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green, next a broad Indian red stripe, the edges of tlie scales red, the centers pale greenish, a few 
smaller red specks; next a broad greenish stripe with greenish bars connecting with the median stripe 
and with narrow rosy bars crossing it connecting the rosy stripes above and below; rosy stripes along 
middle of side with 3 or 4 brownish blotches; the next stripe greenish, crossed by numerous narrow 
rosy or purplish bars; next stripe rosy, narrower than the other 2; belly whitish, top and sides of 
head greenish, vermieulated with rosy or purplish lines; humeral region with several roundish red 
spots; base of dorsal greenish, and with Indian red from invasion of body-color; middle line of 
dorsal rosy, with purple upper border, followed by a somewhat narrower yellow stripe, then a rosy or 
orange stripe, followed by a narrow white border; anal with rosy hand at base, then agreen band with 
bluish edges, then a broad pale rosy band with narrow white edge, the green band not on last 2 
rays; caudal rays and membrane alternating greenish yellow and orange; pectoral dusky, greenish at 
base, rosy in center; ventrals pale yellow; iris brownish. 
The same specimen in spirits faded to a creamy white, with 5 irregular broken dusky cross-bars; 
black spot on membrane of first 3 dorsal spines; soft dorsal and anal white with faint trace of greenish; 
top of head and nape with faint traces of dark spots and lines. 
Specimen No. 03240, from which the above general description was taken, is in alcohol dusky 
greenish on back and top of head, the sides somewhat paler, under parts greenish white; side with 
about 4 or 5 irregular broken, vertical cross-bars of dark brownish or black; membranes of first 3 dor¬ 
sal spines blue-black; base of dorsal narrowly pea-green, followed bv a broad greenish yellow band, 
Fig. 129.— Tlialuit&amaumbrostiiima (Ruppell); after Bleeker. 
bordered above by a narrower pea-green band, which is followed in turn by an irregular border of 
pale yellowish and purplish; anal scallopv green at base, followed by a broad white band, beyond 
which is a nearly equally broad blue-green band, which in turn is followed by a narrower yellowish 
white stripe, the edge of the fin pale pea-green; caudal greenish, yellowish and creamy white, dusky 
at base; ventrals pale creamy white; pectoral dusky yellowish at base, dusky at tip. 
A smaller specimen (No. 05256), 6.25 inches long, agrees essentially with the larger ones, except 
that the blue-green of the head is profusely covered with small round black or brownish spots and a 
few lines or reticulations of the same color.' Another specimen (No. 05263) shows the dark spots on 
the head very plainly, but ordinarily specimens of that size have those colors obscure or indistinct in 
spirits. In all of our numerous examples the markings are quite distinct. The species is rather abun¬ 
dant about the coral reefs. 
Dr. Jenkins obtained 11 specimens at Honolulu, and our own collection contains 10 specimens 
from Honolulu, 8 from Kailua, and 2 from llilo. These range in length from 1.5 to 10.25 inches. 
.hi!is umbrostiffma Ruppell, Neue Wirbe., Fische, 11, laf. 3, fig. 2, 1838, Mohila and Djetta; Bleeker, Atlas, I. 92. tuf. 34. fig. 
2, 1862; Steindachner, Denks. Ak. YViss. Wien, LXX, 1900, 506 (Honolulu and LaysanIsland). 
Thalassnma umbrostigma, Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII,1902 (Sept.23,1903), 463 (Honolulu); Snyder, op. cit. (Jan. 
19,1904), 529 (Laysan Island). 
