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of body with short slender spmes, each spine bearing a small round 

 knob on its tip, those of caudal peduncle not enlarged; body with 

 short, simple cirri on upper sides and back; dorsal and anal fins 

 rounded, not noticeably elevated anteriorly; caudal fin rounded. 



Color in alcohol.- — Ground color of head and back pale greenish tan ; 

 belly silvery white; top of head and upper part of back with small 

 reddish brown dots or elognate dashes more or less arranged in rows 

 and loops, one row extending from anterior margin of eye to rictus, 

 two V-shaped rows crossing interorbital, two rows curving downward 

 and backward from lower margin of eye; sides with about 8 lengthwise 

 rows of dots, two of these extending onto caudal peduncle; fins all 

 pale. 



Ecology. — This specimen was taken in 18-inch dredge hauled in 

 lagoon at depth of 120 feet. 



Remarks.- — ^This species is very closely related to and may be 

 identical with Monacanthus oculatus Giinther. It differs, however, 

 in the lower number of fin rays (D.24, A.22, in M. oculatus) and from 

 all other described species of Brachaluteres in the lower number of 

 fin rays. B. trossulus (Richardson) from western Australia, B. 

 baueri Richardson from Australia, B. oculatus Giinther from south 

 Australia, and B. taylori from the Marshall Islands are all marked 

 similarly with small spots along the sides arranged in lengthwise rows. 



It is with some hesitation that we describe a specimen of this size 

 as new. However, this is the first specimen of this genus to be re- 

 ported from Oceania, and the distance from the Marshalls to south 

 and western Australia, combined with our lack of knowledge con- 

 cerning the range of variation in the species of Brachaluteres, has 

 caused us to give our specimen a new name. 



Named in honor of Dr. William Randolph Taylor of the University 

 of Michigan, who collected the specimen. 



Genus PARALUTERES Bleeker 



Paraluleres Bleeker, Nederl. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 3, p. 14, 1866 (type species, 

 Alutarius prionurus Bleeker). 



PARALUTERES PRIONURUS (Bleeker) 



Plates 136,A; 142,A 



Alutarius prionurus Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl.-Indie, vol. 2, p. 260, 

 1851 (type locality, Banda; Neira). 



SPECIMEN STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: Enyu Island, ocean reef at channel entrance, August 1, S-46-483, 

 Schultz, Brock, and Hiatt, 1 specimen, 25 mm. 



Description.- — Dorsal fin rays 1,27; anal rays 24; pectoral rays 11; 

 branched caudal rays 5-1-5; teeth 4 upper, 6 lower. 



