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larged scales, without additional small scales above or 

 below the enlarged ones; preopercular edge with coarse 

 dentae; pectoral rays i,7,vi; dorsal rays X,12 rarely X,13, 

 the edge of membrane behind tip of each dorsal spine 

 with a tuft of cirri or as few as 1 or 2 posteriorly. 



Cirrhitichthys ^*' Bleeker 



lib. Anterior profile of head forming an angle of about 75 to 80 



degrees; no incision at front of upper or of lower lips; 



pectoral rays i,6,vii. 



12a. Cheek with 4 rows of enlarged scales, but no small scales 



bordering these above or below; dorsal rays X,12, with 



a tuft of cirri on membranous edge behind each dorsal 



spine; mandible with coarse scales; small canines in 



each jaw; palatines with teeth Cirrhitopsis *' Gill 



12b. Cheek wdth 5 or 6 rows of enlarged scales, bordered above 

 and below with numerous minute ones; dorsal rays 

 usually X,ll, with a single simple cirrus on membrane 

 behind tip of each dorsal spine; scales about 46 to 50; 

 mandible minutely scaled; canines in both jaws; pala- 

 tines toothless or with very feeble minute teeth; 

 preopercular edge finely denticulate. 



Paracirrhites Bleeker 



»" Cirrhitictilhi/n Blpckcr, Act. See. Sci. Indo-N&rl., vol. 2, p. 39, 1857 (type species, Cirrhittis graphidoptcrus 

 Bleeker=C aprinux Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Acanthocirrhifus Fowler, Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., vol. SH, p. 50, 1938 (type species, Cirrhitus oiycrphahis 

 Bleeker). 



In addition to the type species I refer to this genus Cirrhitichthys corallicola Tee- Van and C. analis Fowler. 

 Probably C. calUurus Resian and Cirrhitus murrayi Regan belong here too; I have e.xaruined a paratype, 

 USINTM 15737."; of the latter species. 



67 Cinhilopsis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, pp. 105, 109, 18(52 (type species, Cirrhitus aureus 

 Temminck and Schleceli. 



