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the outer half pale green; bordered with a narrow line of deep blue, 

 the basal portion of the fin dull orange, except for a line of blue 

 spots on the membrane between the raj's; caudal with margins of 

 the upper and lower produced rays blue; the centre of the pro- 

 duced rays dull orange; the central distal portion of the tail green 

 for half its length; a narrow deep blue line of demarkation sepa- 

 rating the green from the deep red of the central basal portion; 

 several (8) irregular shaped green spots at the base of the tail. 



The fish here described was secured in Honolulu market 

 July 29, 1902, and is 9.5 inches long. Type B. P. B. Museum 

 No. 3362. (Fig. 5.) 



Callyodon perspicillatus (Steindachner). 



Head 2.20 in body; depth 2; eye 7.75 in head; snout 2.1; in- 

 terorbital 2.2; preorbital 4; D. ix, 10; A. 11, 9; P. 1.25; V. 2; C. 

 2.5; scales 1^-26-6. 



Jaws without canines; teeth white; lips short; two series of 

 scales on the cheeks, the upper of 4, the lower of 2 scales; lower 

 limb of opercle scaled; caudal slightly rounded, its outer rays not 

 produced; origin of ventrals diredlly under posterior base of pec- 

 torals; tip of ventrals reaching more than half way from their base 

 to the anal. 



Color in formalin X alcohol. General color, dull horn gray, a 

 dark line running along the dorsal one-quarter the height of the 

 fin from its margin; a narrow cream-colored interorbital line; a 

 cream-colored line enclosing a long, brownish, redlangular patch 

 lying over the snout midway between the eye and angle of the 

 mouth; the lower lip dirty white; a number of irregular shaped 

 spots and stripes on the lower jaw. 



Color (based on a plaster cast colored from life). The head 

 and body back to the anterior base of anal reddish brown of vari- 

 ous shades; the pectoral region variously vermiculated with pale 

 greenish yellow spots; from the anterior base of anal back the body 

 is pale greenish, with red edges to the scales, forming a net-like 

 pattern; over the middle of the snout a long blackish patch, which 

 is narrowly bordered with sulphur-yellow; orbits conne(5ted over 

 the forehead by a narrow yellow stripe; eye yellow; lower lip 

 yellowish white, becoming bluish white on the cheek where the 

 irregular patch terminates in a defledled hook; chin and sides of 



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