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The number of gill rakers in East Indies and Philippine specimens 

 averaged less than those from Oceania; and the light pedunclar saddle 

 was conspicuously developed in all specimens from the East Indies and 

 Philippines, whereas this was true of only 40 percent of the specimens 

 from the Marshall Islands. These data suggest that the divergence 

 between these two geographical areas is on a racial level. These 

 differences could not be correlated with the dark and light color 

 phases discussed above. 



A species, P. chrysonemus, with a superficial appearance of the 

 cyclostomus complex and known only from the Hawaiian Islands, is 

 distinguished from the latter mainly by its comparatively shorter 

 snout, larger eye, and higher number of gill rakers (see tables 59 to 

 62). 



' Raker at the angle of the arch was included only in the total count. 



PARUPENEUS CRASSILABRIS (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



Plate 76,E 



Upeneus crassilabris Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 

 vol. 7, p. 523, 1831 (type locality. New Guinea). — Smith and Swain, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 5, p. 129, 1882.— Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. 

 Fish. Comm., vol. 23 (1903), pt. 1, p. 259, 1905. 



Pseudupeneus crassilabris Fowler, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 100, vol. 12, p. 315, 1933. 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 1 specimen, 203 mm. in standard length. 



In addition, 1 specimen (USNM 26824), 265 mm. in length, from Johnston Island, 

 was also examined. 



Description. — The following counts and measurements refer to the 

 specimen collected at Bildni Atoll, those in parentheses refer to the 

 Johnston Island specimen: Dorsal rays VIII-i,8 (VIII-i,8); anal rays 

 I,i,6 (I,i,6); pectoral rays ii,14 (ii,15); vertical scale rows 28 (27); 

 scale rows above lateral line 3 (3), below lateral Hne 7 (7), around 

 caudal peduncle 14 (14). 



