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488 (Manila, Luzon, Novatas).— Ishikawa and Matsuura, Prelim. Cat. 

 Fish. Mus. Tokyo, 1897, p. 52.— Jordan and Fowler, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 25, 1902, p. 542 (Wakanoura and Nagasaki).— Fowler, Joiirn. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 12, ser. 2, 1904, p. 544 (Padang).— 

 Regan, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 16, pt. 2, 1905, p. 330 (Per- 

 sian Gulf). — Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 6, 

 pt, 2, 1908, p. 160 (Natal). — Franz, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., vol. 4, 

 suppl., vol. 1, 1910, p. 50 (Fukuura and Aburatsubo, Japan). — Zugmayer, 

 Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Phys. Kl., vol. 26, abth. 6, 1913, p. 11 

 (Oman).— Pellegrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 39, 1914, p. 227 (Diego 

 Suarez, Madagascar). — McCulloch, Biol. Res. Endeavour, vol. 4, pt. 4, 

 Oct. 31, 1916, p. 193 (off New South Wales).— Barnard, Ann. South 

 Afric. Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, Oct. 1927, p. 607 (Natal, Delagoa Bay, 

 Mozambique). 



Diphreutes macrolepidotus Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (Cat. Malay 

 Fish.), vol. 18, pt. 2, 1849, p. 1141 (Pinang, Singapore, Malay Peninsula). 



Taurichthys macrolepidotus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 9, 

 1878, p. 29 (Sumatra, Pinang, Singapore, Java, Bali, Sumbawa, Solor, 

 Timor, Celebes, Ternate, Batjan, Buru, Obi major, Amboina, Ceram, 

 Banda, Luzon, New Guinea). 



Taurichthys microlepidotus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erland., vol. 9, 

 1878, p. 29, pi. (5)367, fig. 1. 



Chaetodon bifasciatus Shaw, Gen. Zool., vol. 4, 1803, p. 342. Indian Seas, 



Chaetodon mycteryzans Grat, Cat. Fish. Gronow, vol. 2, 1854, p. 76. No 

 locality (on Valentyn). 



Heniochus intermedins Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 102, 

 Heft 1, 1893, p. 222, pi. 2, fig. 2. Red Sea at Sue;. 



Heniochus diphreutes Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 26, 1903, p. 694, 

 fig. 3. Wakamoura, Japan. 



Depth U/itoiy^; head 2^4 to 2ys, width 2i.^ to 2}4. Snout 2}4 

 to 2% m head; eye 3 to 3%, 1% to 13^ in snout, greater than inter- 

 orbital; maxiUary % to % in snout, 4}^ to 5 in head; interorbital 

 33^ to 3^5, broadly convex; with age small, low supraorbital spine 

 anteriorly. Gill rakers 3 + 11 short points, about yo of gill filaments^ 

 which 13^5 in eye. 



Tubes 44 to 46 in lateral hne to caudal base; 10 or 11 scales above 

 lateral line, 25 or 26 below. Scales with 10 or 11 basal radiating 

 striae; apical denticles 68 to 113, with 11 to 25 transverse series of 

 basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. XI or XII, 24, i to 26, i, fourth spine elongate filament, in some 

 examples greater than total length of fish by half length of combined 

 head and body, tenth ray 1% to 1% in head; A. Ill, 18, i or 19, i, 

 third spine 1 3^ to 1 i^, fourth ray 1 to 1>^; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 2^ to 3; caudal truncate, hind edge slightly convex not expanded, 

 1% to 13^; pectoral 2*5 to 3 in combined head and body; ventral 

 2H to 3M. 



Largely whitish. Broad blackish-brown band from front of spinous 

 dorsal, widening below to include pectoral base and all of postventral 

 space, also extended below along front or lower edge of anal. Another 



