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 CHORmEMUS SANCTI PETEI, Cuv. & Yal* [No. 19236]. 



Adult specimens, 18-19 inches long. Two rows of blackish round 

 spots on the sides, one above and the other below the lateral line ; a 

 blackish streak from above the eye to the shoulder, above the base of 

 the pectoral fin. Top of the dorsal fin black j a black spot on the anal 

 anteriorly. 



Locality : Christmas Island. Abundant. Swim near the surface of 

 the water. 



MULLID^. 



MULLOIDES FLAVOLINEATUS, {Lacep.) Blkr. [No. 19237]. 



MuUus flavoUneatus, Lacep., Hist, des Poiss., iii, 1803, 40G. 



Mullus anreoviitatus, Shaw, ZooL, iv, 1803, 618. 



Upeneus flavoUneatus, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. des Poiss., iii, 1829, 4.56. — Ruppell, N. 



W. Fische, 1837, 101, pi. 26, f. 1.— Jenyns, Zool. Beagle, Fish., 1842, 24. 

 Mulloides flavoUneatus, Hl^'eker, 'Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., iii, 1852, Ceram, ii, 697. — GuN- 



THER, Cat. Fisb., 1, 1859, 403 ; Jour. Mus. Godeff., ii, 1873, Fische der Sudsee, i, 



56. 



A broad yellow band below the middle of the body from the opercu- 

 lum to to the tail ; yellow lines on the snout ; fins without spots. 

 Length, 11 inches. 

 Locality : Fanning Islands. 



BEEYCID^. 



HOLOCENTRUM SPINIFERUM, (ForsJc.) Gtlir. [Fo. 19238]. 



S AOina spin\ferum, Forsk., Descr. Anim., 1775, 49. 



Perca. spiniferiim, BtocH, Syst. Ichth., ed. Schn., 1801, 86. — Lacep., Hist, des Poiss., 



iv, 1803, 418, 

 Holocentrum lea, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat, des Poiss., iii, 1829, 204.— Lesson, Voy. 



Coq.,ii, 1830, 222.— QuoY & GAiM.,Voy. Astrol. Poiss., 1834, 678, pi. 14, f. 



3. — CuviER, E^gne Anim. 111., pi. 14, f. 1. — Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. lud., vii, 



1854, Kokos-eil., 355. 

 Holocenirus spinifer, EUPPELI., N. W. Fische, 1837, 96, pi. 25, f. 1. 

 Holocenlrum sjnmfernm, Gunther, Cat. Fish.,i, lS5i), 39; Jour. Mus. Godeflf., ii, 1874, 



Fische der Sudsee, i, 94. 



The profile of the head concave ; snout pointed, longer than the 

 diameter of the eye; the end of the maxillary extends to under the 

 anterior portion of the eye. Posterior border of the prasoperculum 

 oblique, dentated, the long spine at the angle longer than one-half of the 



* See synonymy under Hawaiian Fishes. 



