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 JULIS ANEITENSIS, Gtlir. [No. 19227]. 



Julis aneitensis, Gunther, Cat. Fish, iv, 1862, 183. 



Height equals the length of the head, and one fourth of the total length 

 (caudal lobes not included). Colors (in spirits), bluish on the shoulder ; 

 no light cross-band behind the pectorals ; bands on the side of the head; 

 two behind the e.ve, the upper extending to the origin of the lateral line, 

 and the second from the middle of the posterior border of the eye to 

 the point of the operculum ; a third from above the angle of the mouth, 

 across the lower border of the eye, to opposite the base of the pectoral 

 fin ; a curved band on the cheek belovr the eye, commencing on the edge 

 of the suboperculum, turning upon itself behind the angle of the 

 mouth, and terminating on the interoperculum. Body, greenish ; each 

 scale with a vertical streak. A broad oblique black band across the 

 posterior half of the pectoral fin, and a black spot in the axil above. 

 Dorsal fin with a broad light margin, and an intramarginal band, edged 

 with a fine black line above and below ; the lower line is very near the 

 base of the fin; a black spot anteriorly on the dorsal between the second 

 and third spines. Anal light colored, base dark ; the dark portion limited 

 by a fine black line similar to those on the dorsal. 



Locality : Fanning Islands. 



This species is apparently very closely allied to Julis hebreica, and is 

 probably an eastern representative of that species. 



GOMPHOSUS UNDCLATUS, n. sp. [No. 19228]. 



D. j\. A. j\. L. lat. 27. L. trans, f. 



Height of the body 4J times in the total length, and the length of the 

 head 2.J times in the same. Caudal fin truncated; lobes very slightly 

 produced. Color in spirits: Head brownish-olive; a broad irregular 

 band from the snout through the lower part of the eye to the operculum. 

 Body glaucous-olive, lighter on the breast, and with a vertical purplish 

 streak at the base of each scale on the sides. Dorsal and anal fins with 

 narrow transparent margins ; the former with a median row of irregu- 

 larly-shaped light spots; the other portion of the fin purplish; from 

 the upper margin of the purple portion slender, tooth-like streaks ex- 

 tend upward into the transparent margin between the rays. Anal with 

 a narrow purplish band along the base, with its margin dentated ; a 

 band of the same color along the center, the uppei- margin of which is 

 scalloped, and from the lower margin are tooth-like streaks similar to 



