FAMILY LABRIDAE — SCHULTZ 



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Ventral spines indigo, 

 Pectoral hyaline pink. 



branes hyaline pink. Anal same as dorsal, 

 indigo blotch across outer half of fin, tip pink. 

 Iris scarlet." 



Remarks. — This new species with ii,ll pectoral fm rays differs from 

 all other closely related species all of which have more than ii,12 

 pectoral rays. The dark spot on the pelvic fins does not occur in any 

 related species, all of which may be distinguished by means of the key. 



Named ataenia in reference to the absence of the dark streaks on the 

 upper sides. 



Genus CIRRHILABRUS Temminck and Schlegel 



Cirrhilabnis Temminck and Schlegel, Fauna, Japonica, pt. 4, p. 167, pi. 86, 

 fig. 3, 1845 (type species, Cirrhilabrus temminckii Bleeker, designated by 

 Bleeker, Verb. Bataviaasch. Gen., vol. 25, p. 17, 1853). 



Cheilinoides Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl.-Indie, vol. 2, p. 71, 1851 (type 

 species, Cheilinoides cyanopleura Bleeker) . 



This genus may be recognized by the following characters: Branched 

 caudal rays 6+5; dorsal rays XI, 9 rarely X or XII, and rarely 8 or 

 10; anal 111,9 rarely 8 or 10; pectoral rays ii,13 rarely ii,14; lateral 

 line pores 16 to 18+5 to 7, with. 2 scales above lateral line (usually 

 second scale extends on dorsal fin) to base of first soft dorsal ray and 

 6 or 7 below to anal origin; cheek with two rows of scales; interorbital 

 space convex; posterior edge of preopercle finely denticulate and 

 edge free as far posteriorly as ventrally; mouth oblique; 2 pairs of 

 small canines at front of upper jaw, with an enlarged canine each 

 side that is hooked postero ventrally; lower jaw with a pair of enlarged 

 canines on each side of symphysis; the pair of canines in lower jaw 

 fits between pairs 1 and 2 in upper jaw when mouth is closed; sides 

 of both jaws with a uniserial row of smaU conical teeth becoming 

 biserial at front of jaws behind canines; giU membranes free from 

 isthmus, with a broad free fold across isthmus; basal part of median 

 fins with a row of elongate scales. 



Table 93.— Counts recorded for species referable to Cirrhilabrus 



