FISHES OF THE PHH.IPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 197 

 APHAREUS FURCATUS (Lacepede) 



Labrus furcatus LAcfipfiDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, pp. 429, 447, pi. 21, 

 fig. 1. The Great Ocean [Mauritius]. 



Aphareus furcatus Guntheb, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 386 (com' 

 piled) ; Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 1, pt. 1, 1873, p. 17 (Society Islands).-- 

 Bleekeb, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, p. 80 (not pi. [21] 

 299, fig. 2) (Amboina).— Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 7, 1877, p. 90 

 (Fanning Islands). — Jordan and Starks, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 23, 

 1901, p. 719, pis. 28-29 (Odawara; skeleton).— Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish 

 Comm., vol. 22, 1902 (1903), p. 451 (Honolulu).— Jordan and Thompson, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 39, 1911, p. 467, fig. 7 (Odawara).— Jordan 

 and Starks, Ann. Carnegie Mus., vol. 11, Nos. 3-4, 1917, p. 450 (Ceylon; 

 Japan).— FowLEB, Bull. Bishop Mus. No. 22, 1925, p. 26 (Honolulu).-^ 

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

 No. 20, Nov. 14, 1927, p. 672 (Honolulu).— Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., 

 vol. 10, 1928, p. 194 (Honolulu, Fanning Islands, type of Aphareus 

 flavivultus. Society Islands) ; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929. 

 p. 635 (Honolulu). 



Caranxamorus sacrestinus LAcfipfeDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1803, pp. 681, 

 682. No locality (on Commerson). 



Aphareus caerulescens Cxjvieb, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, 1830, p. 487, pi. 167b, 

 Port Louis, Mauritius. — Guichenot, Notes He Reunion, vol. 2, 1862, p. 25. 



Aphareus flavivultus Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 19, 1899 (1901), 

 p. 390, fig. 1. Honolulu; vol. 22, 1902 (1903), p. 451 (Kona, Hawaii).— 

 Snydee, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 22, 1902 (1904), p. 522 (Honolulu).— 

 Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 23, pt. 1, 1903 (1905), 

 p. 235 (Honolulu, Kailua, Hilo). — Jordan and Dickebson, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., vol. 34, 1908, p. 611 (Honolulu). 



Aphareus (Sacrestinus) flavivultus Jordan, Evermann, Tanaka, Proc. Cali' 

 fornia Acad. Sci., ser. 4, vol. 16, No. 20, Nov. 14, 1927, p. 671 (Honolulu). 



Depth 3 to 31/5 ; head 3 to 31/5, width 21/8 to 21/5. Snout 3 to 31/3 

 in head from snout tip ; eye 4 to 4%, 1% to 1% in snout, li/^ to li/^ 

 in interorbital ; maxillary reaches % to % in eye, expansion I14 

 to 2 in eye, length 11/5 to 2 in head from snout tip ; teeth in villiform 

 bands in jaws of about 4 or 5 irregular rows and an outer slightly 

 enlarged row; no teeth on palate or tongue; interorbital 2% to 3, 

 broadly convex; preopercle entire, flange with horizontal venules. 

 Gill rakers 10 + 16, lanceolate, 1^/4 in ©y^; giU rakers % of gill 

 filaments. 



Scales 68 to 70 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 or 6 more on 

 latter; 10 scales above lateral line, 18 below, 23 to 26 predorsal, 8 

 rows on cheek. Suprascapula entire, venulose. Preorbital with 

 oblique parallel striae. Scales with 12 or 13 basal radiating striae; 

 circuli minute. 



D. X, 10, I, third spine 2l^ to 214 in total head length, last ray 

 2 to 21/8 ; A. Ill, 8 i, third spine 31/3 to 33/5, last ray 2 to 21/5 ; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 3% to 3i/4; pectoral 1% to 1%; ventral 

 I73 to 1% ; caudal 24^ to 3 in combined head and body. 

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