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than that of the Eed Sea form. Color differences are shght; there 

 appear to be 5 or 6 gill rakers on the upper limb of the gill arch in- 

 stead of 6 or 7. Should a name be desired for the Hawaiian variant, 

 maculosus Bennett (1828) would have priority over alternatus. 



In the same year that Bennett proposed maculosus, Riippell applied 

 this name to 'pinnulatus in the Red Sea; however he attributed maculo- 

 sus to Lacep^de. Lacepede's name was maculatus. In a later work 

 Riippell (1835, p. 95) indicated this mistake to be a printer's error. 



Largest specimen examined, 230 mm. in standard length, from 

 Hawaii. 



Cirrhitus alhopunctatus Schultz 



Figure 3 



Cirrhitus alhopunctatus Schultz, 1950, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 100, pp. 547, 

 548, pi. 13, A (type locality, Niuafoo Island, near Tonga Islands). 



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

 i,6,vii; lateral-line scales 39 to 42; 3 rows of large scales above lateral 

 line in middle of body (4 beneath most of spinous portion of dorsal fin) ; 

 9 scales below lateral line to origin of anal fin; gill rakers 7 + 14-10 or 

 11 (2 specimens). 



Supraorbital ridge low and not extending posterior to eye; supra- 

 occipital crest not visible externally; pectoral fins do not reach a 

 vertical at tips of pelvic fins; interorbital with a narrow median 

 band of small scales; depth of body about 3.1 in standard length; 

 caudal fin slightly rounded; snout length 3.5 in head length (3 to 

 3.3 for other species of Cirrhitus); suprascapular margin smooth 

 (serrate on other species of Cirrhitus, although reduced on xnnnulatus) 

 {atlanticus not checked). 



Color in alcohol brown with small white spots on head, body, and 

 fins, those on body in about 12 rows. These small white spots are 

 superimposed on a pattern of about 4 rows of pale spots about the 

 size of the eye, the 2 most prominent spots being at the base of the 

 caudal fin; uppermost of these 2 white spots edged with dark brown 

 blotches, the largest of which lies dorsally on caudal peduncle. 



Remarks. — Known from 2 specimens from Niuafoo Island near the 

 Tonga Islands, the holotype (USNM 91883), 101 mm. in standard 

 length and an 80 mm. paratype, now in the Museum of Comparative 

 Zoology at Harvard University. 



Cirrhitus punctatus Cuvier 



Figure 4 



Cirrhites pxmctatus Cuvier, ^■n Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829, Histoirenaturelle des 



poissons, vol. 3, p. 70 (type locality, Madagascar). 

 Cirrhites punclatus Bleeker, 1866, Nederlandsch Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 3, p. 176 



(Reunion). 



