THK SH()1{K FISHES. 2S1 



on the nu'inl)iaii(>s with yellowish white iiiterspuces ami with a black anterior 

 upper angle and margin; soft anal similarly coloretl with a row of black spots 

 on scales at base; pectoral soiled yellowish externally, with a black base behind, 

 and a dusky cross bar near the base; ventrals yellowish translucent with the 

 outer membranes somewhat dusky; caudal with spots similar to soft vertical 

 fins, the extremities of the caudal lobes black with narrow white margin on the 

 upjier and lower edges of the lobes; the ends of all the rays black making a 

 narrow terminal margin of black. 



Kuhlia maculata (C'u\ikr & \'.\LEXtiK.\xEs). 



Dales macuUitus Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poi.ss., 1831, 7, p. 357 (475). 



? Moronopsis cilialus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., 1S7(), 7, p. 120 (in part) tab. Perc, 38, fig. 1. 



Phiic ,>, fiiiiiri' I. 



Eight specimens, Xos. 08996-99, 08S02-3, 08S05, 08832, 4 to 5? inches from 

 Kusaie, Caroline Islands. M. C. Z. 293(59 (2 specimens). 



In the following, measurements are given of our largest specimen (145 mm.) 

 and in parentheses the average measurements of the eight examples: 



Head in length to base of caudal 3.28 (3.275); depth 2.67 (2.86); eye 2.91 

 (2.838j; snout 4.12 (^4.185); maxillary 2.33 (2.32); interorbital 3.5 (3.47); 

 soft dorsal base 1.59 (1.675); anal base 1.20 (1.298); longest dorsal spine (fifth) 

 1.84 (1.81); last dorsal spine 2.50 (2.26); longest anal spine (third) 2.69 (2.59); 

 pectoral 1.45 (1.47); ventral 1.45 (1.47); dorsal IX, I, 11, (12 rays in one speci- 

 men) ; anal iii, 11 in 3, 12 in 5 specimens; scales 5 or 6-42-7 or 8. 



The shajie and form of this species is similar to that of A', iiialo; preorbital 

 serrated; preopercle finely serrated on its lower limb, the ascending limb entii'e, 

 except at the upper end w^here there are a few minute teeth, ami it is not concave. 



General color of this species is the same as that of A', nuiln. but the dorsal 

 differs in having the membrane of the spinous (k)i-sal not so dusky and with no 

 spots on soft dorsal or on scales at base; the soft dorsal is entirely dusky, most 

 intense at upper anterior angle and along u])per margin, with an indication ot a 

 longitudinal daiker dusky band just above its base; the tijjs of rays arc white; 

 the tine scaly sheaths at the base of the soft doi-sal and anal ai'e du.sky and with- 

 out spots; the soft anal not spotted as it was in the otliei', but the ra\-s are dusky, 



