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Table 6. — Counts made on various species of Myripristis — Continued 



Genus HOLOTRACHYS Giinther 



Holotracl^ys Gxjnthee, Andrew Garrett's Fische der Siidsee, vol. 1, p. 93, 1873. 

 (Type, Myripristis lima Cuvier and Valenciennes.) 



HOLOTRACHYS LIMA (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



Myripristis lima Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hisloire naturelle des poissons, vol, 

 7, p. 493, 1831. 



52415, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 3 specimen.^. 



Genus HOLOCENTRUS Scopoli 



Eoloccntrus Scopoli, Introdnctio ad historiani naturalem, p. 449, 1777. (No 

 type designated, but after Gronow's TJoloccntrus maxilla.) 



See table 7 for counts made on various species in this genus. 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF HOLOCENTBUS FROM THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN 



ISLANDS 



la. Dorsal rays X-I, 12 or 13; anal IV, 8 or 9 (eleventh dorsal spine forms a 



part of second dorsal fin.) 



2a. Dorsal rays X-I, 13; anal IV, 9; scale rows from upper edge of gill 



opening to base of caudal fin rays 41 or 42; gill rakers 6 or 7+1+10 



or 11; lower jaw projecting, entering profile; maxillary ending under 



pupil ; spinous dorsal with wide black band, tips of membranes white, 



