Fishes of the South Pacific. 49 
Body oblong, compressed, scaled; lateral line complete; cau- 
dal peduncle rather long, its depth 2 in its length. Head com- 
pressed, rather elongate; barbules reaching to below the posterior 
margin of preopercle, their length 1.22 in head; opercles and top 
of head scaled; a small flat spine from the posterior margin of 
opercle; lips rather thick; maxillary short, scarcely reaching to 
the posterior third of snout; teeth small, in a single series in each 
jaw, no teeth on vomer, tongue or palatines; gill-rakers many, of 
moderate length. Fins: the third dorsal spine is the longest, 3.75 
in head, its tip reaching base of soft dorsal; base of soft dorsal 
2.20 in head, its longest ray 2.90 in head, its last ray equal in 
length to its fourth; base of anal equal to base of soft dorsal, its 
height equal to its length, its last ray equal to its fourth ray; pec- 
torals 1.50 in head; ventrals longer, 1.30 in head, slightly shorter 
than the barbules; caudal well forked, the lobes equal, and equal 
in length to ventrals. 
Color in life, a uniform bright orange yellow, no saddle of 
color on the caudal peduncle; three short blue lines through the 
eye, and one very short one just below the orbit; fins and barbules 
orange. 
Color in formalin, a uniform yellowish white, with a slight 
wash of orange, the blue lines through eye scarcely showing; 
fins yellowish, the caudal, pectorals and ventrals with a wash of 
pinkish. 
One specimen, No. 758 (Fig. 14) B. M., from Tubuai, Aus- 
tral Ids. Length ro in. 
Pseudupeneus barberinus (Lacépéde). 
Depth 3.75; head 3 in length; eye 7; D. vii1, 9; A. 7; scales 
3-31-7; interorbital 4.20 in head, 2.75 in snout. 
Body compressed, elongate, scaled; snout convex; lips thick; 
mandibles 2.75 in head; premaxillary fan-shaped, its distal end 
equal in width to eye; a single row of fine teeth in each jaw; barb- 
ules reaching to below pupils, their length 1.55 in head; opercle 
with a small spine. Fins: base of soft dorsal equal to base of 
spinous dorsal; the third dorsal spine is the longest, being about 
equal in length to depth of fish; base of anal 2.75 in head; pec- 
torals 1.75 in head; ventrals 1.50 in head; caudal forked, the 
lobes equal. 
Color in life, white, with a blue tint on back; a dusky spot on 
caudal peduncle; a dusky line from eye to below posterior margin 
of dorsal; three yellow lines from top of head, through eye to half 
way down the snout, the interspaces between the lines bluish; 
dorsal white, the soft dorsal with yellowish lines; pectorals pink- 
ish white; anal pinkish white, with three oblique yellow lines; 
caudal and its base pinkish; iris yellow; barbules white. 
OCCASIONAL PAPERS B. P. B. M., VOL. IV, No. 1.—4. 
