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downward and the other zigzags posteriorly and dorsally; 

 caudal, pelvics, and pectorals pale ; on young 1 to 2 inches 

 long, a prominent black spot at front of dorsal, a black area 

 behind eye, one at rear of head, very large one middle of body, 

 and one on caudal peduncle. 



Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes) 

 7b. No black spot in dorsal fin ; dorsal edge of pectoral base with 

 a black spot; anterior part of body with about ten lengthwise 

 blue streaks, seven or eight on head ; dorsal and anal with two 

 or three lengthwise streaks ; pectoral and pelvics pale, tips of 

 rays with a little pigment ; base of caudal fin brownish, then 

 a pale area followed distally with brown pigment, the posterior 

 margin pale Halichoeres kallochroma (Bleeker) 



Table 22. — Counts made on vorious species of Halichoeres 



HALICHOERES MARGINATUS Ruppell 



Haliclioeres marginatus RIjppeiix, Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abys- 

 sinien gehorig, Fische p. 16, 1835. 



52209, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



HALICHORES NOTOPSIS (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



Julis notopsis (Kuhl and van Hasselt) CmiER and Valenciennes, Histoire 

 naturelle des poissons, vol. 13, p. 485, 1839. 



115545, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 12 specimens. 



115546, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 5 specimens. 

 116,174, Tutuila Island, Fagasa Bay, rock pools, June 5, 1939, 1 specimen. 

 52221, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 8 specimens. 



HALICHOERES HOEVENII (Bleeker) 



Julis {Halichoeres) liocvcnii Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., vol. 2, p. 240, 

 1851. 

 52270, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



