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interspaces. Vertical fins black, bordered all around with blue. 

 Length 400 mm. (Klunzinger.) 



We have examined a single example, 21294 U.S.N.M., without 

 data, 157 mm. long. It has black circle at shoulder and hind caudal 

 edge white. 



HEPATUS FLAVOGUTTATUS (Klttlitz) 



Acanthurus flavoguttatus Kittlitz, Mus. Senckenb., vol. 1, 1834, p. 195, pi. 



13, fig. 5. Caroline Islands. — Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 4, 

 1875, p. 112 (copied). 



Acanthurus ketlitzi Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 10, 1835, p. 222. No 

 locality. 



According to Kittlitz greenish brown with 8 longitudinal yellowish 

 waved lines on body, 3 on dorsals and anals and 3 transversely on 

 caudal. Head and breast spotted with yellowish. Length 127 mm. 



HEPATUS LINEATUS (Linnaeus) 



Chaetodon lineatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. 1, 1758, p. 274. East 

 Indies; Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 463. — Gmelin, Syst. Nat. Linn., 

 vol. 1, pt. 3, 1789, p. 1246 (India).— Walbau.m, Arted. Pise, vol. 3, 1792, 

 p. 441 (on Linnaeus). — Forster, Fauna Indica, 1795, p. 15. 



Chetodon lineatus Bonnaterre, Tabl. Ichth., 1788, p. 84, pi. 45, &g. 172 

 (East Indies). 



Acanthurus lineatus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 10, 1835, p. 223 

 (Waigiu, Oualan). — Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 4, 1853, 

 p. 263 (Priaman, Cauer); vol. 6, 1854, p. 517 (Oelukan); vol. 13, 1857, p. 

 478 (Karangbollong, Java); vol. 17, 1858-59, p. 130 (Atapoepoe, Timor); 

 vol. 19, 1859, p. 331 (Patjitan, Java), p 333 (Karangbollong); vol. 20, 

 1859-60, p. 203 (Karangbollong); Verb. Batav. Genoot. (Nal. Ichth. 

 Bengal), vol. 25, 1853, p. 48; Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. N^erland., vol. 1, No. 3, 



1856, p. 4 (Manado); vol. 1, No. 5, 1856, p. 76 (Amboina); vol. 2, No. 7, 



1857, p. 5 (Amboina); vol. 3, No. 4, 1857-58, p. 3 (Manado); vol. 3, No. 9, 

 1857-58, p. 4 (Trusan); vol. 5, No. 8, 1858-59, p. 2 (Tobariri, Celebes).— 

 Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 3, 1861, p. 333 (Malay Archipelago, 

 Amboina, Philippines). — Bleeker, Verslag. en Mededeel. Akad. Wet. 

 Amsterdam, vol. 15, 1863, p. 266 (Ternate). — Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, 

 1865, p. 210 (Tahiti). — Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 4, 1875, p. 

 Ill, pi. 70 (Zanzibar, Samoa, Tahiti). — Day, Fishes of India, pt. 2, 1876, 

 p. 203 (Andamans). — Meyer, An. Soc. Espanola, Hist. Nat. Madrid, vol. 



14, 1885, p. 24 (North Celebes).— Day, Fauna Brit. India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 

 138 (Andamans). — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filipin., vol. 1, 1895, p. 532 

 (Luzon, Cavite, Santa Cruz). — Weber, SibogaExp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, 

 p. 317 (Karakelang, Gisser, Binongka, Nusa Laut, Tuir, Rotti).^ — Pear- 

 son, Ceylon Admin. Rep. Marine Biol., 1914, p. E7. — Herre, Philippine 

 Journ. Sci., vol. 34, No. 4, Dec. 1927, p. 420, pi. 14, fig. 1 (Paraoir, 

 Batangas, Manila, Sibutu; Paoay; Guam). 



Ctenodon lineatus Swainson, Nat. Hist. Anim., vol. 2, 1838, p. 333 (on 



Bennett). 

 Har-purus lineatus Lichtenstein, Descri^jt. Animal. Forster, 1844, p. 216 



(Indies). 

 Rhombotides lineatus Bleeker, Nederland. Tijds. Dierk., vol. 1, 1863, p. 270 



(Atopupu, Timor); Verslag. en Mededeel. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 



16, 1864, p. 368 (Aru Island, Moluccas); vol. 2 (2), 1868, p. 276 (Batjan). 



