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89 (Red Sea). — Klunzinger, Verb. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, 1870, 

 p. 716 (Koseir, Red Sea). — Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1870, p. 682 

 (Andamans); Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 66. — Castblnau, Res. Fish. 

 Austral. (Victoria Off. Rec. Philadelphia Exhib.), 1875, p. 9 (Cape York, 

 Queensland). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 

 1885, p. 13 (Cebu; Rubi, New Guinea). — Thurston, Notes Pearl Fisher. 

 Manaar, 1890, p. 91 (Pamban). — Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 

 1913, p. 239 (Biaru Island; Saleyer). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci- 

 Philadelphia, 1927, p. 274 (Phillipines); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, 

 p. 165 (Nukuhiva, Raiatea, Fate, New Guinea, Papeete, Apia, Vavau). 



Chilodipterus quinquelineatus Gunther, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, 

 p. 248 (Amboyna). — Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 22 (Zanzibar 

 and Aden). — Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 1, pt. 1, 1873, p. 23 

 (Society Islands; Taumotus). — Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, 

 p. 23. — Steindachner and Doderlein, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 Math. -Nat. Kl., vol. 48, 1884, p. 4 (Kagoshima, Japan). — Day, Fauna 

 Brit. India, vol. 1, 1889, p. 502. — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., 1895, p. 471 

 (Cebu). — Regan, Journ. Linn. Soc. London, vol. 12, ser. 2, 1907, p. 224 

 (Diego Garcia, Chagos Archipelago). — Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., 

 vol. 21, 1927, p. 526 (Mozambique). 



Paramia quinquelineata Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873-76, 

 p. 105, pi. (48) 326, fig. 2 (Sumatra, Nias, Batu, Singapore, Banka, Cocos, 

 Java, Celebes, Sangir, Solor, Halmaheira, Ternate, Batjan, Amboina, 

 Ceram). — Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 23, 1901, 

 p. 907 (copied). — Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 1905 

 (1906), p. 252 (Apia and Pago Pago). 



Apogon novemstriatus Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1835, p. 85, pi. 22, 

 fig 1. Massauah, Red Sea. 



Cheilodipterus popur Thiolliere, Fauna Woodlark, 1857, p. 142. Woodlark 

 Island. 



Depth 3 to 4; head 2\i to 2Y 2 , width 2}/ s to 2}/£. Snout 4 to 4>£ 

 in head from snout tip; eye 2% to 33^, greater than snout or inter- 

 orbital; maxillary reaches opposite % to % in eye, expansion 2 to 2Vg 

 in eye, length 1% to 2 in head; bands of villiform teeth in jaws, on 

 vomer and palatines, 2 moderate or small canines above anteriorly each 

 side, and 3 or 4 small lower lateral canines; interorbital £}{ to 6, 

 nearly level; preopercle ridge entire, edge finely serrate. Gill rakers 



1 + 9, also 5 or 6 rudiments above and below and equal gill filaments, 

 which 2% in eye. 



Scales 23 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 or 4 more on latter; 



2 or 3 above, 6 below, 5 predorsal, 2 rows of scales on cheek to 

 preopercle ridge; muzzle, including interorbital, suborbitals and 

 maxillary, naked. Scales with 6 to 14 basal radiating striae; 23 to 

 83 apical denticles, either uniserial or with only 1 row of basal 

 elements; circuli fine. 



D. VI-I, 9, i, third spine 2 to 2]4 in total head, first ray IK to 



\%; A. II, 8, i, second spine 2% to 2%, first ray 1^ to 2%; caudal 



1% to \ x /i, deeply emarginate to forked; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2J4 to 3; pectoral 1% to 23^; ventral 2 to 2}/g- 



