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II/5 in interorbital; maxillary % to ^ in snout, 3}4 to 3% in head; 

 interorbital 3 to 3}/^, broadly convex. Gill rakers 4 + 13 short points, 

 }i of gill filaments, which 1)^ in eye. 



Scales 48 or 49 between gill opening and caudal base; 48 to 50 

 scales in lateral line to caudal base; 9 scales above lateral line, 24 to 

 28 below. Scales with 6 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 48 

 to 52, with basal rods, often many auxiliaries; circuli fine. 



D. XIV, 17, I or 18, i, last spine 13^ to 1% in total head length, 

 seventh ray 1}/^ to 1 V5; A. Ill, 18, i, last spine 1}/^ to 13^, third ray 

 13^3 to 1^5; least depth of caudal peduncle 2; caudal convex behind, 

 ends in filament above about long as eye, 1}4: to 1}/^ in head; pectoral 

 13^ to IH; ventral 1 to Hi. 



Light yellowish brown, each scale on side with large median pale 

 or light spot. Lips dusky brown. Iris light brown. .Small black 

 ocellate spot, little less than eye, at predorsal each side of supra- 

 occipital. Deep brown ovate blotch at suprascapula, little smaller 

 than eye and ocellate. Outer half of anals broadly black, fins other- 

 wise all uniformly pale. 



Zanzibar, Reunion, East Indies, Philippines. A very handsome 

 species readily known by its general bright yellow or orange color, 

 with a few contrasted dark markings. 



9665 [2014]. Mabul Island. September 29, 1909. Length 155 mm. 

 A1499. Kait Point, Celebes. December 29, 1909. Length 165 mm. 



HOLACANTHUS NAVARCHUS Cuvier 



Holacanthus navarchus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 171. Java. — 

 GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 49 (Amboina); Cruise 

 of Curagoa, Brenchley, 1873, p. 410 (Misol, Moluccas). — Bleeker, Atlas 

 Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 9, 1877, p. 65, pi. (9) 371, fig. 3 (Java, Flores, 

 Amboina, Banda). 



Depth l^toVA; head 2% to 33^, width 1^ to 2. Snout 2% to 

 3 in head from snout tip; eye 23^ to 4, 1 to 1% in snout, 13^ in 

 interorbital and greater than interorbital in young; maxillary reaches 

 opposite % to % in snout, 33^ to 3J4 in head; interorbital 3 to 4, 

 broadly convex; preopercle spine along upper edge 2}/^ to 5%. Gill 

 rakers 6 + 12, short strong points, 33^ in gill filaments, which 13^ 

 in eye. 



Scales 45 to 48 hi lateral hne to caudal base; 6 scales above lateral 

 line, 20 or 21 below. Scales with 5 or 6 basal radiating striae, apical 

 denticles 25 to 27, each with long slender rootlet; circuli fine. 



D. XIII or XIV, 17, I or 18, I, last spine 1)^ to IJi in total head 

 length, ninth ray 13^ to 1}4', A. Ill, 18, i, third spine 13^ to 2}4) 

 sixth ray 13^ to 1^; least depth of caudal peduncle 2)4 to 2^; 

 caudal rounded or convex behind, 13^ to 1%; pectoral 1% to 13^; 

 ventral 23/3 to 2% in combined head and body. 



