Fishes of the South Pacific. 49 



Body oblong, compressed, sealed; 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, Xo. 758 (Fig. 14) B. M., from Tubuai, Aus- 

 tral Ids. Length 10 in. 



Pseudupeneus barberinus (Lacepede). 



Depth 3.75; head 3 in length; eye 7; D. vin, 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. 



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