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ish above, along the back aud head ; three silvery longitudinal bands 

 along the side of the abdomen; the first commencing at the lower part 

 of the base of the pectoral flu ; the third above the base of the ventrals, 

 extending to tlie anal fin. Fins reddish ; spinous dorsal with a very 

 narrow darker margin. 



Lengths, 8, 8, 5.50 inches. 



Locality : Fanning Islands. 



LABEID^. 



CHEILINUS UNIFASCIATUS, n. sp. [No. 19222]. 

 D. yV A. f . L. lat. 22. L. trans. 0.^. 



Height of the body three and a half times in the total length, and 

 the length of the head from three to three and one-fifth times in 

 the same. Snout elongated, conical, lower jaw projecting. Diameter 

 of the eye is one-third the length of the snout, aud one-half the 

 width of the praiorbital ; the center of the pupil is midway between the 

 angle of the operculum and the point of the snout. The anterior tu- 

 bules of the lateral line with a single lateral branch. Two rows of scales 

 on the cheeks ; the lower series does not cover the inferior prseopercular 

 limb. Caudal fin rounded, with the upper aud lower lobes very slightly 

 produced. Body reddish (in spirits), with branching lines passing from 

 the eye over the snout; anastomosing lines on the cheeks, extending to 

 the margins of the sub- and inter-operculum ; a yellowish streak from 

 the inferior border of the orbit to the superior axil of the pectoral fin; 

 and above this another strecik, similar but somewhat fainter outlined, 

 extending from the posterior border of the eye to the end of the oj)ercu- 

 lum ; the upper surface of the head covered with reticulated markings. 

 A broad band from the end of the dorsal to the end of the anal fin, and 

 continued obliquely forward on the posterior rays of the dorsal ; dorsal 

 violet, with a light margin, aud a light median line. Anal less deeply 

 tinted with violet than the dorsal ; in younger specimens nearly immac- 

 ulate, with a light streak along the center ; rays green. Upper and lower 

 lobes of the caudal violet, the intermediate rays deep green. Basal 

 half of the ventrals of a deep violet. 



Lengths, 8.50, 10.00, 10.50, 11.00, 11.50 inches. 



Locality: Fanning Group. 



This species is apparently very closely allied to Cheilinus rhodochroiis, 

 Gthr., which, however, is a slenderer fish, with much less depth of body. 

 This is the most important distinction between them. 



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