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36. No tiny black specks ; orbital ridge not notably extending a short distance 



behind eye. 



4«. Color pattern of snout and region below eye with numerous dark brown 



spots; fins barred with dark spots, but body without dark spots; 



body marbled with brown or irregular vertical dark brown bars ; 



scales 42; gill rakers 6+1+12 or 13 (Red Sea). 



spilotoceps, new species 



4&. Color pattern around head consisting of large dark blotches or dark 



streaks, or plain dark brownish ; not as in spilotoceps. 



5a. Body overlaid with dark-brown or blackish spots, in addition to a 



dark-brownish background more or less forming irregular bars 



or a marbled pattern ; interspaces white ; orbital ridges low, scales 



39 or 40 ; gill rakers 6 to 8+1+12 (Oceana) . 



pinnulatus' (Bloch and Schneider) 

 56. No dark brown or blackish spots on body in addition to background 

 brownish coloration, more or less in form of irregular bars or a 

 marbled pattern; often roundish white spots present with dark 

 edges, largely or wholly occurring on the dark-brown markings; 

 interspaces whitish (pi. 13, D) ; scales 39 or 40; gill rakers about 

 7+1+11 (Johnston and Hawaiian Islands) altematus' Gill 



CIRRHITUS ALBOPUNCTATUS, new species 



Plate 13, A 



Eolotype. — U.S.N.M. No. 91883, Niuafoou Island, September 1, 

 1930, Lt. H. C. Kellers. 



Paratope.— J^.^:^M.. No. 91881, Niuafoou Island, September 13, 

 1930, Lt. H. C. Kellers. 



Description. — The following counts are recorded for the holotype 

 and the paratype, respectively : Dorsal rays X, 12 ; X, 11 ; anal III, 6 ; 

 III, 6 ; pectoral i, 6, vii-i, 6, vii ; i, 6, vii-i, 6, vii ; pelvics I, 5 ; I, 5 ; 

 branched caudal fin rays 7 + 6; 7 + 6; vertical scale rows 38; 39; scales 

 from dorsal origin to lateral line 5; 5; from anal origin to lateral 

 line 9; 9; gill rakers on first gill arch 7 + 1 + 11; 7 + 1 + 11; scale rows 

 in front of dorsal origin 7 ; 7. 



Certain measurements were made on the types, and these data, ex- 

 pressed in thousandths of the standard length, are recorded in table 1. 



Greatest depth 3.0; head 2.7 to 2.8; length of longest branched 

 pectoral ray 4.7 to 4.8 ; longest lower simple pectoral ray 3.7 to 4.1 ; 

 all in the standard length. Snout 3.4; eye 4.7 to 5.1; tip of snout to 

 rear of maxillary 2.2 ; greatest depth 1.1 to 1.2 ; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2.6 to 2.7; postorbital length of head 1.8 to 1.9; int«rorbital 



'Lairus pinnulatm Bloch and Schneider, Systema ichthyologlae, p. 264, 1801 (type 



locality, Tahiti). . „ ^oo i c 



Lahrus marmoratus Lacepfide, HIstoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, pp. 438, 493, pi. 5, 



fig. 3, 1802 (type locality, Great Equatorial Ocean). 



Cirrhitus maculatus Lacepfede, ibid., vol. 5, pp. 2, 3, 1803 (no locality). 



^Oirrhitua alternatus Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scl. Philadelphia, 1862, p. 122 (type 



locality, Honolulu; holotype, U.S.N.M. No. 8043). 



