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eye 10.5 (10.9; 9.7; 10.9) ; length of snout 8.2 (8.1; 8.6; 8.3) ; length 

 of maxillaries 13.7 (13.0; 13.4; 12.9) ; postorbital length of head 14.1 

 (12.6; 13.4; 12.9) ; length of base of anal fin 25.6 (25.7; 27.2; 26.8) 

 longest gill raker on first gill arch 5.3 (5.7; 6.4; 5.9) ; anus to origin 

 of anal fin 5.5 (4.2; 5.6; 3.9); distance from tip of snout to the 

 origin of the spinous dorsal 43.2 (41.2; 42.6; 39.9); distance from 

 snout to insertion of pectoral fin 32.2 (29.7; 30.2; 30.9); distance 

 from snout to origin of anal 64.7 (62.4; 63; 59.7) ; longest rays of 

 dorsal fin— fifth spine 16.8 (-; 17.6; 16.7), first soft ray 18.9 (18.8; 

 18.6; 18.4); longest rays of anal fin— third spine 12.1 (13.2; 11.7; 

 12.0) and first soft ray 16.0 (16.4; 15.1; 15.6); longest pectoral fin 

 ray 20.0 (20.0; 18.7; 20.6); longest pelvic fin ray 20.5 (20.4; 18.5; 

 18.1) ; longest caudal fin ray 29.8 (29.7; 28.7; 30.4) ; length of middle 

 caudal fin rays 19.6 (17.7; 18.2; 18.8). 



Dorsal fin rays IX, I, 11 (IX, I, 11; IX, I, 11; IX, I, 11) ; anal 

 III, 11 (III, 12; III, 12; III, 11); pectoral 14 (13; 13; 14); gill 

 rakers on first gill arch 10+1 + 23 (10+1 + 24; 11 + 1 + 23; 9 + 1 + 25) ; 

 scales 6+42 + 9 (6+41 + 9); 6 + 41 + 9); 51/2 + 42 + 9); predorsal 

 scales 10 (10; 10; 10) ; zigzag row of scales around caudal peduncle 

 24 (24; 24; 23) ; rows of scales from base of last anal ray to midbase 

 of caudal fin 9 (9; 8; 10). 



The color pattern resembles that of Kuhlia marginata. The body 

 is well covered with brown spots along the midsides, these becoming 

 especially prominent on the caudal peduncle where they are arranged 

 in two rows; along the upper back the margin of the scales are 

 brownish, the centers lighter; the upper and lower edges of the 

 caudal fin are white ; the posterior margin of the caudal fin is black- 

 ish, without the white edging; the soft dorsal, distally is blackish 

 with the tips of the rays whitish; anal similar; tip of lower jaw 

 blackish; branchiostegal membranes often blackish, their margins 

 whitish; peritoneum light-dusky. 



Remarks. — This species differs from all other members of the 

 genus Kuhlia in combining 23 to 25 gill rakers on the lower gill 

 arch with 41 to 42 scale rows crossing the lateral line. All other 

 species with 38 to 44 scales have fewer than 20 gill rakers on the 

 first gill arch (see Regan's revision of the genus, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1913, pp. 374-381). 



Salele, the Samoan name of this fish. 



KUHLIA SANDVICENSIS (Steindachncr) 



Moronopsis argenteus var. sandvicensis Steindachneb, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 vol. 74, pt. 1, p. 157, 1876 (1877). 

 115003, Canton Island lagoon, April 23 to May 13, 1939, 6 specimens. 

 115006, Hull Island reef, July 12-15, 1939, 17 specimens. 

 115005, Canton Island channel and lagoon, April 24, 1939, 76 specimens. 

 115001, Enderbury Island reef, May 15-19, 1939, 27 specimens. 



