KUHLIA. 



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KuJJia proximo,, Kendall & Goldsbor. Mem, Mus. Comp. Zool. xxvi. 1911, p. 282, 



pi. iii. fig. 2. 

 Kuhlia sandvicensis, Kendall & Radcl. op. cit. xxxv. 1912, p. 106 ; Regan, t. c 



p. 381. 

 Kuhlia splendens, Regan, t. c. p. 379, fig.* 



Depth of body 2| to 3-j times in total length, length of head 3 to 

 of times. Snout ^ to -| diameter of eye, which is 2^ to 3 times in 

 length of head ; interorbital width 3 times in length of head ; lower 

 jaw projecting; maxillary extending to below anterior border or anterior 

 fourth of eye, the width of its distal extremity -4- to ^ diameter of eye ; 

 cheek and opercle with large ciliated scales; angle and lower border of 



Fijr. 78. 



Kuhlia malo. 

 Bodriguez. 



prgeoperculum finely denticulated ; lower opercular spine strong. 25 to 

 28 gill-rakers on lower part of anterior arch f. Dorsal X 11, originating 

 just behind vertical of axilla ; fifth or fourth and fifth spines longest, 

 ^ to § length of head, as long as or a little longer than anterior soft 

 rays; tenth spine longer than ninth, as long as or a little shorter than 

 third. Anal III 11-12, much longer than its distance from the caudal ; 



* In the only specimen in which the caudal fin is intact, the median rays measure 

 12 millim. and the longest 28, exactly in the same proportion as in the type of K. boninensis 

 figured by Fowler. 



t 21 in the type of K. honinensis {fide Fowler) which otherwise agrees very closely with 

 our specimen from Bodriguez. 



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