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llo. Dorsal spine fully erectile, short, unarmed; scales of body with short 

 slender spines, each spine bearing a small round knob on its tip. 

 Color of head and back pale greenish tan, belly white; about 5 

 rows of brownish dots radiating from eye; sides with 8 length- 

 wise rows of brownish dots; fins all pale; dorsal rays 1,23; anal 



24; pectoral 10 Brachaluteres taylori, new species 



116. Dorsal spine not fully erectile but enveloped in a loose flap of skin; 

 body smooth in young (up to 25 mm.), no spines visible; large 

 specimens with small sharp-pointed imbedded spines over head 

 and body, those on sides of caudal peduncle elongated, some 

 antrorse; 3 distinct dark grey or dark brown saddles across dorsal 

 surface; round black spot near ventral margin below anterior 

 rim of eye, a larger round black spot at ventral tip of second 

 dorsal saddle above anus, about diameter of eye; spiny dorsal 

 membrane black; dorsal fin rays 1,27; anal 24; pectoral 11. 



Paraluteres prionurus (Bleeker) 

 10b. Anal rays 40 or more; body elongate, compressed; dorsal snout profile 

 concave; dorsal spine long, slender, unarmed, inserted over middle 

 of eye; caudal peduncle deep, ventral side shorter than upper; 

 scale spines short, close set; dorsal and anal fins high, rounded; 

 caudal fin longer than head. Color of head and body fight greyish 

 tan; head and body with intensely black round or oval dots, slightly 

 smaller or slightly larger than pupil; dots of sides with curved light 

 or greyish bars above, below, or behind these bars, sometimes 

 joining to form wavy line; dorsal and anal fins pale, sometimes 

 yellowish caudal fin rays yellowish brown, membranes smoky grey. 

 Dorsal fin rays 1,45; anal 48; pectoral 14, gill rakers 39. 



Alutera scripta (Osbeck) 



Genus PERVAGOR Whitley 



Pervagor Whitley, Austrafian Zool., vol. 6, p. 120, 1930 (type species, Monacan- 

 thus alternans Ogilby (?=A/. nitens HoUard)). 



PERVAGOR MELANOCEPHALUS MARSHALLENSIS, new subspecies 



Figure 152 



Holotype.—V^'^M 140737, Bikini Atoll, Erik Island, western end, 

 ocean reef, March 19, S-46-9, Schultz and Brock, 74 mm. 



Paratypes. — USNM 140735, same data as holotype, 4 specimens, 

 GO to 66 mm.; USNM 140733, Bikini Lagoon off Bikini Island to 

 entrance at Enyu Island, March 11-31, S-46-2, Brock, Marr, Schultz, 

 and crew of USS Bowditch, 1 specimen, 82 mm.; USNM 140734, 

 Bikini Atoll, Enyu Island, lagoon reef at channel entrance, poison, 

 diving and spearing to depth of 20 feet, March 16, S-46-8, Schultz, 

 Brock, and Marr, 2 specimens, 47 and 70 mm.; USNM 140732, 

 Bikini Atoll, lagoon, Bowditch Anchorage off Bikini Island, surface 

 light at night, March 30, S-46-46, Schultz and Brock, 1 specimen, 

 40.5 mm.; USNM 140740, Bikini Atoll, Romuk Island, ocean reef, 

 April 1, S-46-47, Schultz, 1 specimen, 40 mm.; USNM 140752, Bikini 

 lagoon, eastern end, coral heads at depths of 20 to 25 feet, diving, 



