THK SIIORH FISUKS. ;^11 



Ctenochaetus striatus ((^rov & (Jaimakd). 



.loKDAN (t EvERMANN, Hull. U. S. Fish. Conini,, l'.)().'), 23, iil. 1, |). 398, fig. 174. .Jouda.n iV .Skai.k, 

 Hull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 3.54. 



Aranlliiinis slriiiliis QuoY & Gaimard, Voy I'ntnic. Zool., IS'J.'), j). 373, pi. 63, fig. 3. 



No. 0.592.5, two specimens, each 2s inches lon^ from Papeete, Tahiti, 

 Society Ishmds. 



Zebrasoma rhombeum (Kittlitz). 



Jordan ^- .Skai.k, Hull. I'. .S. Hur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 3.").'). 



AiniilliKrKs rliiiiiihriis Kittutz, .Sfiickcnbcrg Mus., 1.S34, 1, p. 196, pi. 13, tig. 16. 



Xos. A109, 7i inches; A113, M. ('. Z. 29741). (lynches and A114, (i^nches 

 long from Tahaa, Society Islands. 



Jordan ct Scale suggest the jiossiijility of the two forms Z. flavescens and Z. 

 rhoiubcum being color variations of one diacromatic species. 



Zebrasoma veliferum (Huxn). 



.Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish. Couini., 19()."i, 23, pi. 1, p. 396, fig. 173. .Johdan A Seale, 

 Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 3.56. 



Acanthurits velifer Bloch, Ichth., 1793, 9, p. 106, taf. 4'J7, lig 1. 



Nos. Alio, 9/o inches; Alll, 9 inches and Air2, .M. C. Z. 29739, 91 inches 

 long from Tahaa, Society Islands. 



Acanthurus brevirostris (Cimkh & \alenciennes). 



.Jordan c\: Kvehmann, Bull. V. S. Fish. Cmiiiii.. 190.5, 23, ii. 401, tig. 176. 



Xaseus hrenrostris Cuv. & Val., Hist. Xat. Poiss., 1S3.5, 10, p. 204 (277), pi. 291. (liiNTHEU, 

 I'^ische dcr Siidsee, 1875, 4, p. 121, taf. 79, fig. A, text tig. .5. 



No. AlS, M. ('. Z. 297.38, female. Ill inches long from Rangiroa, Pamnotu 

 Islands. This specimen has head 4.3() in length; dejith 2.54: eye 4 in head; 

 distance from front of eye to tip of horn 4.51 in length; eye to tip of upper lip, 

 1.76 in head; dorsal VI, 27; anal II, 29. 



No. A15, a female specimen, 12 inches long, from Rangiroa, Paumotu 

 Islands. This specimen has head 4..54 in length; depth 2.65; eye 4 in head; 

 distance from front of eye to tip of horn 4.06 in length; eye to tip of u])per lip 

 1.64 in head; dorsal \l, 26; anal II, 28. 



