirrhitinae 



Genus Cirrhitus Lacepede 



Cirrhitus Lacepede, 1S03, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 5, p. 2. (Type 

 species, Cirrhitus maculatus Lacepede by monotypy = Labrus pinnulahis 

 Schneider. Spelled Cirrhites by some authors.) 



Diagnosis. — Uppermost and lower 7 pectoral rays unbranched; 

 dorsal soft rays 11 or 12; palatine teeth present; upper margin of 

 preopercle finely serrate or smooth; preorbital \^dthout a free hind 

 edge; small scales on cheek; 4 rows of large scales above lateral fine in 

 middle of body; depth of body 2.6 to 3.4 in standard length; snout 

 length 2.7 to 3.8 in head length; a tuft of cirri from membrane near tip 

 of each dorsal spine; membranes of dorsal fin not deeply incised, the 

 one between fifth and sixth spines notched one-third or less of the length 

 of the spines; longest dorsal spine 2.2 to 3 in body depth; pectoral 

 fins do not reach origin of anal fin; pelvic fins reach or nearly reach 

 anus; caudal fin slightly emarginate to slightly rounded. 



Key to the Species of Cirrhitus 



la. Lateral-line scales 38 to 44. 



2a. Supraorbital ridge low; pectoral fins not reaching vertical at tips of pelvic 



fins; longest unbranched pectoral rays only slightly longer than longest 



branched rays. 



3a. Supraoccipital crest visible as a low ridge; no scales on interorbital 



space; no small white spots on head, bodj', and fins (white blotches 



nearly as large as eye present on body) (Indo-Pacific) . . pinnulatus 



3b. Supraoccipital crest not visible externally; a narrow median band of 



scales on interorbital space; small white spots on head, body, and 



fins, those on body arranged in about 12 lengthwise rows (Niuafoo 



Island, near Tonga Islands) albopunctatus 



2b. Supraorbital ridge high and prominent; pectoral fins reach slightly 



posterior to vertical at tips of pelvic fins; longest unbranched pectoral 



rays nearly one-third longer than longest branched rays. 



4a. Supraorbital crest not hooklike and extending more than half an eye 



diameter in distance posterior to eye; scales on thorax not markedly 



