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14739. Kayoa Island. November 29, 1909. Length 132 mm. 



14636, 14637, 22228. Buka Buka Island, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. November 



20, 1909. Length 75 to 127 mm. 

 16225, 21121. Cape Kait, Libani Bay, Celebes. December 29, 1909. Length 65 



to 108 mm. 

 9501. Dodepo and Pasejogo Islands, Celebes. November 16, 1909. Length 



80 mm. 

 21450. Una Una Road, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. November 17, 1909. Length 



68 mm. 

 14643. Tidore Island, south of Ternate. November 24, 1909. Length 139 mm. 

 22305. Tidore Island. November 29, 1909. Length 88 mm. 

 A1270. Uki, Buru Island. December 9, 1909. Length 163 mm. 



30617 U.S.N.M. New Guinea. Austrahan Museum. Length 128 mm. 



30618 U.S.N.M. New Guinea. Austrahan Museum. Length 107 mm. 



52462 U.S.N.M. Apia. Bureau of Fisheries. Lengtli 37 to 88 mm. Two ex- 

 amples. As Z ehrasom a rostratum. 



62507 U.S.N.M. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 34 to 157 mm. 

 Four examples. 



Two examples (with 66084 U.S.N.M.). Tahaa, Society Islands. Albatross 

 collection. Length 167 to 188 mm. As Zebrasoma veliferum. 



Tlie following are all the yellow phase : 



55026 U.S.N.M. Puako Bay, Hawaiian Islands. Albatross collection, 1906. 



Length 138 to 163 mm. Two examples. 



55546 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Albatross collection. Two examples. 



51052 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Length 180 mm. One example. 



58530 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. E. L. Berndt. Length 105 to 123 mm. Three 



examples. 



ZEBRASOMA XANTHURUM (Blyth) 



Acanthurus xanthurus Blyth, Prodr. Faun. Ceylon, Kelaart, Append., 1852, 

 p. 50. Ceylon.— GuNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 3, 1861, p. 343 (cop- 

 ied). — Playfair, Fishes of Zanzibar, 1866, p. 57, pi. 8, fig. 4 (Aden). — 

 Klunzinger, Verb. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 21, 1871, p. 504 (Red Sea).— 

 Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 207; Fauna Brit. India, vol. 2, 1889, 

 p. 144. 



Acanthurus (Harpurus) xanthurus Klunzingr, Fische Rotli. Meer., 1884, p. 

 85 (Koseir). 



Depth 2H in total. D. V, 24 or 25; A. Ill, 20 or 21. Blackish, 

 caudal yellow. Head and shoulders reticulated with gray. Pectoral 

 yellowish terminally. Length 204 mm. (Day.) 



zebrasoma rostratum (Gunther) 



AcayiUmrus rosiratus Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 4, 1875, p. 117, 

 pi. 66, fig. B. Society Islands. 



D.V, 24; A. 111,20. Uniform black. Length 178 mm. (Gunther.) 

 This little-known species forms the subgenus Laephiclithys Ogilby, 

 in its strong dorsal spines and produced snout. It parallels in Zebra- 

 soma the subgenus Lo in Siganus. The examples in the U. S. 

 National Museum reported as this species by Jordan and Scale are 

 Zebrasoma flavescens. The species does not api)ear to have been seen 

 since Garrett's figure was made. 



