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Table 81. — Number of gill rakers in Mulloidichthj^s samoensis, by locality 



» Gill raker at the angle of the arch was included in the total count only. 



Table 82. — Change in length of snout with increase in body length in specimens of 

 MuUoidichthys samoensis from 81 to 290 mm. in length 



MULLOIDICHTHYS AURIFLAMMA (Forsk&l) 



Plate 78,B 



Mullus axirifiamma ForskIl, Descriptiones animalium . . . , p. 30, 1775 (type 



locality, Djedda, Red Sea). 



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SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 9 stations, 41 specimens, 89 to 225 mm. in standard length. 



Eniwetok Atoll: 1 specimen, 170 mm. 



Rongelap Atoll: 2 stations, 21 specimens, 93 to 117 mm. 



Rongerik Atoll: 1 station, 3 specimens, 99 to 112 mm. 



Thirty lots totaling 93 specimens were examined from the following localities: 

 East Indies Islands, 6 lots, 14 specimens; Philippines, 1 specimen; New Guinea, 

 1 specimen; Bonin Islands, 1 specimen; Phoenix and Samoan Islands, 14 lots, 67 

 specimens; Tuamotus, 1 specimen; Johnston Island, 2 lots, 2 specimens; Hawaiian 

 Islands, 4 lots, 6 specimens. 



Description. — Counts and measurements were taken from 10 speci- 

 mens, all from the Marshall Islands unless indicated otherwise, 

 ranging in length from 89 to 225 mm. (additional counts and measure- 



