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pale or whitish streak behind head just above level of pectoral 



base H. biocellatus, new species 



lib. Soft dorsal fin with a single dark ocellate spot or none, branched 

 pectoral rays usually 12, occasionally 11 or 13. 

 12a. Coloration consisting of 9 to 12 alternating pale and brownish 

 streaks, the brownish ones as wide as or wider than pale ones; 

 greatest depth 3.1 to 3.4; a black spot may occur on caudal 

 fin base about halfway between lateral line and dorsal edge. 

 13a. A black spot basally between dorsal spines I and II; a black spot 

 in basal half of soft dorsal rays 1 to 4. 



H. hoeveni (Bleeker) 



136. No black spot in dorsal fin H. kallochroma (Bleeker) 



12&. Coloration not as in 12a; no dark bar on base of pectoral fin; center 



of each scale with dusky-bordered pale or whitish (probably blue 



when alive) spots; 



14a. Pale spots or streaks on the scales below pectoral fin on abdomen 



(blue when alive) ; distally the middle rays of caudal fin 



blackish; an oblique dusky streak extending from below 



eye to under rear of lower jaw, then behind it 2 pale blotches, 



one below orbit, the other on lower part of operculum, 



separated by a vertically extending dusky streak; plate 



104,B. _ H. argus (Bloch and Schneider) 



146. Scales below pectoral fin in front of anus margined with white 

 line; pale and dark marks on lower sides of head arranged as 

 lengthwise streaks; usually several prominent pearly white 

 specks on sides of body; plate 105, D 



H. leparensis Bleeker 

 106. Dorsal soft rays normally 13; pectoral rays ii,12. 



15a. Background coloration brown to dark brown with few to many 

 lengthwise alternating pale and dark streaks; dorsal and anal 

 fins barred or mottled with darker shades; a small black ocellate 

 spot basally between dorsal spines I and II, and a second one 

 between soft dorsal rays 2 to 5; caudal fin varying from whitish 

 in young to blackish in subadults, with the distal edge whitish. 

 Young; known as H. notopsis (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



H. marginatus Riippell 

 156. Background coloration blackish to dark brown with center of each 

 scale darker; dorsal and anal fins blackish with numerous light 

 spots; margin of these fins white; scaled part of caudal fin black 

 basally, central portion abruptly whitish or light brown, then 

 with a broad new-moon-shaped black cross bar, distally whitish. 

 Adults H. marginatus Riippell 



HAUCHOERES HORTULANUS (Laccpdde) 



Plate 103 



Labrus hortulanus LACEpfeoE, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, pp. 449, 518, 



pi. 29, lower figure, 1802 (type locality, "Great Equitorial Ocean" = Indo- 



Pacific). 

 Julis (Halichoeres) notophthalmus Bleeker, Verh. Bataviaasch Gen., vol. 22, 



p. 20, 1849 (type locality, Batavia). 

 Hemilautoga notophthalmus Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique . . . , vol. 1, p. 140, 



pi. 21, fig. 1, 1862 (Java, Celebes, Coram, Timor, Nova-Guinea). 



