FISHES OF THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN ISLANDS 135 



Cyprinocirrhitcs Tanaka, Dobuts. Zashi (Zool. Mag.), vol. 29, No. 347, p. 268, 



1917; Figures and descriptions of tlie fishes of Japan, No 180, p. 507, pi. 



137, fig. 384, 1918. ( Type, Cyprinocirrliites ui Tanaka. ) 

 Pscudocirrhites Mowbray, in Breder, Bull. Bingham Oceanogr. Coll., vol. 1, 



No. 1, p. 48, 1927. ( Type, Pseudocirrh itcs pinos Mowbray. ) 

 Acanthocirrhitus Fowler, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 85, p. 50, 1938. (Type, 



Cirrhites oxyceplialus Bleeker. ) 

 Weocirrliites Castlenau, Proc. Zool. Acclim. Soc. Victoria, vol. 2, p. 101, 1873. 



[Type, N. annatus Castelnau (referred to here on strength of A. R. Mc- 



CuUoch's Check-list, 1929).] 



CIRRHITICHTHYS APRINUS (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



Cirrhites aprinas Cuvikr and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissous, 

 vol. 3, p. 76, 1829. 



115755, Canton Island, lagoon, April 23 to May 12, 1939, 1 specimen. 



115756, Canton Island, lagoon, April 23 to May 12, 1939, 4 specimens. 



115757, Canton Island, reef of widest shallow channel. May 13, 1939, 3 

 specimens. 



Since there is a lack of uniformity in color and various characters 

 of this species, I give a detailed description of some of the specimens 

 before me : 



Description. — (Based on eight specimens listed above, standard 

 length 55.6; 49.7; 30.5. Detailed measurements of three specimens are 

 expressed in hundredths of the standard length, respectively.) Length 

 of head 34.2; 36.6; 37.3; greatest depth of body 37.4; 38.6; 35.0; 

 length of snout 10.5; 10.9; 11.5; diameter of eye 9.5; 10.3; 11.8; 

 distance from tip of snout to posterior edge of maxillary 12.8; 

 13.1; 13.4; distance from tip of snout to origin of dorsal fin 34.4; 

 37.3 ; 38.6 ; snout to origin of anal fin 67.7 ; 70.5 ; 68.9 ; distance from 

 posterior base of anal fin to mid-base of caudal fin 23.0; 21.8; 22.6; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 12.6; 12.1; 12.5; post orbital length of 

 head 17.8; 18.5; 18.7; width of bony interorbital space 4.1; 4.2; 4.9; 

 length of longest ray of pectoral fin 32.9; 31.2; 37.7; length of long- 

 est or 4th or 5th dorsal spine 16.6; 16.3; 20.0; length of longest or 

 1st soft ray of dorsal 18.9; 19.1; 24.3; length of caudal fin 21.6; 

 21.3; 25.6) ; length of pelvic fin 22.2; 22.4; 24.6; length of longest or 

 2nd anal spine 24.8; 22.2; 21.3; least preorbital width 4.1; 4.4; 2.9; 

 fleshy interorbital space 5.9 ; 6.0 ; — . 



Dorsal rays X, 12 ; X, 12 ; X, 12 ; X, 12 ; X, 12 ; X, 12 ; X, 12 ; X, 12 ; 

 anal rays III, 6; III, 6; III, 6; III, 6; III, 6; III, 6; III, 6; III, 6; 

 number of scale rows crossing the lateral line 44; 42; 42; 43; 44; 43; 

 44; scales between lateral line and base of last dorsal spine 4; 4; 4; 

 scales between lateral line and base of first anal spine 10; 10; 9; 

 number of teeth on posterior edge of preopercle 13; 14; 9; number 

 of scale rows on the cheek 4; 4; 4; number of gill rakers on first 

 gill arch — ; 4+10; — ; 4+1 + 10; 4+1 + 10; 4+1 + 10; pelvic fin 



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