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blackish spot ; black spot in dorsal fin between first to third spines, 

 another black spot between second and third soft rays ; pale band 

 above eye, one from eye to upper part of snout, another from 

 front of eye curving across corner of mouth to meet its fellow 

 below, one from behind eye curving toward base of pectoral and 

 continuing as a double one below it, and a cii'cular one below eye 



on cheek Thalassoma quinkuevittata (Lay and Bennett) 



5&. Color pattern not as in 5a ; two pale bands on side of body ; one 

 near midaxis and another below it. 

 6«. Basal portion of anal and dorsal fins with a narrow white band, 

 distally fins green ; red or pale lengthwise bands on side of body 

 one-third to one-fourth width of green interspace between them ; 

 a wide pale band from behind eye across operculum, branching 

 on opercle one branch near upper base of pectoral other lower 

 edge of opercle and continued on body below pectoral ; pale 

 wedge-shaped band in front of eye meeting on snout ; all these 

 pale bands bordered with dark lines ; front of dorsal with 



blackish patch Thalassoma purpureum (Forsk&l) 



66. Basal half of anal and dorsal fins with a white band, interrupted 

 with green spots at base of each ray, rest of fins green ; width of 

 upper red or pale band on side of body more than half width of 

 green interspace between pale bands, lower pale band continu- 

 ous with pale color below ; color of head not as in 6a ; front of 

 dorsal with blackish spot Thalassoma trilobata (Lacepede) 



THALASSOMA MARNAE, new species 



Figure 17 



Eolotype. — A specimen (U.S.N.M. No. 115563) 68 mm. in standard 

 length, taken July 12-15, 1939, by L. P. Sclniltz on the reef of Hull 

 Island, along with 37 paratypes (U.S.N.M. No. 115570), same locality 

 and data, 29-65 mm. 



In addition the following paratypes were collected : U.S.N.M. 

 No. 115566, Hull Island channel, July 7-17, 1939, 26 specimens, 28-61 

 mm.; U.S.N.M. No. 115565, Enderbury Island reef, May 15-19, 1939, 

 7 specimens, 42-56 mm. ; U.S.N.M. No. 115564, Canton Island reef at 

 ocean, April 25-28, 1939, 3 specimens, 18-34 mm. ; U.S.N.M. No. 115568, 

 Canton Island, reef of widest shallow channel, May 13, 1939, 6 speci- 

 mens, 28-34 mm.; U.S.N.M. No. 115567, Swains Island reef. May 3-9, 

 1939, 1 specimen, 35 mm.; U.S.N.M. No. 115569, Hull Island channel, 

 July 8-12, 1939, 2 specimens, 25 and 32 mm. 



Description. — (Based on the holotype and 82 paratypes as listed 

 above. Detailed counts and measurements of the holotype are given 

 first, followed by those for four paratypes, respectively, from Ender- 

 bury, Hull, Canton, and Swains Islands, 53, 55, 34, and 31.2 mm. in 

 standard length. All measurements are expressed in hundredths of 

 the standard length.) Length of liead 29.4 (28.7; 31.8; 31.7; 33.0) ; 

 greatest depth of body 24.3 (26.0; 27.2; 23.5; 25.6) ; length of snout 

 7.7 (7.9; 8.0; 8.2; 7.4); diameter of eye 6.9 (7.2; 8.0; 9.4; 9.3); 

 distance from tip of snout to posterior edge of maxillary 5.9 (6.0; 



