196 BULLETIN 180, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



13&. Sides of jaws fused into a hard plate ; gill rakers about 

 7 + 12 ; head naked — Anampses Quoy and Gaimard 

 46. Scales small, numbering more than 40 rows from upper edge of gill 

 opening to base of caudal fin rays. 

 14a. No deep notch at middle of flower lip, so that two fleshy horns 

 extend forward as part of lower lips at sides of jaw. 

 15o. Lateral line continuous near midaxis of body without abrupt 

 change in its course posteriorly in caudal region ; scales about 

 47 ; dorsal rays IX, 13 ; free edge of preopercle extending 

 farther forward ventrally than dorsally ; gill membranes free, 

 with a wide fold across isthmus; head with patches of scales 

 on operculum dorsally, and behind eyes ; no canines at rictus ; 

 gill rakers about 8 + 17; pectoral fin rays about 11; one 

 pair of canines at symphyses of upper and lower jaws. 



Cheilio LacepMe 



156. Lateral line following contour of back just below dorsal fin, then 



changing its course to continue on midaxis of caudal region ; 



scale rows more than 50 ; head naked ; canines absent at corner 



of upper Jaw ; gill rakers about 6 or 7+8 to 11 ; one pair of 



canines at symphyses of upper and lower jaws. 



16a. Gill membranes attached to isthmus with a narrow free fold 



across it ; lateral line continuous, with abrupt bend on caudal 



regipn ; dorsal rays IX, 12 ; i)ectoral rays about 12 or 13. 



Coris Lacopede 



166. Gill membranes not attached to isthmus, with a wide free fold 



across it; lateral line interrupted posteriorly continuing 



again along midaxis of caudal region; dorsal rays IX, 13; 



pectoral about 11 Cymolutes Giinther 



146. A deep notch at middle of lower lip, with a fleshy horn extending 

 forward at each side of lower jaw, these forming lips at sides of 

 jaw; a pair of canines at front of each jaw, separated by small 

 teeth at symphyses ; scales 52 ; head scaly ; gill membranes attached 

 to isthmus without a free fold ; lateral line continuous ; pectoral 

 rays 12 or 13; dorsal rays IX, 11; anal III, 10; about 9 gill 

 rakers on lower half of first arch Labroides Bleeker 



Genus GOMPHOSUS Lacepede 



OompJiosus Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissoiis, vol. 3, p. 100, 1802. (Type, 

 Gomphosus caeruleus Lacepede.) 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF GOMPHOSUS FOUND IN THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN 



ISLANDS 



la. Dorsal and anal flns uniform pale or light greenish, pectoral blackish with a 

 transverse pale band distally and a pale band basally; ground color of 

 body dark green or brownish in alcohol, without brown spots all over body, 

 with a pale area back of head above base of pectoral and sometimes 

 another posteriorly under pectoral fin ; no longitudinal black bar through 

 eye; center of each scale with a diffuse vertical bar; black spot on base of 

 upper pectoral fin ray; in adults the dark color of the body continues to 

 tips of upper and lower rays of caudal fin rest of fin white (greenish in 

 life) ; dorsal rays VIII, 13, anal III, 11 ; pectoral 15, gill rakers about 24 to 

 26; scales about 28 Gomphosus tricolor Quoy and Gaimard 



16. Dorsal blackish, margin whitish ; anal blackish, margin whitish and a 

 roundish white spot near middle of membrane between each ray, forming 



