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Olive green on back, little paler on lower surface. Iris brown- 

 ish. Fins brown like body. 



Mauritius, Reunion, Ceylon, East Indies, Japan, Polynesia, 

 Hawaii. Among Indo-Pacific snappers the uniform dark colora- 

 tion of this species is exceptional. I have no examples, except 

 Hawaiian, with the variable white frontal area for which the 

 nominal Aphareus flavlvuUus was proposed by Jenkins and more 

 recently as the genotype of Sacrestinus. The species attains over 

 700 mm. though the average is usually much less. Alcoholic ex- 

 amples often show brilliant blue, violet, or green reflections on the 

 back. 



A1438. Kait Point, Libani Bay, Celebes. December 29, 1909. Length 348 mm. 



A1146. Kayoa Island. November 29, 1909. Length 334 mm. 



A824, A825. Talisse Island, north of Celebes. November 9, 1909. Length 325 



to 328 mm. 

 A1334. Tomahu Island, Bouro. December 12, 1909. Length 330 mm. 

 A1291, A1292. Uki, Bouro. December 9, 1909. Length 305 to 330 mm. 

 19241 U.S.N.M. Fanning Islands. Dr. T. H. Streets. Length 822 mm. 

 49691 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. Dr. O. P. Jenkins. Type of Aphareus flavivultus. 

 52701 U.S.N.M. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries. Length 300 ? mm. As 



Aphareus flavivultus. 

 55020 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. AlMPross Collection. 

 55090 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. AlMtross Collection. Length 225 to 270 mm. 2 



examples. As Aphareus flavivultus. 

 62357 U.S.N.M. Honolulu. D. S. Jordan. Length 272 mm. As Aphareus 



flavivultus. 



APHAREUS RUTILANS Cuvier 



Aphareus rutilans Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Polss., vol. 6, 1830, p. 490. Red Sea. — 

 RtJpPELL, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1835, p. 121 (Djedda).— GtJNTHEB, Cat 

 Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 386 (compiled). — GtncHENOT, Notes He R6 

 union, vol. 2, 1862, p. 25. — Klunzinger, Verb. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20 

 1870, p. 768 (Red Sea ) .— Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7 

 1873-76, pi. (21)299, fig. 2. — Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, p. 45. — 

 Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 19 (Rubi 

 New Guinea).— Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1887, p. 657 (Mus 

 cat).— Day, Fishes of India, Suppl., 1888, p. 782 (Ceylon).— BotnLENGER, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1889, p. 245 (Muscat).— Zugmayer, Abhandl. K 

 Bayer, Akad. Wiss., Math.-physik. Klasse, vol. 26, 1913, p. 11 (Oman).— 

 Fowler,, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 195, fig. 45 (type of Aphareus 

 thompsoni.) 



Aphareus (Fares) rutilans Jordan, Evermann, Tanaka, Proc. California Acad. 

 Sci., ser. 4, vol. 16, No. 20, Nov. 14, 1927, p. 673, pi. 24, fig. 1 (Honolulu). 



Aphareus furcatus (not LAcfipfiOE) Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 8. 

 1876-1877, p. 80 (part).— Jordan and Thompson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 39, Jan. 30, 1911, p. 467 (part). 



Aphareus thompsoni Fowler, Occas. Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 8, No. 7, 1923, p. 382. 

 Honolulu. 



Depth 33/5 to 32/3 ; head 31/3 to 31/5, width 214 to 22/5. Snout 2% 

 to 3 in head from snout tip ; eye 41/2 to 52/5, 12^ to I34 in snout, 1% in 

 interorbital ; maxillary reaches % to % in eye, expansion 1% to 2 in 



