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large; gill-rakers on first arch 7+12, very short, the outer 5 or 6 on 
lower limb reduced to mere projections. Preopercle smooth, opercle 
with a broad, terminal flap. Head naked, fins without basal sheath 
of scales, scales of breast not greatly reduced in size, those of nape very 
small and elongate. Lateral line complete, bent abruptly downward 
below base of dorsal fin. Dorsal spines slender, short, the longest 3|^ 
in head; rays scarcelj' longer than spines. First anal spine very small, 
concealed, the succeeding spines small and weak, the third contained 
Q{ times in head; longest ray 3i; caudal rounded, 1^ in head. Upper 
rays of pectoral longest, li in head, the others graduall}' shorter. 
Ventrals rounded, short, not reaching much over halfway between 
their base and anal opening. 
Color in spirits light, j^ellowish brown, darker on upper half of 
body; a dark band narrowly edged with white extending Vmckward 
from upper edge of base of pectoral, becoming narrow, broken, and 
finally disappearing near tip of pectoral; four lines of small brown 
Fig. 6 — Stethojulis terina. 
spots, one on each scale, extending along sides of lower half of body, 
except the breast and belh^; an indistinct, narrow, dark line extending 
from eye to edge of opercle; dorsal indistinctly mottled, the other fins 
plain. Males and females alike in color and other characteristics. 
Described from a specimen about 105 millimeters long from Misaki. 
Other specimens of both sexes from Misaki, Wakanoura, and from 
Kominato, in Boshu, diti'er but slightly from the specimen described. 
In life, the species is olive brown, the marks on side pearl}^ white and 
blue black, the spots leaden blue; sn'out orange; base of pectoral marked 
by dull orange; fins reddish pearl. 
This beautiful species is common about the tide pools and the rocks 
washed b}^ the Kuro Shiwo. The species is very close to the SfetJio- 
jvlis li-alosoma of the East Indies, but our specimens show none of the 
red or blue shades indicated in Bleeker's plate, and it is not probable 
that the}^ belong to the same species. The type is No. 6851, Stanford 
Univ. 
{repi'fv^ Ttpeiva^ exquisite.) 
