FISHES OF THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN ISLANDS 



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5&. Body and head without pale or blackish spots; head with pale (red- 

 dish in life) wavy bauds radiating from eye ; dorsal spines IX ; gill 

 rakers about 6 + 10 Cheillnus unifasciatus Streets 



Figure 16. — Cheilinus undulatus Riippell: A specimen 820 mm. in standard length caught 

 by the crew of the U. S. S. Swan off Canton Island reef. Drawn by author. 



CHEILINUS UNDULATUS Ruppell 



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Cheilinus undulatus Ruppell, Neue Wirbelthicre zu dor Fauna von Abyssinien 

 gehorig, Fische, p. 20, pi. 6, fig. 2, 1835. 



115532, Canton Island, off outer edge of reef, April 24, 1939, crew of U. S. S. 

 Swan, 1 specimen. Standard length 820 mm., total length 1,050 mm. Color in 



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