396 BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
a. Body deep, depth less than 2 in length; no spots on head. 
b. Snout comparatively short, 1.5 in head; dorsal IV, 32; anal III, 24. Color, nearly black, with pale bands on head and 
body. veliferum, p. 39G 
bb. Snout longer, 1 in head; dorsal V, 24; anal HI, 19. Color, nearly uniform chrome-yellow; or else dark olive, often 
with small blue spots.. flavescens, p. 397 
aa. Body not so deep, depth 2.33 in length; fine blue spots on head. Color, yellowish brown with darker bands 
virgatus, p. 398 
322. Zebrasoma veliferum (Blodi). “Kihikihi.” Fig. 173. 
Head 3.35 in length; depth 1.7; snout 1.5 in head; eye 3.35; interorbital 3.25; D. iv, 32; A. in, 24. 
Body deep, rather elongate, upper profile of back slightly convex from occiput to caudal peduncle, 
lower profile evenly and rather strongly convex from throat to caudal peduncle; head deep, com¬ 
pressed, upper profile steep, undulate, that, of snout concave; jaws produced, low, the lower inferior; 
lips rather thin, fleshy; teeth broad, compressed, the edges crenulate; mouth small, inferior; nostrils 
close together, anterior rounded with small flap, posterior a short oblique slit; interorbital space 
convex; dorsal tin very high; spines thin, slender, graduated to the last, 2.5 in body; anterior dorsal 
rays very high, the others gradually decreasing to last, fifth 1.8 in body; anal spines graduated to last, 
second 1.5 in head, third 1.25; median anal rays elongate,-eighth 2.7 in body; caudal rather broad, its 
Fig. 173 .—Zebrasoma veliferum (Bloch). 
