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34. CHEILIO INERMIS (Forskal). 
Lahrus inermU Forskal, Descr. Anim., 1775, p. 34; Red Sea. 
Cheilio inermis Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., 1862, p. 82, pi. xxxi, fig. 4; Java, Bawian, 
Sumatra, Celebes, Tonga, Ternate, Amboyna, Banda, Ceram, Goram, Buro, 
Timor, Letti. — GiiNTHER, Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, p. 194; Mozambique, Macassar, 
Amboyna, Philippines, Aneitum. — Day, Fish. India, 1885, p. 407, pi. 
Lxxxviii, fig. 4; Malay Archipelago. — Jordan and Evermann, Fishes For- 
mosa Ms. ; Formosa. 
ioi/rus /las.seA; L.\CEPEDE, Hist. Poiss., Ill, 1802, p. 513 (after Forskal). 
Cheilio auratus Lacepede, Hist. Poiss., IV, 1803, p. 433; He de France. — QroY 
and Gaimaed, Voy. Uranie, Zool., 1824, p. 274, pi. liv, fig. 2; Maui 
(Hawaii). — Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., XIII, 1837, p. 341; He 
de France. 
Cheilio fmcus Lacepede, Hist. Poiss., IV, 1803, p. 433; He de France. — Ctvier 
and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., XIII, 1837, p. 349 (same type). 
Lahrus fnsiformis Ruppell, Neue Wirbelthiere Fische, 1837, pi. vii, fig. 4; 
Djedda, Massuah. 
C%e(7io ^yanoc/iZor/.s CuviER and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., XIII, 1857, p. 349; He 
de France. 
Cheilio forskalii Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., XIII, p. 349 (after Inermis 
of Forskal. ) 
Cheilio hemichrysos Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., XIII, p. 351; Mau 
(after auratus Quoy and Gaimard). — Brevoort, Exped. Japan, 1856, p. 272; 
Riukiu. 
Cheilio viridis Cuvier and Valenciennes Hist. Poiss., XIII, p. 352; Vanicolo. 
Cheilio microstoma Cuvier and Valenciennes, Hist. Poiss., p. 353; locality 
unknown. 
Cheilio ramosus Jenyns, Voyage Beagle, Fishes, 1842, p. 102. 
Cheilio hicolor Bianconi, Zool. Mozambique, p. 254, pi. v, Mozambique. 
Head 3^ in leng-th; depth 7; depth of caudal peduncle 3i; eye 7i ia 
head; interorbital space 7i; snout 2^; D. IX, 13; A. Ill, 12; scales 
in lateral series 46; between lateral line and base of dorsal 5; between 
lateral line and base of anal 9. 
Body very elongate, moderately compressed, caudal peduncle deep; 
head very long and pike-like; snout long, pointed, the lower jaw 
slightl}^ shorter than the upper, the lower lip thin and pendent. 
Teeth in a single row on each jaw, the posterior ones small close set, 
the anterior ones larger, two small canines at tip of upper jaw. Pre- 
opercle smooth, opercle with a large rounded flap. Gill-rakers on 
hrst arch 7 + 19, those on upper limb short, pointed, the lower ones 
mostly long, very slender, some of the long ones with a minute one 
between them; pseudobranchife very large. 
Scales small, somewhat reduced on nape and breast, no sheath along 
bases of dorsal and anal fins, head naked except a few scales on pos- 
terior edge of opercle. Lateral line complete, genth^ curving down- 
ward on anterior half, running along middle of boch' posteriorly. 
Spines of dorsal slender, with soft tips, the longest 3f in head; 
longest rays 3. Anal spines weak, longest ray 3 in head. Caudal 
