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base of dorsal; pectorals 1.20 in head; caudal forked, the middle 
ray 2.25 in the outer. 
Color in life, bright orange yellow with narrow blue lines and 
reticulations; a black band as wide as eye from the top of the 
head, through eyes and around the under jaw, small jet-black dots 
in the upper half of this band; dorsal, anal, caudal and pectorals 
bright yellow; ventrals whitish with a slight wash of yellow; some 
blue dots at base of caudal and on shoulders and thorax; snout a 
reddish brown. 
Color in spirits, a dull grayish, the lower half yellowish, the 
upper half with a bluish wash; narrow bluish lines running longi- 
tudinally on the sides, vertically just back of the head, and form- 
ing circles on the belly; a black ocular band through the eye and 
around under jaw; upper part of head and snout dark; fins yellow- 
ish white, with a trace of blue. 
Two specimens, Nos. 1207 (Fig. 18) and 1208 B. M., from 
Shortland Id., Solomons. No. 1207 is type of species. 
Siganus marmoratus (Quoy & Gaimard). 
One specimen, No. 1444 B. M., from Tahiti. 
Four specimens from Fate, New Hebrides. 
Lo Seale, new genus. 
This genus, typified by Szganus vulpinus, is characterized by 
greatly produced snout, which forms a short beak. The depth of 
the head is also much less than in S7zganus, with which genus 
it agrees in general characters. The name Zo is used for the 
species of Sz7ganzd@ by the Samoans. 
Lo vulpinus (Gunther). 
Depth 2.20; head 3.30; eye 4; interorbital equal to eye; snout 
2 in head; scales minute; D. x11I, 10; A. VII, 9; V. I-3-1. 
Body compressed, snout produced, mouth small; a single row 
of small flat teeth fixed in each jaw, 12 on each side; opercles stri- 
ate; none of the dorsal or anal spines greatly elongate; the dorsal 
spines, excepting the short anterior one, are of about equal length, 
the longest 2 in head; anal spines similar, the longest 2 in head; 
soft rays of dorsal 1.75 in head; ventrals 1.40 in head; caudal 
emarginate, the lobes rounded; caudal peduncle short, its depth 
equal to the eye. 
Color in life is a light bistre brown; thorax and first ray of 
pectoral deep black; head and shoulders are a deeper brown than 
the body; caudal, dorsal and anal are orange; spines of ventrals 
and the first ray dusky; pectorals yellowish, with a slight dusky 
wash. 
