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Regne Animal, vol. 2, ed. 2, 1829, p. 334; Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, 

 p. 89, pi. 175 (Society Islands, Hawaii, East Indies, Mauritius). 



Chetodon longirostris Bonnaterre, Tabl. Ichth., 1788, p, 86, pi. 47, fig. 176 

 (Pacific Ocean). 



Chelmo longirostris Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 38 

 (Amboina); Journ. Mus. GodeEFroy, vo'. 2-3, Heft 5-6, 1874, p. 48 (Hawaii, 

 Society Islands, Paumotus, Friendly Islands, Kiiigsmills). — Castelnau, 

 Res. Fish. Australia (Victoria Rec. Philadelphia Exhib.), 1875, p. 14 (Cape 

 York, Queensland). — Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 106. 



Chelmon longirostris Day, Fauna Brit. India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 10. 



Prognathodes longirostris Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 9, 1877, 

 p. 23, pi. (4) 366, fig. 5 (Ternate, Amboina, Ceram, Nassa Laut, Banda). 



Forcipiger longirostris Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, 1900, 

 p. 512 (Hawaiian Islands). — Weber, Siboga Exped., vol. 57, 1913, p. 310 

 (Banda). — Ahl, Arch. Naturg., vol. 89, abth. A, Heft 5, 1923, p. 8 

 (Matupi, New Guinea, Mauritius, Ralum, Tsingtau, Mysol, Jaluit). — 

 Fowler, Bishop Mus. Bull., No. 22, 1925, p. 27 (Honolulu). — Fowler 

 and Ball, Bishop Mus. Bull., No. 26, 1925 (1926), p. 17 (Wake Island).— 

 Herke and Montalban, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 34, No. 1, Sep. 1927, 

 p. 16, pi. 3, fig. 2 (Hamilo and Tagapula). 



Chelmon rostratus (not Linnaeus) Thiolli^re, Fauna Woodlark, 1857, p. 

 166 (Woodlark Island). 



Chelmon lol (Montrouzier) Thiolliere, Fauna Woodlark, 1857, p. 166 

 (name in synon}miy). 



Forcipiger flavissimus Jordan and McGregor, Rep. U. S. Fish Comm., 

 pt. 24, 1898 (1899), p. 279. Clarion, Socorro and San Benedicto Islands, 

 Kevillagigedo Archipelago. — Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., No. 47, pt. 2, 1898, p. 1671 (Clarion and Socorro Islands). 



Depth 23^ to 23^; head V/g to 2}4, width SYs to 5}4- Snout 1% 

 to 2% in head; eye 4% to 7%, 2^ to 53^ in snout, greater than 

 interorbital ; maxillary 7^ to ^ in snout, IJ^ to 2J^ in head; inter- 

 orbital 5^ to 8}4> slightly elevated convexly. Gill rakers 4 + 11, 

 short points, 3^ of gill filaments which 13^ in eye. 



Scales 63 to 75 in lateral line to caudal base; 12 or 13 scales above 

 lateral line, 29 to 31 below. Scales with 8 to 11 basal radiating 

 striae; apical denticles 38 to 48, with 3 to 11 transverse series of 

 basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. XI or XII, 22, i to 24 i, fourth spine 1% to 2}^ in head, first 

 ray l^ to 3^; A. Ill, 17, i or 18, i, third spine IJ^ to 23^, first ray 

 1,?5 to 23/^; caudal with hind edge little emarginate obliquely, so 

 upper rays longer, 1% to 3%; least depth of caudal peduncle 5^ to 

 93^; pectoral 13^ to 1^; ventral l}4 to IJ/g. 



Largely uniform dull brown. Head and breast little darker than 

 rest of body. Broad blackish predorsal band down to eye and over 

 all of postocular to head and pectoral axil, also extended forward as 

 narrow blackish band on preorbital to front of snout, then united as 

 median superior band on rostrum above. Soft dorsal and anal each 

 with submarginal deep brown line, on last anal rays terminally form- 

 ing black rounded spot but little smaller than eye. Caudal brown. 

 Paired fins quite pale. 



