FAMILY LAB RID AE — SCHULTZ 235 



two dusky streaks near ventral part of pectoral base that extend 

 posteroventrally a short distance; dusky bar behind eye prominent; 

 the most characteristic mark are two ocellate black spots in the soft 

 dorsal fin, the first mostly between soft rays 1 to 3, and the second 

 between soft rays 9 to 11; the rest of the dorsal fin is marked with 

 pale and dusky area; in the largest specimen the black ocellate spots 

 are less distinct than in the others and might disappear on still larger 

 specimens. The smallest specimen has, in addition to the median 

 streak, 2 pale streaks above it and two below. The anal fin has a 

 median dusky streak, then distally the edge is pale with a submarginal 

 dusky line. 



Color when alive. — Pale areas yellowish. 



Remarks. — This new species differs from all other species referred 

 to the genus Halichoeres in having 2 ocellate spots in the soft dorsal 

 fin. It is distinguished from them in the key, page 224. 



Named biocellatus in reference to the 2 ocellate spots in the soft 

 dorsal fin. 



HAUCHOERES HOEVENI (Bleekcr) 



Plate 106,B 



Julis (Halichoeres) hoevenii Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl.-Iudie, vol. 2, p. 



250, 1851 (type locality, Neira, Banda). 

 Platyglossus hoevenii Bleeker, Atlas ichthyologique . . ., vol. 1, p. Ill, pi. 42. 



fig. 3, 1862 (Java, Bawean, Sumatra, Nias, Banka, Solo, Ternate, Buru, 



Amboina, Haruko, Guam, Goram, Banda). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 

 Bikini Atoll: Amen Island, lagoon, depth 30 feet, August 4, 1946, S-46-308, 



Herald and Brock, 3 specimens, 41 to 46 mm. 

 Likiep Atoll: Likiep Island, August 22, 1949, Univ. Washington, 11 specimens, 



44 to 67 mm. 



Description. — Certain counts arc recorded in table 105. 



Head 3.0 to 3.2; greatest depth 3.1 to 3.4; longest pectoral ray 5.3 

 to 5.6; snout tip to anus 1.7 to 1.8; snout tip to dorsal origin 2.9 to 

 3.1; all in standard length. Snout 3.1 to 3.2; eye 3.9 to 4.5; postor- 

 bital length of head 2.1 to 2.2; interorbital space 4.0 to 4.1; longest 

 pectoral ray 1.6 to 1.7; least depth of body 2.0 to 2.1; all in length of 

 head. Distance between anterior and posterior nasal openings 5 to 

 6 in snout. Eye 0.9 to 1.1 in interorbital space. 



Dorsal profile of head forming an angle of 60 to 65 degrees with 

 ventral contour of head; pectoral fin reaches to opposite eighth or 

 ninth lateral line pore; pelvics with outer rays elongate, extending 

 from half to three fourths way to anus; distal margin of caudal fin 

 rounded to nearly truncate. 



Color in alcohol. — Background coloration light tan or whitish; 

 10 to 12 alternating whitish and brownish streaks on body and on 



