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l-T.A'IKISHI'.S (HF.l l-:i<()S()M.\r.\) 



on blind side of jaws. 8 sliort K'll->'d<er.i on lower part of anterior art h. Scales all 

 cycloid on ocidar siile. except at extreme upper and lower edges of body, where they 

 are ctenoid : those of blind side cycloid ; about loo scales in lateral line. Dorsal 

 (So) So-oy. Anal (bi) 07-73. Pectoral of ocular side with 8 or 9 rays, upper rays 

 greatlv prolonged in the male, a little produced in the female. Caudal obtusely 

 pointed. Brownish, with numerous dark spots and annular markmgs .scattered over 

 the body : often a circular ocellus just behind curve of lateral line : a iliffuse dark 

 blotch on middle of straight portion ; .sometimes some transverse dark bands (blue in 

 life) on blind .side of body : dorsal and anal fins with a series of dark brown spots, 

 and with other darker markings ; distal j)art of caudal dark brown. 



Type. — Not traced. 

 Distribution. — Ceylon 

 Specimens Ex.^mixkd : 



dian Archipelago; Hawaiian Islands 



This species is very doubtfully distinct from B. myriastcr and B. oralis, and it 

 >eems probable that an examination of a complete .series of examples of both sexes 

 iind of all ages would show that the three species are identical. 



ij. BUTHIS .MVKIASTEK (Temminck and Schlegel). 



A'/,ura6asmvnas(cr.TemminckandSchlegel, 1846, in Siebold, K. Japon. (Pisces), p. iSi, pi. X( ii, fig. ::. 

 IHatophrys mynusler. Jordan and Everniann, 190:;, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., xxv, p. 365 ; Jordan and 



Starks, 1906, Proc. U.S. Xat. Mus., xxxi, p. 167 ; Hubbs, 1915, Proc. U.S. Mat. Mus., xlviu, 



P- 457. 

 .' Plalnphrvs circularis, Franz, 1910, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss., Suppl. iv, Abii. 1, p. 6::, pi. via, fig. 66. 

 linlhus mvna^lcr. Chabanaud. I9::9, Bull. Mus. Hist. nat. I'aris, (2) i, p. 379 ; Wu, 193-, Thes. 



I'.iciilt. Sci. I'niv. Pans, A. J44 (JfiS), p. 9.i. 



