208 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



CEPHALOPHOLIS AURANTIUS (Valenciennes) 



Serranus aurantius Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 305. 



Seychelles. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 118 



(copied).— Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, 1895, p. 461 (Cebu). 

 Epinephelus aurantius Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873- 



76, p. 37, pi. 20 (29S), fig. 3 (Sumatra, Celebes, Ternate, Batjan, New 



Guinea). — Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., 1891, p. 60, pi. 9, 



fig. 5.— Boulenger, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1895, p. 193 (North 



Celebes and Louisiades). — Steindachner, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 



vol. 71, pt. 1, 1907, p. 125 (Gischin, South Arabia). — Weber, Siboga 



Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 201 (Banca). 

 Cephalopholis aurantius Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1925, 



p. 220 (Delagoa Bay); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 175 



(compiled). 

 Serranus roseus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 306. 



Tahiti. 

 Serranus analis Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 307. New 



Ireland; vol. 6, 1830, p. 514 (note). — Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool., vol. 



2, pt, 1, 1830 (1831), p. 235 (New Ireland).— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. 



Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 123 (copied). — Guichenot, Notes He Reunion, vol. 



2, 1862, p. 23. 

 Epinephelus analis Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873-76, 



p. 38 (Sumatra and Celebes); vol. 8, 1876-77, pi. (51) 329, fig. 5. 

 Serranus rufus Hombron and Jacquinot, Voy. Astrolabe, Zool., vol. 3, 1853, 



p. 35, pi. 1, fig, 4. No locality. 

 Serranus sonnerali (part) Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 



122 (Louisiades). 

 Epinephelus sonnerati (part) Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, 



1927, p. 472 (Fowler's reference to Delagoa Bay example). 

 Serranus leopardus (part) Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 1, pt. 1, 



1873, p. 4. 

 Bodianus indelebilis Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 



12, 1904, p. 521, pi. 17, lower figure. Padang, Sumatra. 

 Cephalopholis obtusauris Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 22, 



1906 (1907), p. 77, fig. 12. Bacon.— Seale and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., vol. 33, 1907, p. 243 (Zamboanga), 



Depth 2j/ b ; head 2%, width 2\i. Snout 4 in head from upper jaw 

 tip; eye 5}/%, \\i in snout, greater than interorbital; maxillary reaches 

 opposite hind eye edge, expansion \y s in eye, length 2 in head from 

 snout tip; teeth small, inner depressible, outer strong erect teeth 

 in each jaw but little enlarged; 2 canines in front of each jaw; inter- 

 orbital 73^, nearly level; upper opercular spine most distant, lowest 

 most advanced. Gill rakers 6 + 16, lanceolate, % of eye; 4 above 

 and 4 below rudimentary. 



Scales 72 in lateral line to caudal base; tubes 40 in lateral line to 

 caudal base; 15 scales above lateral line, 29 below, 60 predorsal scales 

 forward to front nostril. Vertical fins covered with small scales bas- 

 ally over rayed portions. Opercle with fine scales. Lateral line 

 arched nearly parallel with back. 



