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band at the end of the caudal fin. The dorsal and anal fins are checkered with black, but these 

 markings are faint in the young. The gill-opening lies in a dark bar. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia called pa'u-mea, dull blackish green, black around gill-opening; 

 bluish around vent; membrane of first dorsal .spine bright orange; soft dorsal and anal finely mottled 

 blue and orange; edges translucent; caudal bright orange with round yellow spots, the edge with four 

 alternating wavy streaks of blue and orange; side of abdominal cavity livid bluish. 



Fig. 69. — Monacanthus melanoccphatus Bleeker. 



Another specimen has the sides very finely marked with wavy blue streaks, most distinct on bluish 

 lower parts, but very faint; dorsal membrane dull yellow; blue and orange streaks on dorsal more 

 evident; ventral flap blackish. 



1274. Monacanthus spilosomus Bennett. Hawaii. 



1275. Monacanthus pricei Snyder. Kauai I., Hawaii. 



1276. Monacanthus nitens Hollard. Tonga. 



This species is unknown to us. It has the dorsal rays 30; anal 24; and the color is brownish 

 without distinct spots or stripes., The dorsal spine is serrated, and the armature of the ventral spine 

 is very strong. The spine, being large, is probably movable, but this is not stated. The species 

 probably belongs to the section Stephanolepis of Monacanthus. 



1277. Monacanthus filicauda Giinther. New Guinea. 

 Monacanthus JUicauda Gunther, Challenger Report, Fishes, 50, 1880. 



FARALTJTERES Bleeker. 



1278. Paraluteres prionurus (Bleeker). New Guinea; East Indies. 



OSBECKIA Jordan & Evermann. 



1279. Osbeckia scripta (Osbeck). Hawaii; New Guinea (JIacleay); East Indies; west coast islands 



of Mexico. 



