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line; 4 scales (.l)li(|ucly hack from origin of rayal dorsal to lateral line; 

 17 scales in a vertical seiics between origin of spinous anal and lateral 

 line; 7 scales from middle of upper surface of caudal peduncle obliquely 

 back down to lateial line; 7 scales from luiddle of lower surface of 

 caudal peduncle ohruiui'ly forward to lateral line; width of head prob- 

 ably about 2 in its length; depth of head at posterior margin of eye 

 about l\; snout, measm-ed from tip of upper jaw, 3 ; eye 4 ; maxillary 4; 

 interorbital space about 4,^; fii-st dorsal si)ine 4J; ninth dorsal spine 2|; 

 fourth dorsal ray nearly 2; third anal spine aljout 4-^; first anal ray 

 about 2^; eleventh anal ray 2; least depth of caudal peduncle about 

 1|; pectoral about 1 f ; ventral 1 j. 



Body well compressed, elongate, contour rather fusiform with 

 similarly convex profiles, greatest depth about midway in its length, 



Fig. S. — Coris dorsomacula Fowler. (Type.) 



and edges rather narrowly convex, though apparently~not trenchant. 

 Caudal peduncle rather deep, ^vell compressed, and its least depth 

 about equal to its length. 



Head moderately small, compressed, sides apparently flattened, and 

 upper profile a little more convexly inclined than lower. ^luzzle conic, 

 attenuated. Snout rather long, its surface convex, and its width equal 

 to its length, inclusive of upper jaw. ^louth horizontal, falling a little 

 below center in depth of head, and rather small. Teeth conic, mii- 

 serial, and becoming enlarged anteriorly in jaws, where they form 4 

 rather large canines both above and below, median 2 of each series a 

 little larger than others. Anteriorly teeth are all directed a little for- 

 wards, especially enlarged canines. Lips apparently ratiier tliin. 



