FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE AND ADJACENT SEAS 191 



HOLACANTHUS ANNULARIS (Bloch) 



Chaetodon annularis Bloch, Naturg. Ausl. Fische, vol. 3, 1787, p. 114, pi. 215, 



fig. 2. East Indies.— Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, pt. 3, 1789, p. 1262 



(India).— Walbaum, Arted. Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 425 (East Indies). — Foh- 



8TER, Fauna Indica, 1795, p. 15. — Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, 



p. 178 (Pondichery, Moluccas, Malacca). 

 Chetodon annularis Bonnaterre, Tabl. Ichth., 1788, p. 91 (East Indies). 

 Holacanthns annularis Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, pp. 526, 533 



(East Indies). — Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (Cat. Malay Fish.), vol. 



18, pt. 2, 1849, p. 1146 (Pinang).— Gxjnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 



1860, p. 42 (Ceylon, Moluccas). — Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 112, 



pi. 29, fig. 1; Fauna Brit. India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 16. 

 Acanthochaetodon annularis Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 9, 



1877, p. 71, pi. (8) 370, figs. 1-2 (Sumatra, Pinang, Singapore, Java, 



Celebes).— Bean and Weed, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 607 



(Batavia). 

 Holacanthus septcntrionalis (part) Richardson, Rep. Ichth. China Japan, 



1846, p. 246. 

 Chaetodon resinus Gray, Cat. Fish. Gronow, vol. 2, 1854, p. 71. Indian 



Ocean. 

 Chaetodon vorticosus Gray, Cat. Fish. Gronow, vol. 2, 1854, p. 74. Indian 



Ocean. 

 Holacanthus pseudanmdaris Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Indie, vol. 15, 1858, 



p. 168. Batavia.— GuNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 43 



(copied). 



Greatly like Holacanthus imperator but differs in a blue humeral 

 annulus. Known only from India and the East Indies. 



72698 U.S.N.M. Batavia, Java. Bryant and Palmer. Length 230 mm. 



holacanthus MESOLEUCUS (Bloch) 



Chaetodon mesoleucus Bloch, Naturg. Ausl. Fische, vol. 3, 1787, p. 117, pi. 

 216, fig. 2. Japan.— Walbaum, Arted. Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 411 (on 

 Bloch). — Schneider, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 227 (Japan). 



Chetodon mesoleucus Bonnaterre, Tabl. Ichth., 1788, p. 87 (Japan). 



Holacanthus mesoleucus Lac6pJ;de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, pp. 528, 

 535 (Japan). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, 1860, p. 54 (Macas- 

 sar and Moluccas). — Karoli, Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, 

 p. 156 (Sarawak and Singapore). — Meyer, An. Soc. Espanola, Hist. Nat. 

 Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 18 (Menado and Macassar, Celebes). — Duncker, 

 Mitt. Naturh. Mus. Hamburg, voL 21, 1903 (1904), p. 151 (Singapore).— 

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

 pi. 7, fig. 1 (Puerto Galera, Masbate, Gigantangan, Estancia, Zamboanga, 

 Bato Bato, Jolo). 



Holacanthus mesoleucus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 7, 1831, p. 170 (Moluc- 

 cas, Java). — Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, 1865, p. 105 (Java, Singapore). 



Chaetodontophts mesoleucus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 9, 

 1877, p. 56, pi. (7) 369, fig. 5 (Batu, Singapore, Duizend Islands, Java, 

 Celebes, Halmaheira, Batjan, Obi major, Ceram). 



Chaetodon mesomelas Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., vol. 1, pt. 3, 17.S9, p. 1263. 

 Japan (on Bloch). — Forster, Fauna Indica, 1795, p. 15. 



Chaetodon atratus Gray, Cat. Fish. Gronow, vol. 2, 1854, p. 54. India. 



