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Table 24. — Counts made on three species of Coris 



CORIS ANGULATA Lacepede 



Cor^is angulata Lacepede, Histoire Naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, pp. 90, 96, pi. 4, 

 fig. 2, 1S02. 



115534, Canton Island, reef at ocean, April 25-28, 1939, 1 specimen, 34.5 mm. in 

 standard length. 



115583, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 3 specimens. 



CORIS GREENOVI (Bennett) 



Julis greenovi Bennett, ZooI. Jouru., vol. 4, p. 37, 1828. 

 52234, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



CORIS GAIMARD (Qnoy and Gaimard) 



Julis gaimard Quoy and Gaimard, Voyage autour du monde . . . Vranie, Zool., p. 

 265, pi. 54, fig. 1, 1824. 



115536, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 1 specimen. 



115535, Tutuila Island, reef at entrance Pago Pago Bay, June 2, 1939, 1 

 specimen. 



52228, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



Genus CYMOLUTES GUnther 



Cymolutes GItntheb, Catalogue of the Fishes of the British Museum, vol. 4, p. 

 207, 1862. (Type, Julis praetextatus Quoy and Gaimard.) 



CYMOLUTES LECLUSE (Quoy and Gaimard) 



Xyrichthys Iccluse Quot and Gaimabd, Voyage autour du monde . . . Vranie, 

 Zool., p. 284, pi. 65, fig. 1, 1824. 



115537, Canton Lsland, lagoon, May 25-26, 1939, 13 specimens, from coral sand 

 around coral heads. 



115538, Canton Island, lagoon, among coral heads, May 23-25, 1939, 4 specimens. 



Genus LABROIDES Bleeker 



Labroides Bleekeb, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., vol. 2, p. 249, 1851. {Type, 

 Labroides paradiseus Bleeker.) 



