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slightly longer than diameter of eye, the rays somewhat higher than 
those of the dorsal. Caudal truncate or slightly coneaye, 2i in head. 
Pectoral 2i in head. Ventrals small. Described from a specimen 
about 225 millimeters long. 
Color in life, from specimens collected at Honolulu, Hawaii, indigo 
blue with a greenish shade, l)ecoming distinctl}^ green on back and 
belly; edge of each scale dull yiolet, the yiolet shades continuous on 
belly, restricted on back to a brownish-red spot on each scale, the 
form and shade of the violet markings varying considerably. Head 
green above, deep blue on cheek and opercles, light blue on jaws, 
indigo-blue throat, elsewhere with varying shades of greenish and 
dark purple, light red streaks radiating from e}^. A bright, yellowish- 
green bar behind gill-opening covering basal fourth of pectoral' fin; a 
jet black spot on base of first rays of pectoral; dorsal I'eddish brown at 
base, then bright blue, the upper part golden green; the anal similar 
to dorsal; caudal bright bluish green, its scaly base dull violet; ven- 
trals dull l)lue, outer rays black; pectoral golden green at base, other- 
wise pale yiolet washed with blackish above; iris green with a scarlet 
ring. 
Of this species we have two large specimens from Nafa, in Okinawa. 
We can not see that they differ from others from Hawaii. The species 
is very widely distributed and in life it is l)rilliantly colored. 
{tricolor, three-colored.) 
39. GOMPHOSUS VARIUS Lacepede. 
IGomphosnii varius Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 1801, p. 104, \>]. v, fig. 2; He 
de France (described as variegated with red, blue, and golden). — GDnther, 
Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, p. 193; Aneitum, Tahiti.— Ishikawa, Prel. Cat., 1897, 
p. 28; Miyakoshima, Riukiu Islands. 
Gomphosm pt'c(or(iUs QroY and Gaimard, Voy. Tranie, Zool., 1824, p. 282; Maui 
(Hawaii). — Day, Fish. India, about 1885, p. 406, pi. lxxxvi, fig. 6; Anda- 
mans. — Bexxett, Fish. Ceylon, 1830, p. 3, i)l. iii; Ceylon (anal with a yel- 
lowish cross-band). 
GompJiosus fnscas Cuvier and Valenxiexxes, Hist. Poiss., XIV, 1839, p. 23; 
Maui. — Brevoort, Exped. Japan, 1856, p. 272; Riukiu. 
Gomphosusmelanoli(f< Bleeker, Kokos, p. 457; Kokos; Atlas Ichth., I, 1862, p. 87, 
pi. XXI, fig. 3- Kokos, Java.— GijxTHER, Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, p. 193; East 
Indies. 
Head 2| in length; depth 3f ; depth of caudal peduncle "2^; eye Of 
in head; snout H; interorbital space til; D. VIII, 13; A. HI, 11; 
scales in lateral series 25; between lateral line and insertion of dorsal 
3; between lateral line and insertion of anal 8. 
This species is very like G. tricolor except in coloration, it having 
none of the brilliant hues of that species. 
Color gray, or grayish In-own, the lower anterior parts suffused with 
rose color, the body growing almost black posteriorly; scales of upper 
parts, each with a brownish-black l)ar, represented on sides of l)elly by 
