THE SHOliE FISHKS. 303 



Cheilinus digrammus (LACKi-rDF.). 



Jordan ct Skai.e, Hull. I'. S. Hur. Fish., l!)llii. 25, ii. -W). 



fjiihru-s (Ua(ir(i»iiiiii!f Lacei'EDE, Ili.st. X:it. Puis.s., 1,S02, 3, ]i. MS, .")17, .'ilS, pi. 1. lig, 2, 



ChcUiiius mdintaa Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., 1SI)2, 1, p. (14, (iS. ta.b. 2(i, (i.^. 1. 



No. A171, M speciiiKMi (ij iiichc-^ long tVoin Taritari, (iilberl Islands. No. 

 08952, AI. C. Z. 29515, a specimen 5 inches long from Kusaie, Caroline Islands. 



Cheilinus undulatus l{r ppki.l. 



Neue Wirb. Fische, lSo.5, p. 20, taf. 0, tifi;. 2. .Jordan & .Seale, Hull. U. S. Hur. Fish., 1900, 25, p. 

 309. 



No. 08953, M. C. Z. 29380, 41 inches long, from Kusaie, Caroline Islands. 

 No. Al()3, 10 inches long from Taritari, Ciilhert Islands. No. .VIO, IS inches 

 long from Rangiroa, Paumotu Islands. No. 08872, (i§ inches long from Suva, 

 Fiji Islands. 



No. 08872, AI. C. Z. 295()9, is in veiy l)ad condition and the identification 

 is not certain. 



The small example. No. 08953, fi'oni Kusaie is similar in cohir, general 

 shape, and measurements to the fish figured by (iiinthei' in Siidsee, pi. 133, fig. 

 B, except that it has 10 sjiines. Ours gives the following counts; dorsal X, 9; 

 anal III, 82; scales 3-22-(3. 



In No. Al(53 the color is exactly like that in No. AlO, except that it lacks the 

 vei-miculations of No. Al() at the axil an^l liase of pectoral. It has dorsal IX, 

 10; anal III, 82; scales 3-22-0; head 2.S to base of caudal; de])th 2.7; orbit 

 7; snout 2.3. 



No. All) gives the following measurements: head 2.8 to base of caudal; 

 depth 2.75; orbit 8 in head; snout 2.3; dorsal X, IO2; anal III, 85; scales 3-22-6 ; 

 ventrals not reaching anal; maxillary not reaching orbit; the posterior edge 

 of gape not reaching orbit liy a distance equal to nearly the width of orbit; 

 longest dorsal rays, when depressed, reaching slightly beyond origin of upjier 

 caudal rays, anal rays about equal in extent to dorsal rays; caudal rounded. 



In alcohol there are imrrow wavy pale bars and reticulations on the caudal, 

 the edge of fin with broad pale margin; soft dorsal and anal similarly colored, 

 but lacking the jjale margins; spinous dorsal similarly colored, but the bars are 

 narrower, and more numerous; 2 short iri-egular narrow broken pui'jilish brown 



