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similar band, little more inclined, from middle of spinous dorsal down 

 to include posterior half of anal. Pectoral whitish, like caudal. 

 Ventral black. Iris whitish. 



Red Sea, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Natal, Mauritius, Reunion, Sey- 

 chelles, India, Andamans, East Indies, Philippines, China, Japan, 

 Riu Kiu, Queensland, Polynesia, Hawaii. 



18509. Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf, in small stream. March 11, 1909. Length 

 47 mm. 



4748. Cebu market. August 27-28, 1909. Length 31-37 mm. Five examples. 



8243, 8248, 8249. Galvaney Island, Ragay Gulf, Luxon. March 9, 1909. 

 Length 130 to 170 mm. 



5195. Jolo market. March 7, 1908. Length 167 mm. 



11677. Mariveles Bay. January 30, 1909. Length 88 mm. 



8425. Pandanon Island. March 23, 1909. Length 136 mm. 



4748, 4753. Subig Bay. January 7, 1908. Three examples. Length 24 to 92 

 mm. Black bar between eyes and black above snout. Black band from 

 front of dorsal and first 3 spines to and including ventrals; black band after 

 fourth dorsal spine to eleventh, obliquely back and downward and including 

 posterior half of anal. Anal spines and edge black. Tips of last four dorsal 

 spines, all of soft dorsal, caudal and pectoral lemon yellow. Produced dorsal 

 spine pure white with front edge dusky, white extending below and including 

 anal. Breast and head silvery. 



2029 (D.5147). February 16, 1908. Length 42 mm. 



A1541. Doc Can Island. January 7, 1910. Length 152 mm. 



A930. Dodepo and Pasejogo Islands, Dutch East Indies. November 16, 1909. 

 Length 168 mm. Bands alternately white and brown, central white band 

 continued through extended dorsal ray. Ends of dorsal, caudal and pectoral 

 lemon j-ellow. 



32697 U.S.N. M. Indian Archipelago. Leiden Museum. Length 168 mm. 



43939. U.S.N.M. Mauritius. Colonel Nicholas Pike. Length 125 to 243 mm. 

 Four examples. 



51088 U.S.N.M. Hawaii. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 170 mm. 



52471. U.S.N.M. Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 138 mm. 



52798 U.S.N.M. Hawaii. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 163 mm. 



55027 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Albatross collection. Length 150 to 163 mm. 

 Two examples. 



55961 U.S.N.M. Bacon, Philippines. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 108 mm. 



55976 U.S.N.M. San Fabian. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 52 mm. 



71692 U.S.N.M. Nafa, Okinawa. Albatross collection, 1906. Length 62 to 70 

 mm. Two examples. 



82779 U.S.N.M. Fiji. Wilkes Exploring Expedition. Length 38 to 50 mm. 

 Two examples. 



Genus HOLACANTHUS Lac6pede 



Holacanthus Lac^pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1803, p. 525. Type 



Chaetodon tricolor Bloch, designated by Bleeker, Arch. Neerland. Sci. 



Nat., vol. 12, 1876, p. 307. 

 Genicanthus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Animals, vol. 2, 1839, p. 212. Type 



Holacanthus lamarck LACEp:fcDE, designated by Swain, Proc. Acad. Nat. 

 Sci. Philadelphia, 1882, p. 273. 

 Centropyge Kaup, Arch. Naturg., vol. 26, abth. 1, p. 138. Type Holacanthus 



tibicen Cuvier, monotypic. 



