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20a. Canines project nearly straight forward, the pair in upper 

 jaw flattish, with outer forward edge straight, incisor- 

 like; pores in lateral line 33 to 34+4 to 6+10 or 11 

 with 6 or 7 scales above and about 19 below it; gill 

 membranes joined to isthmus without a free fold. 



Pseudanampses ^' Bleeker 



206. Canines in upper jaw conical, in one or two pairs, curving 



anteroventrally, not incisorlike, the single pair in 



lower jaw curving anterodorsally; pores in lateral line 



36 to 54 + 3 to 7+8 to 15 with 4 to 7 scales above and 



19 to 32 below it Coris Lacepfede 



19&. Pores in lateral line fewer than 32. 

 21a. Dorsal rays VIII,12 to 14; pectoral rays ii,12 to 15; pores 

 in lateral line 19 or 20+ 1 or 2 + 5 or 6, with 3 or 4 above 

 and 8 to 10 below it; preopercular edge free posteriorly 

 but not ventrally. 

 22a. A single pair of forwardly curved canines at front of 

 upper jaw; lower jaw with 1 or 2 pairs, the middle 

 pair fitting between middle pair in upper jaw when 

 mouth is closed; snout normal, not tubular. 



Thalassoma Swainson 

 226. Canines in both jaws in 2 or 3 pairs, that oppose each 

 other; snout elongate and somewhat tubular. 



Gomphosus Lacepfede 



216. Dorsal rays IX,10 to 12; pores in lateral Hne 18 to 20+2 + 4 



to 7. 



23a. Canines in both jaws in 2 pairs, the outer pair of upper 



jaw strongly hooked outward and backward; free 



part of preopercular edge restricted to the postero- 



ventral corner Macropharjmgodon Bleeker 



236. Canines in both jaws not projecting much if any beyond 

 other teeth or those in upper jaw in 1 or 2 pairs, 

 and a single pair of canines in lower jaw; none of the 

 canines hooked outward and backward; gill mem- 

 branes joined to isthmus, sometimes with a free 

 fold posteriorly. 

 24a. Teeth at front of both jaws small, not canineKke, not 

 projecting obhquely forward, but nearly vertical, 

 opposing each other; first anal spine minute, 

 visible on dissection; head naked. 



Stethojulis Giinther 

 246. Canines or enlarged teeth at front of both jaws project- 

 ing obliquely forward; first anal spine not minute 

 but notably shorter than second. 

 25a. Lips very thick, lower one split in the middle form- 

 ing 2 lobes; gill membranes broadly joined to 

 isthmus, restricting gill opening. 



Hemigymnus Gunther 



SI Pseudanampses Bleeker, Atlas Ichthyologique . . ., vol. 1, p. 101, 1862 (type species, Anampses geograph- 

 icus Cuvier and Valenciennes, designated by Whitley, Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 18, No. 3, p. 114, 1931, 

 and by Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scl., Philadelphia, vol. 48, p. 162, 1946). 



Ampheces Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 24, p. 628, 1902 (type species, Anampses 

 geographicus Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



