FAMILY LABRIDAE — SCHULTZ 159 



blackish or brownish anteriorly (in adults) with rear half pale and 6 to 

 12 white streaks radiating from eye, these sometimes lacking dorsally; 

 isthmus usually pale or white 



Color when alive. — Dark bands blackish, interspaces Hght red, rear 

 half of head red, front part dark brown; pectoral and pel vies red; pale 

 spots on fins and on belly red; pale streaks radiating from eye red. 



Remarks. — This species was rarely seen or taken, and probably pre- 

 ferred deeper waters than occurred in the intertidal zone. We note 

 that Weber and De Beaufort referred Wetmorella philippina Fowler 

 and Bean to the synonymy of C. jasciatus. We have a nice series of 

 several species of Wetmorella, and can state definitely that this genus 

 is distinct from Cheilinus. 



CHEILINUS CELEBICUS Bleeker 



Plate 95, C 



Cheilinus celebicus Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl.-Indie, vol. 5, p. 171, 1853; 



Alias ichthyologique . . . , p. 70, pi. 28, fig. 3, 1862 (type locality, Celebes; 



Sangi; Batjan; Obi-major; Amboina). 

 Cheilinus hoeveni Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique . . . , p. 70, pi. 27, fig. 1, 1862 



(Amboina). 

 Cheilinus rostratus C artier, Verh. Ges. Wurzburg, vol. 5, p. 103, 1873 (type 



locality, Cebu, Philippines). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 

 Bikini Atoll: lagoon, hook and line, March 11-31, S-46-2, Schultz, 1 specimen, 

 102 mm.; Arji Island, depth 20 to 40 feet in lagoon, August 7, 1946, S-46-308, 

 1 specimen 84 mm. 



Description. — Counts are recorded in table 98. 



The vertebral column on the 102 mm. specimen shows injury and 

 regeneration so that the caudal peduncle is foreshortened, thus no 

 proportional measurements were made involving the standard length. 

 Snout 2.6; eye 5.5; postorbital length of head 2.1; interorbital space 

 (bony) 5.9; longest pectoral fin ray 2.3; least depth of body 3.0; all in 

 length of head. Distance between anterior and posterior nasal open- 

 ings 7.5 in snout. Eye 1.2 in fleshy interorbital space. 



Dorsal profile of head nearly straight, forming an angle of 43 degrees 

 with ventral contour of head and body; interorbital space a little con- 

 vex; lower jaw a little projecting; maxillary reaching to a vertical fine 

 through rear nostril but not quite to eye; 2 rows of scales on cheek; 

 second or third pectoral ray longest; caudal rounded. 



Color in alcohol. — Background coloration pale ohve to light brown- 

 ish dorsally, with more or less broken reticulated dark lines on scales, 

 and a more or less distinct lateral band composed of more intensified 

 marks on the scales, ending in a small dark spot at base of caudal fin ; 

 dusky from behind eye to opercular flap ; dorsal surface of head with 

 oblong white spots or short streaks; 3 or 4 white streaks radiating for- 



