FAMILY LABRIDAE — SCHULTZ 231 



HALICHOERES MARGARITACEUS (Cnvier and Valenciennes) 



Figure 103; Plate 102,D 



Julis margaritaceus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, 



vol. 13, p. 484, 1839 (type locality, Vanicolo). 

 Platyglossus opercularis Gunther, Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum, 



vol. 4, p. 148, 1S62 (type locality, Fiji and Amboina); in Playfair and Giin- 



ther, The fishes of Zanzibar, p. 95, pi. 12, fig. 1, 1866 (Johanna Island). 

 Halichoeres daedalma Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 25 (1905), 



p. 301, pi. 47, fig. 2 (male), 1906 (type locality, Apia and Pago Pago, Samoa). 

 Halichoeres opercularis Seals, Occ. Pap., Bishop Mus., vol. 1, No. 3, p. 89, 1901 



(Guam).— Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 25 (1905), p. 302, 



pi. 47, fig. 3 (female), 1906 (Apia and Pago Pago). 

 Halichoeres nofae Tanaka, Journ. College Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo, vol. 23, No. 7, 



p. 36, pi. 2, fig. 3, 1908 (type locahty, Misaki, Japan). 

 Halichoeres poecilia Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique . . . , vol. 1, pi. 39, fig. 4, 



1862. 

 Halichoeres nebulosus (Non Cuvier and Valenciennes) Seale, Occ. Pap. Bishop 



Mus., vol. 1, No. 3, p. 88, 1901 (Guam). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 15 stations, 152 specimens, 20 to 100 mm. in standard length. 



Eniwetok Atoll: 4 stations, 15 specimens, 35 to 89 mm. 



Rongelap Atoll: 4 stations, 36 specimens, 18 to 79 mm. 



Rongerik Atoll: 3 stations, 10 specimens, 22 to 76 mm. 



Kwajalein Atoll: 1 station, 9 specimens, 45 to 74 mm. 



Guam: 12 lots, 116 specimens, 20 to 72 mm. 



Rota: 1 lot, 18 specimens, 43 to 80 mm. 



Description. — Certain counts are recorded in table 105. 



Pores in lateral line 20+24-5, gill rakers usually about 8 + 1+9 

 to 11. 



Head 2.5 to 3.0; greatest depth 3.0 to 3.3; longest pectoral ray 4.5 

 to 4.6; snout tip to anus 1.8; snout to dorsal origin 2.7 to 3.0; all in 

 standard length. Snout 2.5 to 3.2; eye 3.3 to 5.5; postorbital length 

 of head 2.0; interorbital space 4.8 to 5.0; longest pectoral ray 1.7 to 



Figure 103. — Sketch by author of color pattern of head of Halichoeres margaritaceus (Cuvier 



and Valenciennes). 



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