FAMILY CIRRHITIDAE — SCHULTZ 265 



caudal fin a little rounded; preopercular margin finely denticulate; 

 interorbital space nearly flat, a trifle concave, and scaled. 



Color in alcohol. — Background color white below, light brownish 

 dorsally, a little darker forward and on head ; a white or light brown 

 streak below dorsal base, below which is a broad dark brown band, 

 more intense posteriorly, blackish on upper side of caudal peduncle; 

 dorsal edge of caudal peduncle wliite; caudal fin pale, with a blackish 

 line on dorsal and ventral edges; head, base of pectoral breast, and isth- 

 mus with numerous scattered small dark brown or blackish spots; 

 no spots on body behind pectoral and pelvic bases. 



Ecology. — Tliis species was taken only at depths of 10 to 60 feet; it 

 was not seen over the shaUower parts of the reefs. 



Remarks.— ^mith (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 12, vol. 4, p. 641, 

 1951) fists Sparus pantherinus Lacepede, as a synonym of P. forsteri= 

 Qerranus tankervillae Bennett. Fowler (Fishes of Oceania, p. 239, 

 1929) lists Perca taeniata Cuvier also as a synonym of P.jorsteri. 



PARACIRRHITES HEMISTICTUS (Gunthcr) 



Plate 111,C 



Cirrhites hemistictus Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vols. 2-3, pts. 5-6, p. 69, 



pi. 50, fig. B, 1874 (type locality, Kingsmill and Society Islands). 

 Cirrhites polystictus Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vols. 2-3, pts. 5-6, p. 70, 

 pi. 50, fig. A (type locality. Society Islands). 

 SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 3 stations, 5 specimens, 47 to 195 mm. in standard length. 



Description. — Dorsal rays X,ll; anal 111,6; pectoral i,6,vii; pelvics 

 1,5; branched caudal 7+6; vertical scale rows from upper edge of giU 

 opening to midbase of caudal fin 47 to 49 ; scales from dorsal origin to 

 lateral line 5}^, and from anal origin to lateral fine 1 1 ; scale rows on 

 cheek 6; gill rakers on first arch 5 + 1 + 10 or 11. 



Greatest depth 2.9 to 3.0; head 2.6 to 2.8; length of longest branched 

 pectoral ray 5.0 to 6.4; of longest lower simple pectoral ray 4.2 to 5.5; 

 all in standard length. Snout 2.8 to 3.3; eye 4.4 to 6.2; snout tip to 

 rear of maxillary 2.4 to 2.5; greatest depth 1.1 to 1.2; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2.5 to 2.8; postorbital length of head 1.8 to 1.9; all in 

 length of head. Least depth of caudal peduncle in its length 1.5 to 

 1.8. Interorbital space (bony) 0.8 to 2.0 in eye. 



Greatest depth opposite middle of base of spiny dorsal fin ; profile of 

 head blunt, gill membranes broadly joined across isthmus, free, naked; 

 posteriorly the maxillary is exposed, anteriorly it is concealed under 

 preorbital; lips thick, broad; lower jaw slightly shorter than upper, 

 mouth a fittle oblique; cheek with 6 rows of large scales; nostrils 

 separated by a dermal isthmus, rear margin of anterior nostril with a 

 tuft of cirri; a single simple cirrus behind tip of each dorsal spine; 



