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ACANTHUPJD^. 



ACANTHURUS BLOCni, C. & V* [No. 19231]. 

 Locality : Fanning Islands. All old specimens. 



ACANTHURUS TRIOSTEGUS {L.) Bl. Schn. [No. 19232]. 



Chcctodon trioslegus, Linn., Syst. Nat., i, 1766, 463. 



Acanthurus iriostegus, Bloch, Syst. Ichth., ed. Schn., 1801, 215. — Cuv. & Val. Hist. 

 Nat. des Poiss., x, 1835, 197. — Bleekee, Verb. Bat. Geu., xxiii, 1850, Tenth., 

 13.— Jenyns, Voy. Beagle, Fishes, 1842, 75.— Gunther, Cat. Fisb., iii, 1861, 337 ; 

 Jour. Mus. Godeff., ii, 1875, Fiscbe der Sudsee, i, 108. 



Rarparus fasciatus,YoiiST., Deser. Anim., ed. Light., 1844,216. 



Acanthums zebra, Lacep, Hist, des Poiss., iv, 1803., 546, pi. 0, f. 2. 



Chcetodon zebra, Lacep., op. cit., iii, pi. 25, f. 3. 



Chwlodon couagga, Laci^p., op. cit., iv, 727. 



Acanthurus hirudo, Bennett, Fisb. of Ceylon, 1834, 11, i)l. 11. 



Locality : Fanning Islands. 



ACANTHURUS ACHILLES, Shaw [No. 19233J. 



Acanthurus achilles, Shaw, Zocil., iv, 18C3, 383. — Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. des Poisa., s, 

 1835, 218.— GCnther, Cat. Fish., iii, 1861, 340 ; Jour.. Mus. Godeff, ii, 187.5, 

 Fiscbe der Sudsee, i, 115, pi. 71, f. B. 



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Color (in spirits) blackish-brown; a large triangular spot, with a 

 rounded base, on the posterior part of the side of the body, with the apex 

 of the triangle embracing the lateral spine (spot red in life) ; a narrow 

 bluish margin to the dorsal and anal fins ; a narrow band along the base 

 of each (red in life) ; a blue band around the lower jaw ; the subopercular 

 margin with a white spot (blue in life) ; and the outer rays of the ventral 

 fins blue ; margin of the caudal fin white ; a crescent across the middle 

 portion of the latter separated from the light margin by a narrow 

 brown band. 



Locality : Fanning Islands. 



* See syuouymy under ][Iawaiian Fishes. 



