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Genus 147. LEPIDAPLOIS Gill. 
Body compressed, oblojlg, covered with large scales, 30 to 35 in the lateral line; Snout pointed; 
mouth large, the lateral teeth in both jaws in a single series coalescent at base; 4 canine teeth in front 
and a posterior canine tooth; cheeks and operdes with imbricated scales; dorsal and anal scaly at base; 
lateral line not interrupted; preopercle usually finely serrated; soft dorsal and anal not falcate ante¬ 
riorly; caudal tin lunate. Dorsal rays usually xu, 10; anal rays hi, 12. Tropical parts of the western 
Pacific from Hawaii through Polynesia to Japan and Africa. 
Lrpidaploix Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 140 ( axillaris). 
a. Eye small, about 6 in head. 
b. Maxillary reaching front margin of eye; caudal truncate..-. albotmiiatus, p. 278 
bit. Maxillary reaching middle of eye; outer caudal rays prolonged. mxlestm, p. 279 
an. Eye larger. 4.65; in head. ntTOphod.es, p. 280 
217. Lepidaplois albotaeniatus (Cuvier A Valenciennes). “A’ltwa.” Plate XXIV." 
Head 2.!) in length; depth 2.9; snout 3 in head; eye ti; mouth 3; interorbital 3.5; I>. mi, 10; A. in, 
12; scales 8-34-13. 
Body oblong, compressed; head longer than deep, upper and lower profiles evenly weakly convex; 
snout rather long, pointed, rounded above; jaws produced, pointed, about equal; mouth rather large, 
maxillary reaching front of eye; teeth strong, conic; 4 large canines in front of each jaw, the outer on 
each side of mandible enlarged; lips rather thin, fleshy; eye moderately large, its posterior margin 
about middle of length of head; posterior margin of preopercle finely serrated; interorbital width broad, 
convex; nostrils in front of eye, anterior in short fleshy tube; last dorsal spine 2.7 in head; seventh 
dorsal ray 2.25; third anal spine 2.5; fifth anal ray longest, 2.2; dorsal and anal rather broad, rounded; 
caudal truncate, broad at base; pectoral small, 1.7 in head; centrals pointed, 1.5; caudal peduncle 
broad, Compressed, 1.75; scales large, thin, small upon back in front of dorsal fin and along base of 
dorsal and anal; scales smaller on chest than on sides of body; interorbital width, snout, space in 
front of eye, and mandibles without scales, head otherwise scaly; scales on cheeks very small; lateral 
line concurrent with back and running posteriorly along middle of side of caudal peduncle. Described 
chiefly from an example (No. 04288) from Hilo. 
Color in life (No. 122 (l. I*. J.), pinkish shades on white ground-color; numerous horizontal 
brown stripes crowded together along top of head and back; a brown stripe from angle of mouth to 
angle of preopercle; chin and throat white, covered with red spots; colors of body posteriorly gradually 
give way to yellow, which becomes bright yellow on caudal fin; a black blotch at base of posterior 
part, of soft dorsal extending on caudal peduncle; a black spot nearly as large as eye on first dorsal 
between first and third spines; iris black, with red inner margin; tips of dorsal spines yellow, the soft 
dorsal and anal bright yellow; pectoral rosy; centrals white, with rosy and yellow shadings. 
Specimen No. 02976 in life had upper half of head and anterior portion of upper part of side dull 
rose; side mostly dirty yellowish, with about 10 pale bands made by pale areas on centers of scales; 
caudal peduncle fading gradually into rosy anteriorly; a broad dark reddish band from snout through 
eye to gill-opening, below this pale rosy, with small blotches of brown and pale red; a bluish wash from 
angle of mouth to gill-opening; lower jaw and throat pale rosy; a large deep black blotch on side under 
last dorsal rays, connecting with its fellow across caudal peduncle; spinous dorsal with rosy spines, 
membranes bluish-black, and a large blue-black blotch on membrane between second and third spines; 
soft dorsal bright yellow; caudal and anal bright yellow, the latter somewhat smoky anteriorly; pec¬ 
toral rosy; ventrals pale bluish, rosy on margin. 
Specimen No. 02977 was in life dark purplish reel, becoming ashy below; upper parts of head rosy; 
cheek ashy, washed with rosy; 2 or 3 obscure dark blotches on preorbital; a dark postocular bar ending 
in a rather distinct.opercular spot; 2 or 3 black blotches at angle of preopercle; subopercle also with 
several black blotches; lower jaw bluish gray, blotched with rosy and dusky; a very pale reddish 
blotch under last rays of soft dorsal, in center of which is a black spot covering 1 scale; spinous dorsal 
bluish gray, a large black blotch on membrane between second and third spines; soft dorsal pale red 
with a yellow border, the last rays orange near tips, which are yellow, a more or less distinct patch of 
pale pinkish brown below them; caudal pale rosy, membranes smoky blue, outer rays darker, and 
with a narrow pale yellow border; anal very pale rosy, the border pale yellow, narrowly bordered with 
bluish; pectoral rosy, base darkest; ventrals pale smoky bluish; iris red. 
a Lepidoplois bilunulatus on plate. 
