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or 7 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 53 to 88 short points, 

 with to 9 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



T>. X, 11, I, third spine 1% to 2 in total head length, first ray 3 

 to 31/4; A. Ill, 8, I, third spine 3l^ to 3%, first ray 2% to 3; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 3% to 3%; pectoral l^V to ll^; ventral 

 1% to 1% ; caudal 2l^ to 2% in rest of body, deeply forked, lobes 

 ending in long slender points. 



Brown, little paler below, with silvery reflections. Iris pale yel- 

 lowish brown. Fins all pale or very light in color. 



Mauritius, Bourbon, Reunion, Seychelles, Japan, Hawaii. Also 

 in the Atlantic (West Indies). A large and valued food fish, bril- 

 liant red in life, reaching a length of 1018 mm. Witih age the caudal 

 lobes prolonged slender points. 



50662 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Bureau of Fisheries. Type of Etelis evwns. 

 50663. U.S.N.M. Hilo, Hawaii. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 340 mm. As 



Etelis evurus. 

 52812 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 280(?) mm. 



As Etelis evurus. 

 Three examples, A.N.S.P. Honolulu. 1922. Henry W. Fowler. Length 250 



to 400 mm. 



Genus APHAREUS Cuvier 



Aphareus Cuvier, Hist, Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, 1830, p. 485. Type Aphareus cae- 



rulescens Cuvier, designated by Jordan, Tanaka, Snyder, Journ. College 



Sci. Tokyo, vol. 33, 1913, p. 165. 

 Sacrestinus Jordan, Evermann, Tanaka, Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 



vol. 16, No. 20, Nov. 14, 1927, p. 670. Type Aphareus flaviv-ultus Jenkins, 



monotypic. 

 Fares Jordan, Evermann, Tanaka, Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 4, vol. 16, 



No. 20, Nov. 14, 1927, p. 673. Type Aphareus rutilans Cuvier, orthotypic. 



Body elongate, compressed. Head pointed, compressed. Eye 

 moderate. Mouth large, lower jaw strong and with prominent chin. 

 Maxillary rather narrow. Teeth in jaws in several rows, minute or 

 deciduous, without canines ; palate and tongue toothless. Preopercle 

 entire, with broad naked flange. Vertebrae 24, of which 13 caudal. 

 About 70 scales in a lateral series. Snout and jaws scaleless, also 

 dorsal and anal; head with temporal region, jaws and opercles scaly; 

 caudal minutely scaled. Dorsal low, continuous, with 10 spines and 

 10 or 11 rays, last soft ray well extended. Anal with 3 spines and 

 8 rays, last ray well extended. Caudal deeply forked, lobes long, 

 slender, pointed. Pectoral long, falcate, lower rays extended with 

 age. Ventral inserted below pectoral. 



ANALYSIS OF SPECIES 



a\ Aphareus. Gill rakers 5+16 to 18; scales 68 to 70 in lateral line to caudal 

 base furcatus. 



a2. Fares. Gill rakers 16 to 19+32 to 34 ; scales 70 to 73 in lateral line to caudal 

 base rutilans. 



