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rows; posterior edges of scales in the black blotch whitish, and the 

 whitish areas usually extending all the way to the anal region. 



H. umbrilatus *^ Jenkins 

 36. Dark blotch small, covering 2 or 3 vertical scale rows and 2 to 4 length- 

 wise scale rows, this dark blotch entirely below lateral line; white 

 blotch behind pectoral usually present. 

 4a. Dark blotch opposite lateral line pores 7 to 9 and in front of tips of 

 appressed pectorals; white spots, (red when alive) one on each 

 scale, numbering from 1 to 14 along lateral line, usually only 4 or 

 5 at anterior part of lateral line, these spots may preserve as 

 brownish; cheek scales in 8 to 11 rows; opercular scales usually 3; 



plate 96,A H. pentadactylus ^2 (Linneaus) 



4b. Dark blotch below lateral line pores 9 to 11, located on middle of side, 

 about 2 or 3 scale rows in diameter, and opposite tips of ap- 

 pressed pectoral fins; the scales forming the margin of dark 

 blotch each have a white spot; cheek scales in 8 rows; opercular 



scales 2 H. hypospilus, new species 



16. Patch of scales below eye notably not reaching to opposite rear corner of 

 mouth. 

 5a. A single row of scales below eye and sometimes with 1 or 2 more scales 

 in a second row; dark dorsal blotch above lateral line, opposite lateral 

 line pores 14 and 15, about 2 scales wide in diameter; side behind 

 pectoral cream-colored (red when alive) blotch; sometimes 4 vertical 

 bars are present, or they may be represented by dusky areas on 



sides or on back H. niveilatus ^^ (Jordan and Evermann) 



56. Patch of scales in 3 or more rows below eye but not reaching to corner of 



mouth. 



6a. Dark dorsal blotch small, located above lateral line pores 14 or 15, 



about 2 scale widths in diameter; 4 vertical dark bars on upper 



sides usually present, often indistinct- -H. aneitensis (Giinther) 



66. Dark dorsal blotch, large, located behind head, below lateral hne, 



opposite lateral line pores 2 to 9, covering 7 or 8 vertical scale 



rows and about 7 or 8 lengthwise rows; caudal peduncle with an 



oblong dark blotch on midside; between the two dark blotches 



sometimes a fainter dark area about 2 or 3 scales in diameter 



occurs opposite lateral line pore 15 H. celebicus (Bleeker) 



♦1 HemipteTonotus umbrilatug Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 19 (1899), p. S3, fig. 10. 1900 (type 

 locality, Hawaiian Islands). 



« Coryphaena pentadactylus Linnaeus, Systems naturae, ed. 10, p. 261, 1758 (type locality, India). 

 HemipteTonotus quingue-maculatus Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, pp. 214, 215, 1802 (type 



localities, China, Moluccas, East Indies). 

 Xirichthys cyaniTostus (Cuvier) Guerin-Meneville, Iconogiaphie du regne animal . . ., poissons, vol. 3, 



p. 27, pi. 43, fig. 3, 1829-1838 (type locality, Pondicherry; ref. copied). 

 Novacula sex-maculata Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 14, p. 72, 1839 (type 



locality, Bombay). 

 Novacula punctulata Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 14, p. 73, (type locality, 



Bombay). 

 Novacula tessellata Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 14, p. 74 (type locality, 

 Mauritius). 

 Philippine specimens totaling 83 were studied. 



*> Xyrichlhys niveilatus Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., vol. 22 (1903), p. 194, 1904 (type 

 locality, Honolulu). 

 Holotype (USNM 50646), and other Hawaiian specimens were used as the basis of this diagnosis. 



