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each jaw usually visible by dissection; lower pair fitting between upper 

 pair when mouth is closed; preopercular edge free posteriorly and an 

 equal distance ventrally; gill membranes attached to sides of isthmus, 

 no free fold. 



The chief differences between Anampses and Pseudanampses are the 

 more numerous scales in the latter, about 33 or 34+4 to 6+10 or 11 

 totaling 45 to 50 and 19+2+4 to 6 totaling 25 to 30 in Anampses. 



Randall (Journ. Washington Acad. Sci., vol. 48, pp. 100-108, 

 1958) described from the Hawaiian Islands A. rubrocaudata (pi. 

 102, A), a species which is close to A. meleagrides Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes, and which may occur in this area. 



The following key distinguishes the 2 species collected: 

 la. Rear of soft dorsal and of soft anal fins with an ocellate black spot; head with- 

 out blue spots or blue streaks A. twisti Bleeker 



lb. No ocellate spot on any of the fins; head with blue spots or blue streaks. 



A. caeruleopunctatus Rvippell 



ANAMPSES TWISTI Bleeker 



Plate 102, C 

 Anampses twisti Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Indo-Neerl., vol. 1, p. 56, 1856 (type 



locality, Ambonia) ; Atlas ichthyologique . . , ,vol. 1, p. 105, pi. 25, fig. 4, 



1862. 

 Anampses fidjensis Sauvage, Bull. Soc. Philomath Paris, ser. 7, vol. 4, p. 224, 



1880 (type locality, Fiji). 



