FAMILY LABRIDAE — SCHULTZ 207 



4a. White streak (3) from tip of snout, extending along lower edge of eye 

 to dorsal edge of pectoral base, ending in axil of pectoral and 

 beginning again a little behind a vertical line through anal origin 

 and continuing to base of caudal fin (sometimes there is a white 

 dot or so in the interrupted area), passing just below lateral line 



pores on caudal peduncle S. interrupta »2 (Bleeker) 



46. White streak (3) from tip of snout, extending just below eye to dorsal 

 edge of pectoral base, then continuing to base of caudal fin, passing 

 just below lateral line pores on caudal peduncle; the white streaks 

 may be obsolete or indistinct in alcoholic preservation. 



S. trossula ^ Jordan and Snyder 

 36. Pectoral fin base white or pale, not blackish. 

 5a. White streak (1) beginning each side of middorsal line of nape and 

 passing posteriorly along base of dorsal fin; another (2) beginning 

 at middle of snout at middorsal Kne, passing through upper part 

 of eye, thence through dorsal edge of gill opening posteriorly just 

 below dorsal lateral Une pores to base of caudal fin above lateral 

 Une on caudal peduncle; another (3) extending from tip of snout 

 just below eye to dorsal edge of pectoral base and then a short 

 distance behind pectoral base, ending opposite about the sixth 

 or seventh lateral line scale; another (4) beginning on underside 

 of lower jaw and extending posteriorly across lower part of cheek 

 thence passing just under ventral edge of pectoral base to base 

 of caudal fin, under peduncular lateral line pores; no brown spots 

 in lower half of body in rows; plate 101, B. 



S. trilineata " (Bloch and Schneider) 

 56. Coloration not as in trilineata. 



6a. Pores in lateral line to base of caudal fin rays 19 + 2+5; dorsal 

 two-thirds of body dark brown, sometimes plain brown, or 

 profusely dotted with small white spots; the coloration ends 

 abruptly at a line from lower edge of eye through pectoral base 

 to caudal fin base somewhat below peduncular lateral line; lower 

 third of sides with a brown spot on each scale forming about 

 4 rows; a slightly dusky spot observable at midbase of scaled 

 part of caudal fin S. phekadopleura " (Bleeker) 



«« JuUs (Halichoeres) Interruptut Bleeker, Nat. Tljdschr. Nederl.-Indie, vol. 2, p. 262, 1851 (type locality, 

 Neira, Banda). 



53 Stethojulis Irossala Jordan and Snyder, Free. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 24, p. 633, flg. 7, 1902 (type locality, 

 Mlsaki, Japan). 



r have compared the following Philippine Albatross specimens with the drawing of S. trossula and conclude 

 they represent a species distinct from S. Interrupta: USNM 102818, 122959 and 4 uncatalogued lots, all 

 totaling 13 specimens. We do not agree with Fowler and Bean that S. trossula Is a synonym of S. 

 phekadopleura. 



In the holotype of trossula as originally figured, and In 2 specimens before me from the Philippine Albatross 

 collections the white streaks are indistinct. 



" Labrus trilineatus Bloch and Schneider, Systems Ichthyologiae . . ., p. 253, 1801 (type locality, Coringo, 

 Coromandel). 



Stethojulis trilineata Bleeker, Atlas Ichthyologlque . . ., vol. 1, p. 131, pi. 43, fig. 3, 1862. 

 Julis sebanus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 13, p. 474, 1839 (on Seba). 



»5 Julis (Halichoeres) phekadopleura Bleeker, Verb. Bataviassch Gen., Ball, vol. 22, p. 8, 1849 (type 

 locality, Boleling.North Bali). 



Stethojulis phekadopleura Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologlque . . ., vol. 1, p. 134, pi. 43, fig. 5, 1862. 

 Stethojulis filholi Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philomath., Paris, ser. 7, vol. 4, p. 225, 1879 (type locality, FIJI). 

 Julis leucostictus (Van Hasselt) Bleeker, Atlas Ichthyologlque . . ., vol. 1, p. 134, 1862 (on "Van Hasselt, In 

 Mus. Lugd. Bat."). 



