REVIEW OF THE HAWKFISHES — EANDALL 399 



Cirrhiius nigropunctatus Schultz, 1950, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 100, pp. 547, 



549, pi. 13,B (type locality, Mauritius). 

 Cirrhiius mossambicus Smith, 1951, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 2, vol. 4, p. 629, 



fig. 1 (type locality, Mozambique Island, east Africa). 



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

 i,6,vii; lateral-line scales 40 to 43; 4 rows of large scales above lateral 

 line in middle of body; 9 large scales below lateral line to origin of 

 anal fin; gill rakers 6 or 7+1 -f 10 or 11 (5 specimens, Mauritius and 

 Madagascar). 



Prominent bony supraorbital ridge extending more than half an eye 

 diameter posterior to eye; pectoral fins reach beyond tips of pelvic 

 fins; interorbital scaled; depth of body 3.14 to 3.35 in standard 

 length; caudal fin truncate to slightly rounded. 



Color in alcohol: upper half of body with large dark and pale 

 blotches forming 5 alternate dark and light bars, lower half pale with 

 a series of 5 dark blotches; upper two-thirds of body, head, and pec- 

 toral base with scattered small dark brown or black spots; a curved 

 dark line extending posteriorly from eye; a dark blotch on lower lip; 

 all fins blotched with dark brown. 



Remarks. — The type of punctatus (MNHN 2772) was obtained 

 from Madagascar by Quoy and Gaimard. The following counts and 

 measurements were made from the specimen: lateral-line scales 43; 

 gill rakers 6 + 1 + 10; standard length 136 mm., total length 167 mm., 

 depth 43.5 mm., head length 51.5 mm., eye diameter 9.5 mm., length 

 of pectoral fin 41 mm., longest dorsal spine (the third) 19 mm. Sixteen 

 canine teeth on one side at front of upper jaw; 6 lower canines, the 

 last 2 the longest, followed by 1 1 shorter, more slender teeth of about 

 equal height. Inner rows of villiform teeth extend the length of upper 

 jaw but are restricted to anterior part of lower jaw; palatine teeth in 

 2 short anterior irregular rows. 



Another specimen in the museum in Paris is also listed as a type. 

 This is a dried, varnished, 132.5-mm. half-specimen, with a locality of 

 ''Mer des Indes" (Indian Ocean) and attributed to Commerson. The 

 Madagascar specimen is well preserved in alcohol and is here desig- 

 nated lectotype. 



The largest specimen examined, 149 mm. in standard length, is a 

 paratype of nigropunctatus Schultz from Mauritius in the Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. The holotype of nigro- 

 punctatus was examined and photographed in the U.S. National 

 Museum. 



The species is apparently known only from the localities listed in 

 the citations above, which suggest that it is restricted to the western 

 Indian Ocean. 



