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46. Anterior profile of head forming an angle of 60 to 80 degrees; pectoral 



rays not i,7,v or i,8,v. 



5a. Cheeks with fine scales, no rows of enlarged scales; vertical scale rows 



from upper edge of gill opening to base of caudal fin about 38 to 44. 



6a. Pectoral rays i,6,vii; dorsal usually X,ll rarely X,12, with a tuft 



of dermal cirri on edge of membrane behind tip of each dorsal 



spine; palatine teeth feebly present or absent; mandibles naked; 



both jaws with short canine teeth Cirrhitus Lacepfede 



66. Pectoral rays, i,7,vi; dorsal X,13 vsath a simple cirrus on edge of 

 membrane behind tip of each dorsal spine; palatine teeth 

 present; mandibles with fine scales; canine teeth present only 



on lower jaw Hughichthys ^^ Schultz 



56. Cheeks with 3 to 7 rows of enlarged scales and sometimes additional 

 tiny scales dorsally below ej^e, bordering the large scales. 

 7a. First 2 pectoral rays simple or unbranched; one or more cirri on 

 edge of membrane behind tip of each dorsal spine; both jaws 

 with a few short canines; cheek with 5 to 7 rows of enlarged 

 scales and sometimes additional small ones bordering these 

 large scales above or below; preopercle with fine, numerous 

 dentae. 



So. Dorsal rays X, 14; pectoral ii,6,vi Cirrhitops ® Smith 



86. Dorsal rays X,ll or 12. 



9a. Pectoral rays ii,7,v; body with 5 broad dark bars and with a 

 narrow dusky one between them. 



Amblycirrhitus ^ Gill 

 96. Pectoral rays ii,6,vii; body with a lengthwise pale band dorsally. 



Qymnocirrhites Smith 

 76, First pectoral ray simple, followed by branched rays. 



10a. Dorsal rays X,16 or 17 probably a few cirri on membranous 

 edge behind tips of each dorsal spine; scales about 45; 

 palatine teeth absent; 3 rows of enlarged scales on cheek; 

 dentae on preopercular edge coarse; pectoral rays i,6 or 



7,vi Cyprinocirrhites "' Tanaka 



106. Dorsal rays X,ll or 12 rarely X,10 or X,13. 



11a. Anterior profile of head forming an angle of about 60 to 65 

 degrees; lower lip deeply incised at tip of chin but the 

 incision not completely separating lower lip; upper lip with 

 a shallow incision each side of tip; mandible finely scaled 

 posteriorly, naked anteriorly; cheek with 4 rows of en- 



s' Hvghichthys Schultz, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 180, p. 136, 1943 (type species, Cinhites melanotus Ottnther). 



^ Cirrhitops Smith, Aan. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 12, vol. 4, p. 037, 1951 (type species, Cmhitus foicialus 

 Bennett =0>r/u7HS cinctus Qiinther 1860). 



Ill addition to tlie species listed above I refer Amblycirrhtfu/i hubbardi Schultz to this genus. I have com- 

 pared it again with C. fasdatus and still believe it is distinct from that Hawaiian Island species. In this 

 family most of the species in each genus have the same number of fin rays. 



C. fawtnfvs and C. hvhbardi have distinctive color differences but these might become the same at equal 

 sizes. 



M ^m6?j/cjrrftif!i* Oill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, p. 105, 1862 (type species, Cirrhitus fasciatus 

 Cuvier and Valenciennes 1829, pi. 47 (not of Bennett 1828), preoccupied, replaced by Amblycirrhitus indicus 

 Fowler 1038). 



" Cyprinocirrhites Tanaka, Dobutsngaku Zasshi (Zool. Mag.), vol. 29, no. 347, p. 265, 1917; Figures and 

 descriptions of the fishes of Japan, No. 180, p. 507, pi. 137, fig. 384, 1918 (type species, C. ui Tanaka). 



I refer to this genus Cirrhitichthys polyactis Bleeker and Cyprinocirrhites stigma Fowler. Smith indicates 

 that C. ui is a synonym of polyactis' 



