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crossbars; anal like dorsal, the bands interiorly parallel with the margin, posteriorly running upward 
and backward; pectoral pale yellowish, the base dusky; centrals reddish, the outer ray dusky; iris 
orange pink. 
Color in alcohol, dull brown, side with narrow longitudinal dull purplish brown lines, broadest 
on back; head brown with leaden streak from corner of mouth to eye, another from corner of mouth 
back over preopercle; and still others below eye, on opercle, and mandible; vertical fins pale grayish, 
dorsal with blackish spot at bases between first 2 spines; spinous dorsal gray with 3 narrow pale or 
light gray lines on outer portion, below which are gray blotches and longitudinal streaks of gray; anal 
gray with oblique whitish crossbars; caudal gray with darker blackish edged vertical cross bands; 
pectoral and ventrals pale, the latter with dusky edges. 
Described from an example (No. 05326) from Honolulu. 
Rather common. Dr. Wood’s Honolulu collection contained I specimen, and w r e obtained 13 
at Honolulu and 3 at Hilo. The Albatross also secured specimens at Honolulu. The numerous speci¬ 
mens examined range in length from 6.5 to 11.5 inches. 
Coris ballieui Vaillant & Saiiyage, Rev. Mag. Zool., Ill, 1.S75, 28.3. Sandwich Islands; not Julis ballicui Vaillant dc Sauvage. 
Coris schauinslandii Steiiulachner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien. LXX, 1900, 508, taf. V, fig. 1. Honolulu. 
limit cor is baillieui, Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1002 (Sept. 23, 1903), 101 (Honolulu). 
llemicoris ballicui, Snyder, op. cit. (Jan. 19, 1901), 528 (Honolulu). 
247. Coris rosea Vaillant A Sauvage. " Malamalama.” Fig. 132. 
Head 3.35 in length; depth 2.75; eye 5.4 in head; snout 2.8; mouth 4.7; interorbital 4.6; D. 
ix, 12; A. m, 12; scales 5-53-18. 
Body elongate, oblong, deepest about middle of pectoral; head longer than deep, pointed; snout 
long, pointed; mouth horizontal, jaws produced, equal; lips thick, fleshy; teeth conic, strong, directed 
Fig. 132.— Coris rosea Vaillant A Sauvage. Type ol lit micoris kelcipionis. Figure not quite accurate in proportional 
measurements. 
forward; 2 large canines in front of upper jaw directed forward; 2 large canines in front of inaudible 
directed forward, fitting in between upper pair; eye rather large, high, a little before middle of head; 
preopereular flap rounded, the margin thin; interorbital width elevated, convex; nostrils close together, 
anterior in short tube; first dorsal spine longest, 2.8 in head; longest dorsal rays about middle, 2.1; 
third anal spine 3.7o, longest; middle anal rays longest, 2.3; caudal rounded, 1.6; pectoral pointed, 
1.6; ventral pointed, 1.8; ventral spine weak, 2.3 in longest or first ray; scales rather large, thin, 
cycloid; lateral line high along back, descending below posterior dorsal rays, then running along mid¬ 
dle of side of caudal peduncle. 
Color in life (No. 03268), bright brownish pink, a large golden area above pectoral; side with about 
24 curly white streaks running along rows of scales, these yellow in the golden area, the streaks above 
lateral line most distinct; head golden olive, with vague bluish shades; upper part of opercle bright 
yellow, bluish shades placed much as in C. ballieui; a bluish streak from eye to first dorsal spine; no 
black spot on front of dorsal; iris red; dorsal with a row of bluish spots at base, a broad blue band just 
