FAMILY ALUTERIDAE — WOODS 93 



dorsal fin base 0.85 to 1.0; length of anal base 1.0 to 1.2; length of 

 dorsal spine 1.2 to 1.3; interorbital width 3.4 to 3.8; postorbital part 

 of head 4.3 to 4.8; length of gill opening 2.9 to 3.8; all in length of 

 head. Angle of snout profile 41 degrees (young), 46 to 49 degrees 

 (adults) , snout profile concave. 



Interorbital area elevated, rounded; dorsal spine long, slender, 

 inserted slightly before middle of eye; anterior face of dorsal spine 

 with 4 rows of small tubercles basally, 2 rows distally; a few small 

 spines basally on posterolateral edges, none distally; pelvic spine with 

 no moveable joints at tip, 8 to 10 radiating spines on tip; pelvic flap 

 poorly developed, its length about equal to gill opening; scales of 

 sides with small spines, those of caudal peduncle with fine spines 

 elongated and curved fore ward in larger specimens, forming a pad 

 appearing and feeling like felt; some specimens with small branched 

 cirri scattered over sides; dorsal and anal fins low rounded in small 

 specimens (50 to 60 mm.), becoming elevated anteriorly in larger 

 specimens (72 to 128 mm.) ; caudal fin rounded, fan-shaped. 



Color in alcohol. — Head and body pale yellowish or greyish brown 

 to dark brown; lips pale yellowish, area around mouth just behind 

 lips usually blackish; cheeks with about 6 faint dark lines radiating 

 from mouth towards eye and gill opening, fading posteriorly; lower 

 sides with faint round or oval spots, smaller than pupil, ventral flap 

 blackish or darker than ground color of sides, with 1 or 2 irregular 

 wavy black lines; iris blackish, run of orbit darker than ground color; 

 spinous dorsal membrane dark brown to blackish; soft dorsal and anal 

 fins white with rays brownish basally; caudal fin with pale membrane, 

 dark brown rays; pectoral fin black basaUy, pale on distal portion. 



Remarks. — We believe A. pardalis Riippell (1835) to be a snyonym 

 of A. sandwichiensis Quoy and Gaimard since our specimens agree 

 with both the figures and description of Riippell and the description 

 of Quoy and Gaimard. 



AMANSES CAROLAE (Jordan and McGregor) 



Plate 134 



Cantherines carolae Jordan and McGregor in Jordan and Evermann, U.S. Nat. 



Mus. Bull. 47, pt. 2, p. 1713, pi. 258, fig. 633, 1898 (type locality, Clarion 



Island). 

 Cantherine carolae Jordan and McGregor, Rep. U.S. Comm. Fisli, 1898, p. 



281, pi. G, 1899 (Clarion Island). 

 Pseudomonacanthus punctulalus Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1902, p. 298, 



pi. 25, fig. 2. 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 4 stations, 6 specimens, 201 to 285 mm. in standard length. 

 Rongelap Atoll: 1 station, 1 specimen, 227 mm. 

 Eniwetok Atoll: 1 station, 1 specimen, 278 mm. 

 Rongerik Atoll: 1 station, 1 specimen, 260 mm. 



