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Laut; Tuir). — Beaufort, Bijd. Dierk. Amsterdam, 1913, p. 112 (Saonek, 

 Waigiu). — Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, 1927, p. 494 (Natal 

 coast). 



Plesiops coeruleo-lineatus Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1835, p. 5, pi. 

 2, fig. 5. Massaua. — Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1868, p. 257 

 (Paracali, Luzon). — Klunzinger, Verb. zool. hot. Ges. Wien, vol. 21, 

 1871, p. 517 (Koseir, Red Sea). 



Plesiops caeruleo-lineatus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 3, 1861, p. 

 363 (Australia). 



Plesiops corallicola (Kuhl) Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1835, p. 5. 

 Java Sea. — Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 4, 1853, p. 282 

 (Priaman).— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 3, 1861, p. 364 (Moluc- 

 cas, Amboyna, Fiji, Tonga, China). — Kner, Reise Novara, Zool., vol. 1, 

 pt. 2, 1865, p. 214 (Madras). — Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vols. 

 2-3, pts. 5-6, 1874, p. 87, pi. 58, fig. B (East Indies, Samoa, Tonga, Fiji, 

 Pelew and Kingsmill Islands). — Vaillant, Bull. Soc. Philomath. Paris, 

 ser. 8, vol. 1, 1889, p. 58 (no locality). 



Cirriptera corallicola (Van Hasselt) Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland, 

 Indie, vol. 4, 1853, p. 281 (name in synonymy). 



Pharyopteryx corallicola Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, 

 vol. 12, 1904, p. 530 (Padang); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1907, 

 p. 268 (Padang material); Copeia, No. 58, June 18, 1918, p. 63 (Philip- 

 pines); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1927, p. 275 (Philippines). 



Plesiops melas Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Bali), vol. 22, 1849, p. 9. 

 Boleling, North Bali. — Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 

 27, 1907 (1908), p. 257 (Cayalan).— Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1909, 

 pt. 1, p. 403 (Christmas Island, Indian Ocean). — Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 498 (Okinawa).— Weder, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, 

 Fische, 1913, p. 213 (Sumba, Seba, Beo, Lining, Atjatuning, Kubaena, 

 Saleyer, Tuir, Timor, Rotti). — Beaufort, Bijd. Dierk., Amsterdam, 1913, 

 p. 112 (Saonek, Waigiu). 



Pharopteryx melas Jordan and Seale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 28, 1905, 

 p. 781 (Negros); Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 1905 (1906), p. 261, pi. 38, 

 fig. 3 (Apia and Pago Pago). — Ogilby, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 2, 

 1913, p. 84 (Masthead Island). 



Plesiops woodlarkensis Thiolliere, Fauna Woodlark, 1857, p. 160. Wood- 

 lark Island. 



Plesiops nigricans var. apoda Kner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 57, pt. 

 1, 1868, p. 346. Savay, Samoa; Kandavu. 



Plesiops nakaharoe Tanaka, Dobutsugaku Zasshi (Zool. Mag.), vol. 29, No. 

 345, July 15, 1917, p. 199. Province Ise (probably off Province Shima or 

 Kiu). 



Pharopteryx nakaharae Tanaka, Fig. Descript. Fishes Japan, vol. 28, Nov. 28, 

 1918, p. 497, pi. 137, fig. 383 (type). 



Plesiops semeion Tanaka, Dobutsugaku Zasshi (Zool. Mag.), vol. 29, No. 345, 

 July 15, 1917, p. 200. Tanabe, Province of Kiu. 



Pharopteryx semeion Tanaka, Fig. Descript. Fishes Japan, vol. 28, Nov. 28, 

 1918, p. 500, pi. 137, fig. 382 (type). 



Depth ,23^ to 2Y 2 ; head 2% to 3, width 1% to 2. Snout 5 in head 

 from snout tip; eye 2% to 33^, greater than snout or interorbital; 

 maxillary reaches y% to % in eye, expansion 1% to 2 in eye, length 

 2 to 234 in head from snout tip; teeth villiform, in bands in jaws, on 



