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front eye edge, 4 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge and flange naked, 

 Suprascapula finely denticulate (entire on figure). D. X, 9, fourth 

 spine 2 in head, first ray 2l^; A. Ill, 7 (but 2 spines on figure), 

 second spine 3, first ray 2i/2 ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% ; 

 pectoral 1; ventral IVs; lower caudal lobe 3 in combined head and 

 body to caudal base, upper lobe 21/5 with terminal filaments, fin 

 deeply forked. Golden yellow, sides and below white. Snout 

 violaceous brown above, stripe forward of blue or silvery and from 

 behind eye to third dorsal ray. Silvery band of snout extends under 

 eye. Young with black spot on tail. Length 263 mm. (Sauvage.) 



Seychelles, Mauritius. Though Giinther has translated " a green 

 band from the eye to the third dorsal spine " Cuvier says " un ruban 

 d'un beau vert, qui part de derriere I'oeil et monte vers le troisieme 

 rayon de la dorsale " which appears to me to refer to the third dorsal 

 ray. This would then place the species as allied with JScolopsis 

 hilineatits. 



SCOLOPSIS BILINEATUS (Bloch) 



Anthias bilineatus Bloch. Naturg. Ausliincl. Fische, vol. 7, 1793, p. 3, pi. 325, 

 fig 1. Japan. — FoBSTBai, Fauna Indica, 1795, p. 16. — Schneideb, Syst. Ichth. 

 Bloch, 1801, p. 306 (Japan). 



Scolopsides hilineatus Cxjviek, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1830, p. 336 (no local- 

 ity ) .—Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, pi. (45) 

 323, fig. 2. 



Scolopsis bilmeatus Guntheb, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 357 

 (Amboyna; Celebes). — Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1870, p. 683 

 (Andamans). — Gijnthek, Cruise of Curagoa, Brencliley, 1873, p. 409 

 (Solomons), p. 410 (Misol). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. NSerland., voL 8, 

 1876-1877, p. 7, pi. (64) 342, fig. 1 (Sumatra, Java, Bawean, Celebes, 

 Sangir, Halmaheira, Ternate, Ceram, Amboina, Saparoa. Bauda, Solor, 

 Waigiu, New Guinea). — Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 85, pi. 22, 

 fig. 3 (Andamans). — Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. GodefEroy, No. 7, 1879, p. 39 

 (Viti Islands).— POHL, Cat. Mus. GodefEroy, No. 9, 1884, p. 27 (Viti).— 

 Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 14 (Macassar, 

 South Celebes; Ternate). — Day, Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 1, 1889, 

 p. 522. — Weber, Semon's Zool. Forsch. Reis. Austral., vol. 5, 1895, p. 263 

 (New Guinea, Ambon). — Steindachner, Abh. Senckenberg. Ges., vol. 25, 

 1900, p. 418 (Batjan, Ternate).— Fowler, Copeia, No. 58, June 18, 1918, 

 p. 64 (Philippines) ; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1927, p. 280 

 (Calapan; Philippines); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 209 (Short- 

 land Island ; New Guinea ) ; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929, p. 641 

 (Padang). 



Scolopsis hiUneata Martens, Preuss Exp. Ost Asien, 1876, p. 387 (Amboina). — 

 Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912. p. 500 (Nafa, Okinawa). 



Scolopsis MUneatum Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 

 (1907), p. 84 (Bulan). 



Liitjanus ellipticus LAcfipEnE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, pp. 179, 213. Japan. 



Scolopsides lineatus (not Quoy and Gaimard) Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederlaud. 

 Indie, vol. 5, 1852, p. 93 (Lawajoug). 



Scolopsis Ueekeri Gijnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 361 (on Scolop- 

 sides lineatus Bleeker). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 



