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 CHOEINEMUS SANCTI PETRI, Cuv. & Val* [No. 1923G]. 



Adult specimens, 18-19 inches long. Two rows of blackish round 

 spots on the sides, one above and the other below the lateral line ; a 

 blackish streak from above the eye to the shoulder, above the base of 

 the pectoral fin. Top of the dorsal fin black ; a black spot on the anal 

 anteriorly. 



Locality : Christmas Island. Abundant. Swim near the surface of 

 the water. 



MULLIDiE. 



MULLOIDES FLAVOLINEATUS, {Lacep.) Blhr. [No. 19237]. 



Mullus flacollneatuSfYikCkT?., Hist, des Poiss., iii, 1803, 40G. 



MuXlus anreovittatiis, Shaw, Zool., iv, 1803, 618. 



Upeneus flavolineatus, Cuv. & Vai.., Hist. Nat. des Poiss., iii, 1829, 456. — Ruppell, N. 



W. FischS, 1837, 101, pi. 26, f. 1.— Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fish., 1842, 24. 

 if((Z/oi(?es/ai'o?iHea(us, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., iii, 1852, Cerana, ii, 697.— GiJN- 



THER, Cat, Fish., i, 1859, 403 ; Joar. Mus. Godeff., ii, 1873, Fische der Sudsee, i, 



56. 



A broad yellow band below the middle of the body from the opercu- 

 lum to to the tail ; yellow lines on the snout ; fins without spots. 

 Length, 11 inches. 

 Locality : Fanning Islands. 



BEEYCIDiE. 



HOLOCENTRUM SPINIFERUIVI, [ForsJc.) Gthr. [No. 19238]. 



S^iccna spin\fervm, FoRSK., Descr. Anim., 1775, 49. 



Perca spiniferum, Bloch, Syst. Ichth.,ed. Schn., 1801, 86. — Laci^p., Hist, des Poiss., 



iv, 1803, 418. 

 Bolocentrum leo, Cuv. & Val., Hist, Nat. des Poiss., iii, 1829, 204. — Lesson, Voy, 



Coq.,ii, 1830, 222.— QuoY *fc GAiM.,Voy. Astrol. Poles., 1834, 678, pi, 14, f, 



3. — CuviER, Regae Anim. 111., pi. 14, f, 1. — Bleeker, Nat, Tyds, Ned. Iud.,vii, 



1854, Kokos-eil., 355, 

 Holoeentrus spinifer, RtJPPELi., N. W, Fische, 1837, 96, pi. 25, f, 1. 

 Bolocenlrum spinifenim, Gunther, Cat. Fish.,i, ISSD, 39; Jour, Mus, Godeff., ii, 1874, 



Fische der Sadsee, i, 94. 



The profile of the head concave ; snout pointed, longer than the 

 diameter of the eye ; the end of the maxillary extends to under the 

 anterior portion of the eye. Posterior border of the praeoperculnm 

 oblique, dentated, the long spine at the angle longer than one-half of the 



* See synonymy under Hawaiian Fishes. 



