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1172. Holacanthus loriculus Giinther. Tahiti. 



Holacanthus loriculus Giinther, Fische der Siirlsee, 53, taf. 40, fig. 6, Tahiti. 

 This species is known only from a drawing by Mr. Garrett of a specimen 2J inches long, taken from 

 the stomach of an Epinephelus at Tahiti. 



1173. Holacanthus arcuatus Gray. Hawaii. 



Holacanthus arcuatus Gray, Zool. Misc. 33, 1831, Hawaii. Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, 50, taf. 32, fig. c, same spec- 

 imen. 



Of this species only the original type specimen from Hawaii is known. 



1174. Holacanthus fisheri Snyder. Hawaii. 



Holacanthus fisheri Snyder, Bull. U. S. Fish Coram., xxn, 1902 (1904), 532, pi. 11, fig. 21, Hawaii. 



This species, notable for the great size of its preorbital spines, is known from numerous specimens 

 taken about the Hawaiian Islands. 



1175. Holacanthus imperator (Bloch). Papua; Guam; Tahiti; Paumotuls.; East Indies. 



Chxlodon imperator Bloch, Ichth., taf. 94, 1788, Moluccas. 



Holacanthus imperator, Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, 53, taf. 41, fig. a, Tahiti, Paumotu, He de France, Red Sea. 



Seale, Bishop Museum, vol. I, no. 3, 101, 1901, Guam. 

 Acanthochmtodon imperator, Bleeker, Atlas, Chat., 70, tab. V, fig. 2, pi. 12, fig. 4, Celebes, Amboina, New Guinea. 



This large and showy species was not seen by us at Samoa. 



1176. Holacanthus marianas Seale. Guam. 



Holacanthus marianas Seale, Bishop Museum, vol. I, no. 3, 104, 1901, Guam. 

 This species, apparently distinct from //. imperator, is unknown to us. 



1177. Holacanthus nicobariensis (Bloch & Schneider). Samoa; Misol; Tahiti; Waigiu; Guam; 



East Indies. 



Chsetodon nicobariensis Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 219, pi. 50, Nicobar Is.; misprinted Nicobarcensis, an error 



corrected in the errata. 

 Holacanthus nicobariensis, Giinther Fische der Siidsee, 54, Misol, Tahiti, Samoa. Seale, Bishop Museum, vol. 1, 



no. 3, 105, 1901, Guam. 

 Acanthochtetodon nicobariensis, Bleeker, Atlas, Chset., 69, in part (the plate represents some other fish), Timor 



Amboina, Ceram, Waigiu. 

 Holacanthus geomelricus LacCpede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 537, 1803. 



This beautiful fish seems to be rare about Samoa. A single young specimen was taken in a tide- 

 pool at Pago Pago. Life colors, blue-black, the concentric streaks part white, part pale blue, the 

 widest and the fin edgings pure white; ventrals blue edged. 



1178. Holacanthus bishopi Scale. Guam. 



Holacanthus bishopi Seale, Bishop Museum, vol. 1, no. 3, 106, 1901, Guam. 

 This species is apparently distinct from II. nicobariensis. 



1179. Holacanthus semicirculatus Cuvier & Valenciennes New Guinea (Macleay); Waigiu; New 



Ireland; Woodlark; East Indies. 



Holacanthus semicirculatus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vti, 191, Buru, Waigiu, New Ireland. 

 Acanlhochxtodon semicirculatus Bleeker, Atlas, Chset., 69, pi. 8, fig. 5, Sumatra, Java, Timor, and the islands of the 



East Indies generally. 

 Chxtodon microlepis Bleeker, Fish. Sumatra, 257, Sumatra. 

 Holacanthus iburu Thiolliere, in Montrouzier, Fauna Woodlark, 169, 1857, Woodlark I. 



This species, common in the East Indies, extends eastward to Melanesia, but has not been found 

 about Samoa. 



1180. Holacanthus alternans Cuvier & Valenciennes. New Britain; Madagascar. 



Holacanthus alternans Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., VII, 193, 1831, Madagascar. Peters, Berl. Mon. 

 1870, 832, New Britain. 



