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head; D. vi, i 9: A. 11 8. Scales 1-28-4. Teeth villiform in jaws, 

 vomer and palate. Body oblong, slightly compressed and elevated. 

 Branchiostegals 7. The preopercle has a double edge, the outer 

 one of which is serrated. Gill-rakers rather long and slender, 12 

 on lower limb. Fins: Caudal emarginate. Pedlorals and ventrals 

 of about equal length, i .50 into head. The spinous and soft dor- 

 sals separate, the soft dorsal the longest. Base of anal slightly less 

 than base of soft dorsal. Color in spirits: Yellowish white with 

 wa.sh of red. Four lateral longitudinal black bands on each side 

 from head to caudal, the second and fourth lines form an arch on 

 the base of caudal fin. A black band on base of anal, also a black 

 band on base of soft dorsal. Other fins yellowish. Lower jaw 

 more or less dusky. Twenty specimens. Length 1-3 inches. 

 Guam, June 14, 1900. Hab. vSeas of India, Malay Archipelago, 

 Marianas. 



95. Apogon auritus Cuv. & Val. 



Head 2.50; depth 2.86; eye 3.50; D. vii, 9; iV. 11 7; inter- 

 orbital 2 into eye; maxillary 2 into head. Scales 23. Teeth villi- 

 form in jaws, vomer and palatines. No canines. Bones of the 

 head not serrated. Caudal rounded. Color in spirits: Yellowish 

 brown, with darker spots over bod}'. A black spot half as large as 

 eye and margined with white on the opercle. One specimen. 

 Length 2.25 inches. Guam, July 12, 1900. Hab. Red Sea, Seas 

 of India to Mala}' Peninsula, Marianas. 



96-98. Apogon savayensis Gunth. 



Head 2.66 (without flap); depth 2.66; eye 2.55; snout 1.66 

 into eye; maxillary 1.66; mandible 1.50; D. vii, 19; A. i 8. 

 Scales 2-27-5. Body oblong, compressed. Preopercle with a double 

 edge. Teeth villiform in jaws, vomer and palatines. Fins: Caudal 

 slightly emarginate. Length of spinous dorsal 1.66 into head. 

 Base of anal equal to eye. Pec5torals slightly longer than the ven- 

 trals. Color in spirits: Olive, a dusky saddle over free portion of 

 caudal peduncle. A dusky oblique line from lower posterior edge 

 of orbit to lower posterior edge of opercle. There are slight indis- 

 tinct indications of four other dusky bands descending from the 

 dorsal fins to belly. \'entrals white. All the remaining fins more 

 or less dusky. Seven specimens. Length 2-4.50 inches. Guam, 

 June 14, 1900. Hab. Coasts of Africa, Seas of India, Marianas. 



Family SBRRANID^.— Sea Basses. 



Genus EPINBPHEI/US Bi.och. 



99. Bpinephelus dsemetii Gunth. 



Head 2.66; depth 3.66; eye 4.66; width of maxillary at distal 

 end 2.50 into eye; mandible 1.50 into head; interorbital 2 into eye; 

 D. XI, 16; A. Ill, 8; V. I 5; P. 17. Scales small, about 85 in lat- 



