FAMILY LABRIDAE — SCHULTZ 145 



JuUs bifer Lay and Bennett, Fishes in Zoology of Captain Beechey's voy- 

 age . . ., P- 64, pi. 18, fig. 2, 1839 (type locality, Oahu). 



Novacula kallasoma Bleekee, Act. Soc. Sci. Indo-Neerl., vol. 8, p. 51, 1860 (type 

 locality, Amboina). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 2 stations, 3 specimens, 93 to 163 mm. in standard length; 3 

 lots, Univ. Washington, 4 specimens, 43 to 191 mm. 



Rongerik Atoll : 2 stations, 2 specimens, 59 and 114 mm. ; 1 lot, Univ. Washington, 

 1 specimen, 39 mm. 



Eniwetok Atoll: 2 stations, 2 specimens, 44 and 73 mm.; 1 lot, Univ. Washing- 

 ton, 2 specimens, 56 and 108 mm. 



Guam: 1 lot, 1 specimen, 158 mm. 



Saipan: 1 lot, 3 specimens, 42 to 58 mm. 



Description. — Counts are recorded in table 97. 



Head 2.8 to 3.0; greatest depth 2.8 to 3.0; longest pectoral ray 

 5.0 to 5.2; snout tip to anus 2.0 to 2.1; snout to dorsal origin 3.8 to 

 3.9; all in standard length. Snout 2.8 to 3.8; eye 4.2 to 6.5; postor- 

 bital length of head 1.8; fleshy interorbital space 5.3 to 5.8; longest 

 pectoral ray 1.8 to 2.0; least depth of body 2.0 to 2.2; all in length 

 of head. Eye in fleshy interorbital space 0.8 to 1.5. 



Dorsal profile of snout forming an angle of 80 to 86 degrees with 

 ventral contour of head; pectoral fin reaches to opposite tenth or 

 eleventh lateral line pores; outer rays of pelvics sometimes elongate; 

 distal margin of caudal fin a little rounded; the first two spiny dorsal 

 rays are elongate and bannerlike on the young, but begin to shorten 

 as the adult color pattern develops between lengths of 45 to 60 mm.; 

 some specimens 95 mm. in length still have the first two rays elongate. 

 The following measurements indicate this change : 



