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  U. 
  S. 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  VoL 
  103 
  Wwhington: 
  1954 
  No, 
  3327 
  

  

  A 
  REVIEW 
  OF 
  THE 
  LABRID 
  FISH 
  GENUS 
  WETMORELLA 
  

   WITH 
  DESCRIPTIONS 
  OF 
  NEW 
  FORMS 
  FROM 
  THE 
  TROPI- 
  

   CAL 
  INDO-PACIFIC 
  

  

  By 
  Leonard 
  P. 
  Schultz 
  and 
  N. 
  B. 
  Marshall 
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  Fowler 
  (Fishes 
  of 
  Oceania, 
  suppL 
  1, 
  p. 
  358, 
  1931) 
  and 
  Weber 
  and 
  

   de 
  Beaufort 
  (Fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Indo-Australian 
  Archipelago, 
  vol. 
  8, 
  p. 
  82, 
  

   1940) 
  list 
  Wetmorella 
  philippina 
  Fowler 
  and 
  Bean 
  (U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus. 
  

   Bull. 
  100, 
  vol. 
  7, 
  p. 
  211, 
  pi. 
  17, 
  1928, 
  type 
  locality 
  Philippine 
  Islands) 
  

   as 
  a 
  synonym 
  of 
  Cheilinus 
  fasciatus 
  (Bloch). 
  We 
  have 
  studied 
  the 
  

   types 
  of 
  Wetmorella 
  philippina 
  (fig. 
  1) 
  and 
  conclude 
  without 
  any 
  

   doubt 
  that 
  these 
  specimens 
  are 
  generically 
  distinct 
  from 
  Cheilinus 
  

   and 
  are 
  remarkably 
  distinct 
  from 
  C. 
  fasciatus 
  or 
  any 
  other 
  species 
  of 
  

   labrid 
  currently 
  referred 
  to 
  that 
  genus. 
  The 
  generic 
  characters 
  that 
  

   distinguish 
  Wetmorella 
  from 
  other 
  genera 
  in 
  the 
  Labridae 
  are 
  the 
  

   large 
  scales 
  on 
  the 
  head, 
  which 
  form 
  a 
  pattern 
  not 
  occurring 
  in 
  any 
  

   other 
  genus 
  of 
  labrid 
  fishes, 
  and 
  the 
  acutely 
  triangular 
  head. 
  Fowler 
  

   and 
  Bean 
  (op. 
  cit., 
  pp. 
  211-212) 
  had 
  six 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  Philippines, 
  

   but 
  only 
  four 
  of 
  them, 
  in 
  our 
  opinion, 
  are 
  philippina 
  (holotype: 
  

   USNM 
  89968 
  from 
  Little 
  Santa 
  Cruz, 
  Zamboanga; 
  paratypes: 
  

   USNM 
  93503 
  from 
  Port 
  Langcan, 
  Palawan, 
  USNM 
  93505 
  from 
  

   Atulayan 
  Island, 
  Philippines, 
  and 
  USNM 
  93528 
  from 
  Cape 
  Kait, 
  

   Libani 
  Bay, 
  Celebes). 
  The 
  other 
  two 
  specimens 
  represent 
  un- 
  

   described 
  species, 
  and 
  these, 
  along 
  with 
  additional 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  

   Marshall 
  Islands 
  and 
  the 
  Red 
  Sea, 
  are 
  described 
  as 
  new. 
  

  

  » 
  Oarator 
  of 
  Fishes, 
  British 
  Museum 
  (Natural 
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