FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 177 



Hawaiian specimens obtained by Fowler have now been placed in 

 the United States National Museum. 



HOL ACANTHUS ASFUR (Forsk&l) 



Chaetodon asfur Forskal, Descript. Animal., 1775, pp. xii, 61. Lohaja, Red 

 Sea.— Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, pt. 3, 1789, p. 1267 (Arabia). — 

 WalbatjM, Arted. Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 406 (copied). — Schneider, Syst. 

 Iclith. Bloch, 1801, p. 219 (Arabia). 



ChetodoH asfin- Boxnaterre, Tabl. Ichth., 1788, p. 88 (Red Sea). 



Pomacanthus asfur Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, pp. 518, 522 

 (Arabia). 



Holacanthus asfur Ruppell, .\tlas Reise nordl. Afrika, Fische, 1828, p. 132, 

 pi. 34, fig. 2 (Red Sea).— Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831. p. 174 

 (Lohaja).— GuNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 45 (Red 

 Sea). — Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 37 (Zanzibar, Aden). — Klun- 

 ziNGER, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, 1870. p. 789 (Red Sea); 

 Fische Roth. Mcer., 1889, p. 60, pi. 8, fig. 2. 



Chaetodon maculosus Forskal, Descript. Animal., 1775, pp. xiii, 62. Lohaja, 

 Red Sea.— Gmelix, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, pt. 3, 1789, p. 1267 (Ara- 

 bia). — Walbaum, Arted. Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 415 (on Forskal). — Schnei- 

 der, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 220 (Arabia). 



Holacanthus maculosus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 176 

 (Lohaja).— GuNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 45 (Red 

 Sea). — KossMANN and Rauber, Zool. Ergebn. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, Roth. 

 Meer,. 1877, p. 14.— Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer.,1884, p. 61, pi. 8, fig. 1 

 (.\ustralia and Koseir). 



II olacanthus aruset Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, pp. 528, 537. 

 Arabia. 



Holacanthus coerulescens Ruppell, Atlas Reise nordl. Afrika, Fische, 1828, 

 p. 133. Red Sea; Neue Wirbelthiere, Fische, 1835, p. 31 (name). 



Holacanthus lineatus RCppell, Atlas Reise nordl. Afrika. Fische, 1828, p. 

 133. Massaua, Red Sea; Neue Wirbelthiere, Fische, 1835, pp. 31, 32, 

 36, pi. 10, fig. 1. 



Holacanthus haddaja Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 175. 

 Massaua. 



Holacanthus mokhella (Ehrenberg) Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, 

 p. 177. Massaua. 



D. XI or XII, 21 or 22; A. Ill, 19 to 21; both fins well produced. 

 Dark brown or brownish-gray, with lighter vertical band from hind 

 half of spinous dorsal. Front part of body with black semilunar 

 spots. Caudal yellowish. (Giinther.) 



Reaches 420 mm. according to Klunzinger. 



HOLACANTHUS SEXSTRIATUS Cuvier 



Holacanthus scxstriatus (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) Cuvier, Hist. Nat. 

 Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 194. Java. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 

 2, 1880, p. 49 (Molucca Sea). — Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, 1865, p. 104 

 (Java). — Martens, Preuss. Exp. Ost-Asien, 1876, p. 388 (Singapore). — 

 Alleyne and Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 1, 

 1876, p. 277 (Cape Greuville). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., 

 vol. 9, 1877, p. 66, pi. (10) 372, fig. 4 (Singapore, Java, Celebes, Am- 

 boina). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 2, 1878, 



