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marks on scales, ending at caudal fin base as a small dark 



spot C. celebicus Bleeker 



Qb. Radiating fore and aft from eye a few pale streaks and, nearly 

 at right angles below eye, white streaks that extend toward 

 isthmus but not onto it; a pale streak, wider than others, 

 may extend from eye across operculum to upper edge of 

 pectoral fin base; no dark lines on scales as in 5a; a white or 

 pale bar on caudal peduncle at rear of bases of dorsal and 



anal fins C. rhodochrous Giinther 



6c. No white spots or white streaks on head; 2 diverging dusky streaks 

 may occur behind eye, upper lip with 2 or 3 blackish spots 

 on each side of pale middle section; background coloration 

 plain brownish, no white or dark edge on rear margin of 

 caudal fin, but fin sometimes weakly barred; a dark spot 

 between dorsal spines I to III and a small one at base of last 



dorsal ray C. oxycephalus Bleeker 



56. Background coloration brownish to light brownish, usually with 4 

 more or less distinct vertical brownish bars and an additional 

 one on caudal fin; these dark bars separated by slightly narrower 

 pale interspaces, except the last 2 pale bars are more distinct 

 and usually wider than dark bar across caudal peduncle; 

 caudal fin with broad pale margin on young and half grown 

 (less distinct on large specimens); white spots and streaks on 

 head (these begin to appear at a standard length of about 90 

 mm.) ; no dark spots or streaks behind eye. 



C. trilobatus LacepMe 



Table 98. — Counts recorded for species of Cheilinus. 



CHEIUNUS CHLOROURUS (Bloch) 



Plate 96, C 

 Sparus chlorourus Bloch, Naturgeschichte der auslandischen Fische, vol. 5, 

 p. 24, pi. 260, 1791 (type locality, Japan). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 10 stations, 18 specimens, 14 to 96 mm. in standard length. 



Eniwetok Atoll: 2 stations, 12 specimens, 7 to 150 mm, 



Rongerik Atoll : 1 station, 2 specimens, 62 to 69 mm. 



Rongelap Atoll: 7 stations, 24 specimens, 22 to 127 mm. 



Likiep Atoll: 1 lot, Univ. Washington, 5 specimens, 46 to 55 mm. 



Guam: 2 lots, 7 specimens, 25 to 112 mm. 



