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side with 12 or 13 whitish undulated lines, ascending posteriorly. 

 Dorsal and anal brown. Caudal yellowish. Length 102 mfn. 

 (Valenciennes.) 



HEPATUS BLEEEERI (Gunther) 



Acanthurus bleekeri Gunther, Cat. Fish Brit. Mus., vol. 3, 1861, p. 335 (on 

 Acanthurus mata Bleeker, not Cuvier, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, 

 vol. 7, 1854, p. 432. Batavia). — Bleeker, Nederland. Tijds. Dierk., 

 vol. 1, 1863, p. 153 (Galela, Halmaheira). — Klunzinger, Verb. zool. bot. 

 Ges. Wien, vol. 21, 1871, p. 509 (Red Sea). — Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 

 57, Fische, 1913, p. 318 (Macassar). — Herre, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 

 34, No. 4, Dec. 1927, p. 423, pi. 14, fig. 2 (Agutaya, Subic Bay, Antique 

 Province in Panay). 



Acanthurus {Rhomhotides) bleekeri Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, p. 

 85 (Koseir). 



Acanthurus mata (not Cuvier) Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 

 7, 1854, p. 432 (Batavia, Java); vol. 8, 1855, p. 393 (Amboina); vol. 9, 

 1855, p. 284 (Manado, Celebes); vol. 11, 1856, p. 95 (Banda), p. 253 

 (Laboeha, Batjan); vol. 12, 1856, p. 508 (Wahaai, Ceram); vol. 17, 1858-59, 

 p. 143 (Boleling, Bali); vol. 22, 1860, p. 113 (Buru), p. 249 (Timor); 

 Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Nal, Ichth. Bengal), vol. 25, 1853, p. 

 48; Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. Ncerland., vol. 1, No. 3, 1856, p. 8 (Macassar), p. 31 

 (Manado); vol. 2, No. 7, 1857, p. 5 (Amboina); Verslag. en Mededeel. 

 Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 15, 1863, p. 21 (Hitu, Amboina). — Thurston, 

 Gov. Central Mus. Madras (Pearl Fish. Manaar), 1890, p. 92 (Tuticorin, 

 Pambas). — Pearson, Ceylon Admin. Rep. Marine Biol., 1912-13, p. E6. 



Teuthis mata Kendall and Goldsborough, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 

 26, No. 7, 1911, p. 310 (Rangiroa, Fakarava), 



Acanthurus aureolineatus Day, Fishes of India, pt. 2, 1876, p. 204, pi. 48, fig. 

 3. Waltair, Coromandel Coast. 



Harpurus gnophodes Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 12, 

 ser. 2, June 10, 1904, p. 544, pi. 22, upper fig. Padang, Sumatra. 



Depth l%to2'J4; head 3% to 3%, width 1 J^ to 2. Snout Iji to 

 V/s', 6ye 33^8 to 5, 1^ to 2% in snout, IJ/g to iVe in interorbital; 

 teeth 20 to 22 in each jaw; maxillary 3% to 4}^ in head; interorbital 

 3 to 33^, convexly elevated; opercle with a few vertical, obscure 

 grooves. Gill rakers 5 + 12, short, feeble, cuneate points. 



Scales with minute circuli; apical denticles 11 to 13, with 4 or 5 

 series of transverse basal elements. 



D. IX, 26, 1 or 27, i, ninth spine 1% to 1^ in head, fifth ray 13^ to 

 1%; A. Ill, 24, I or 25, i, thu'd spine I3>g to 23^, first ray 1% to IM; 

 caudal deeply lunate, 23^ to 2^ in combined head and body; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 3 in head; pectoral 33-^^ to 33^ in 

 combined head and bod}^; ventral 13^ to IJ^ in head. 



Chocolate or umber brown generally, ground tint more or less uni- 

 form. Head and body with about 20 or more gray blue longitudinal 

 lines, of which about 10 cross head; these lines all variable and 

 mostly faded from trunk and tail. Iris brown with light olive gray 

 to yellov/ish tints. Fins all more or less dusky, soft dorsal and anal 



