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10b. Gill inemb!-anos moderately attached to isthmus, without free 

 fold ; lower jaw not entering profile ; no flap on shoulder 

 girdle, 

 llff. Depth about 5; caudal fin somewhat pointed; body naked 

 at present on type although scales may have been pres- 

 ent (type in bad state of preservation) ; no spines on 

 preopercle; dorsal rays VI-I, 11; anal I, i) ; pectoral 16; 

 lower jaw a little longer than upper. 



Hetereleotris phaenna Jordan and Seale 

 11?>. Depth O.n ; caudal fin emarginate, not rounded or pointed ; 

 anterior half of body naked, posteriorly covered with 

 small ctenoid scales beginning lander origin of second 

 dorsal ; tongue rounded ; lower jaw longest, mouth very 

 oblique; maxillary not quite reaching to eye; no dermal 

 flap on shoulder girdle ; dorsal rays VI-I, 9 ; anal I, S ; 

 pectoral 17 ; about 31 scales from under origin of second 

 dorsal to base of caudal fin ; base of caudal fin with a 

 blackish rectangular blotch ; brown pigment dots arranged 

 in a V-shaped row along each muscle segment. 



Fagasa tutuilae, new genus and species 

 2b. Margin of preopercle with 2 to 4 spines ; tongue rounded ; cheeks, opercle, 

 breast, and nape freely scaled ; outer teeth on both jaws canine-like, 

 enlarged with a band of villiform teeth inside the outer row ; two pores 

 in midline of interorbital space; body compressed, its greatest width 

 about twice or more in greatest depth; third spine of dorsal elongate; 

 gill membranes broadly attached to isthmus ; dorsal rays VI-I, 10 or 

 I, 11 ; anal I, 8 or I, 9 ; pectoral 15 to 17 ; about 26 scale rows, 8 in 

 transverse row ; five or six scales in front of spiny dorsal fin ; caudal 



rounded Asterropteryx semipunctatus Riippell 



1&. Pelvic fin rays I, 4. fifth ray at most rudimentai-y. 



12o. Gill membranes broadly attached to isthmus, not extending far for- 

 ward ; interorbital space much narrower than diameter of eye, with 

 a pore in median line ; region in front of dorsal fin naked ; cheeks and 

 opercles naked, scales about 22 to 25; dorsal rays VI-I, 8 or 9; anal 

 I, 7 or I, 8. 

 13a. Least depth about 3.5 times in standard length ; no vertical color 

 bars; body, head, and tins dusky; tongue pointed; color dusky 

 without margins of scales brownish, centers of scales pale ; fins 

 dusky ; dorsal rays VI-I, 8 ; anal I, 8 ; pectoral 14 ; scales 23 ; scales 

 in transverse row 7; snout in eye 1.2; snout in head 4.1; eye in 



maxillary 1.09 ; eye in head 3.4 Eviota herrei Jordan and Seale 



ISb. Least depth from 4.2 to 5.5 in .standard length ; color bars present 

 or absent. 

 14(1. A pair of intensely black spots located slightly in front of half- 

 way from origin of dorsal fin to rear of orbits; region behind and 

 immediately adjacent to interorbital area brownish; beginning 

 behind pair of black spots 12 or 13 pigment areas along middorsal 

 line; along midventral line from origin of anal to base nf caudal 

 tin rays five pigment areas ; base of caudal fin rays with more 

 or less diffuse pigment cells ; tip of spiny dorsal blackish ; least 

 depth 4.6; snout in eye 1.30; snout in head 4.1; eye in maxillary 

 1.33; eye in head 3.0; dor.sal rays VI-I, 9; anal I, 8; pectoral 16; 

 scales 24 ; scales in transverse row 7. 



Eviota smaragdus Jordan and Seale 

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