NO. 1266. LABROID FISHES OF JAPAN— JORDAN AND SNYDER. 651 
a round or elongate .spot; 2 dark l)and.s radiating from po.sterior part 
of orbit, an indi.stinct l)ar extending- forward from eye; dorsal dark 
like back, very narrowly edged with white; anal dark with a round, 
white .spot between each ray, the .spots growing smaller posteriori}-, 
tin narrowly edged with white; caudal black with a white edge about 
as wide as diameter of pupil; pectoral plain, a small spot on upper 
edge of axil; outer raj's of ventrals blackish. 
Of this species we have examined one specimen in the Imperial 
Fisheries Institute of Japan, taken at Kagoshima in Kiusiu. It occurs 
in Riukiu and we have many specimens from the Hawaiian Islands. 
(varlus, varied.) 
22. CIRRHILABRUS Schlegel. 
CVrr/((7o/>(v/.s' ScHLEGEL Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 1846, p. 167 {temmincki). 
Chellinoldes Bleeker, Natunrk. Nederl. Ind., II, 1851, p. 71 {cyanopleura) . 
Body compressed, o])long, covered with large scales, 20 to 25 in the 
lateral line; lateral line inteiu'upted; forehead not elevated nor trun- 
chant; cheeks and opercles with imbricated scales; preopercle serrated; 
teeth in one series, with canines anteriorly; no posterior canine. D. 
XI, 9; A. Ill, 9. Ventrals much produced {Cirrhtlabru.^) or short 
( Cheilinoides). 
Small tishes, brilliantly colored, of the East Indian seas. 
{clrru.s^ a tilament; labrus; from the long ventrals.) 
40. CIRRHILABRUS TEMMINCKI (Bleeker). 
Cirrhilahrus Schlegel Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 1846, p. 167; Nagasaki. 
Cirrkilabnis temmincki Bleeker, Yerh. Bat. Gen., XXV, Japan, 1852, p. 17; 
Nagasaki.— GtJXTHER, Cat. Fish., IV, 1862, p. 124, after Schlegel. 
Head 3| in length; depth 3; depth of caudal peduncle 2; eye 4i in 
head; snout 3f ; interorbital space 3^; D. XI, 9; A. Ill, 9; scales in 
lateral .series 23; between lateral line and insertion of dor.sal 2: between 
lateral line and insertion of anal 7; 2 rows on cheek. 
Body notably compressed; the caudal peduncle short and deep; fore- 
head low. ])road. the interorbital area slightly convex; dorsal outline 
somewhat elevated above pectorals. Snout short, sharp, jaws equal, 
lips ver}-^ thin. Teeth in a single row laterally, very small; an outer row 
represented by 6 strong canines on the upper jaw and 2 on the lower; 
of the upper canines the middle pair are smallest and project forward, 
the others are larger, fang-like, and strongly curved backward; no 
posterior canines present. Gill-rakers short, pointed. Edge of pre- 
opercle tinely serrated. Scales on opercle large, imbricate; on bod}- 
large, those on breast not greatly reduced; a row of very large pointed 
scales forming a basal sheath on dorsal and anal; caudal with a 
conspicuous ba.sal sheath, the 3 posterior scales elongate and greatly 
enlarged, a slender, pointed scale above base of ventral. Lateral 
