FISUES OF THE GENUS KUHLIA. 379 



I diameter of eye, which is 3 in length of head; intei-orhital 

 width 3|. Maxillary extending to below anterior i of eye. 

 22 gill -rakers on lower part of anterior arch. 52 scales in lateral 

 line, 5 from sheath at base of spinous dorsal to arch of lateral 

 line, 12 thence to base of pelvic fin. Dorsal X 11 ; fifth spine 

 longest, a little more than ^ length of head ; last as long as 

 eighth, I length of head. Anal III 12 ; base as long as head 

 or 1;^ as long as caudal peduncle. Pectoral | length of head. 

 Caudal forked, the middle rays | as long as the longest. Caudal 

 peduncle 1| as long as deep. Silvery ; back darker ; caudal with 

 dark posterior edge and pale intramarginal band. 



Eastern Pacific. 



Here described from a specimen of 190 mm. from Tahiti: 

 this is not so deep in the body as Fowler's type, a specimen of 

 about 115 mm. from the Bonin Islands. Otherwise, making 

 allowance for difi"erences due to size, the two examples agree 

 perfectly. 



7. KUHLIA CAUDOVITTATA. 



Holocentrus caudovittatus Lacep. Hist. ISTat. Poiss. iv. pp. 332, 

 367 (1802). 



Dules caudovittatus Cuv. & Yal. Hist. ISTat. Poiss. iii. p. 117 

 (1829) and vii. p. 475 (1835) ; Sauv. Hist. Madag., Poiss. p. 151, 

 pi. xviii. f. 3 (1891). 

 • Kuhlia caudovittata (part.) Bouleng. Cat. Fish. i. p. 41 (1895). 



Evidently related to K. humilis, sandvicensis, etc., but dis- 

 tinguished by a small head, the subequal ninth and tenth dorsal 

 spines, and the increased nvimber of soft rays, 13 or 14 in the 

 dorsal, 12 or 13 in the anal. 



Madagascar and Mauritius. 



Total length 225 mm. 



8. Kuhlia splendens, sp. n. (Text-fig. 69 B.) 

 Kuhlia malo (part.) Bouleng. Cat. Fish. i. p. 40 (1895). 

 Depth of body 2| to 2| in the length, length of head 3 to 3^. 



Snout I to I diameter of eye, which is 3 in length of head ; 

 interorbital width about 3|. Maxillary extending to below 

 anterior | of eye. 26 or 27 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior 

 arch. 48 to .50 scales in lateral line, 4 from sheath at base of 

 spinous dorsal to arch of lateral line, 11 thence to base of pelvic 

 fin. Dorsal X 11 ; fourth or fifth spine longest, nearly | length 

 of head : last as long as or longer than eighth, nearly | length of 

 head. Anal III 11 ; third spine a little shorter than tenth 

 dorsal ; base a little shorter than head or If as long as caudal 

 peduncle. Pectoral f length of head. Caudal deeply emarginate, 

 but middle rays more than ^ as long as the longest. Caudal 

 peduncle longer than deep. Silvery ; back darker ; caudal with 

 blackish posterior edge. 



Four specimens, 120 to 180 mm. in total length, from 

 Rodriguez (fresh water) and Mauritivis. 



