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3849 [5648]. North Island, N. 87° E., 10.2 miles (5° 35' 00" S., 122° 20' 00" 



E.), Buton Strait, Dutch East Indies. December IC, 1909. Length 42 mm. 

 A968. Binang Buang, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. November 17, 1909. Length 



230 mm. 

 18448. Maitara Island. November 26, 1909. Length 182 mm. 

 13579. Talisse Island, north of Celebes. November 9, 1909. Length 142 mm. 

 1298. Honolulu. Albatross Collection 1891. Length 227 mm. 

 17994 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Dr. T. H.- Streets. Length 18 to 85 mm. As Pri- 



acanthus carolinus. 

 51089 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. U. S. Fish Commission. Length 265 mm. 

 52330 U.S.N.M. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 228 to 254 mm. 



2 examples. 

 52661 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 263 mm. 



55098 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Albatross Collection. Length 200 mm. As 

 Priacanthus alalaua. 



55099 U.S.N M. Hawaiian Islands. Albatross Collection. Length 155 mm. 

 55470 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 197 mm, 



55521 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 228 mm. 



65994 U.S.N.M. Papeete. Tahiti. Albatross Collection. Length 212 mm. 



84251 U.S.N.M. Zamboanga. Dr. F. Baker. Length 213 mm. As Priacanthus 



macracanthus. 

 86034 U.S.N.M. Foo Chow, China. A. Sowerby. Length 44 to 51 mm. 2 



examples. 

 28080 to 28082 A.N.S.P. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries (05224, 



05225,04173). Length 138 to 212 mm. 

 51370 to 51378 A.N.S.P. Honolulu. Henry W. Fowler, 1922. Length 137 to 



208 mm. 



51381 A.N.S.P. Nukuhiva. Alvin Seale, 1902. Length 110 mm. 



51382 to 51387 A.N.S.P. Honolulu. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 76 to 85 mm. 



51388 A.N.S.P. Tahiti. Alvin Seale. Length 265 mm. 



51389 A.N.S.P. Honolulu. J. W. Thompson. Length 248 mm. 



52897 A.N.S.P. Hong Kong. 1929. Henry W. Fowler. Length 287 mm. 



PRIACANTHUS ARENATUS Cnvier 



Priacanthus arenatus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1829, p. 101. Brazil and 

 Atlantic Ocean. — Steindachneji, Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien. vol. 39, No. 24, 

 1902, p. 316 (Gischin) ; Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-nat. KL, vol. 

 71, pt 1, 1907, p. 127 (Hdulaf and Kalansiye, Sokotra; Makalla, South 

 Arabia). — Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, pt. 4, May 

 21, 1917. p. 337 (not Port Shepstone and Durban Harbour records). 



Priacanthus macrophthalmus (not Bloch) Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 

 1831, p. 97 (Brazil, Martinique, Havana).— Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, 

 1865. p. 39 (Rio Janeiro).— Schmelz, Cat. Mus. Godoffroy, No. 4, 1869, p. 

 13 (East Indies). 



Priacanthus catalufa Poey, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1863, p. 182. 

 Cuba. 



Depth 23/5 to 3; head 3 to 314, width 1% to 2. Snout 22/5 to 314 

 in head from upper jaw tip: eye 21/3 to 2%, greater than eye, much 

 greater than interorbital ; maxillary reaches l^ in eye, expansion 

 1% to 2 in eye, length 2 to 2l^ in head from snout tip; teeth biserial, 

 fine, outer row little enlarged and uniserial on sides of lower jaw; 

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