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371. Paracirrhites cinctus (Gunther). “Pilikoa;” “Oopuka-hai-hai; ” Poopa ’a.” 
Plate LXVIII. 
Head 3 in length; depth 2.8; eye 4.5 in head; snout 3.4; maxillary 2.4; interorbital 5.3; D. x, 
14; A. in, 6; scales 5-48-10; Br. 5; gillrakers 12 • 5, finely ciliated. 
Body oblong, compressed, deepest through base of pectoral; dorsal outline from tip of snout to 
origin of dorsal rather steep, straight, thence to end of tin evenly slanted; ventral outline slightly 
curved; head longer than deep, compressed, subconic; snout bluntly pointed; mouth rather large, 
nearly horizontal, lips thick, lower jaw slightly included; maxillary reaching about to anterior edge 
of pupil; a single row of small conic teeth in each jaw, behind these anteriorly a patch of small villi- 
form teeth; bands of villiform teeth on vomer and palatines; posterior edge of preopercle roughly 
serrate; eye high up, the supraorbital above line of anterior profile; interorbital narrow, concave; 
anterior nostril with a short branched filament about as long as pupil; fins rather large, origin of dorsal 
slightly in advance of base of pectoral, the latter much in front of ventral, distance from origin of 
dorsal to tip of snout equal to head; dorsal spines not as high as rays, the fifth or sixth longest, 2.1 in 
head; base of spinous dorsal slightly longer than that of soft dorsal, the anterior dorsal rays slightly 
the longer, longest 1.75 in head; caudal truncate; anal short, its base equal to snout and eye, second 
spine stout and longest, equal to base of fin, front rays slightly the longer, equal to second spine; 
ventrals rather short, scarcely reaching anal. 1.75 in head; pectoral long, the 6 lowermost rays thick 
and not united beyond the tips of the shorter rays, longest ray, reaching base of third anal spine, 1.3 
in head; scales firm, moderate, cycloid, none on top of head and snout; lateral line concurrent with 
dorsal outline. 
Color in life, head olive brown, finely vermieulated and spotted with bluish and greenish white, 
the vermiculations on lower part of cheek and lower jaw red and white; opercle blackish, with bluish 
white spots; nape with a narrow lighter area, behind which are delicate bluish white and red points 
on a dark ground; side with broad, white crossbars, alternating with broader red bars; first white 
crossbar extending from base of third or fourth dorsal spines to just posterior to base of pectoral, this 
bar narrowest and somewhat brownish at upper end; then less red just above lateral line, followed by 
blood red, ending under middle of pectoral; second, third, and fourth white bars each with purplish 
shade and each with an obscure orange blotch near lower end; second and third red bars brightest, 
the second extending from bases of last 3 dorsal spines to base of third anal spine, broadest at top, 
narrowing gradually downward; third red bar beginning under fourth to ninth dorsal rays and ending 
at base of last anal rays; fourth red bar crossing base of caudal peduncle, its center splotched with 
blackish; rest of caudal peduncle pale rosy or purplish; under parts bluish white, with reddish or 
orange spots and lines, the latter confined chiefly to the breast; membranes of dorsal fin red, blotched 
and dotted with irregular bluish or greenish w hite markings; edge of membranes narrowly white, tip 
of dorsal spines red, a small black speck on base of first spine; soft dorsal greenish with bluish and 
purplish wash, indistinct orange or brassy spots through the center; caudal rays purplish or rosy, the 
membranes greenish, anal bluish, the rays brassy green, 3 or 4 small brassy spots near the base; ven¬ 
trals similar to anal: pectoral pale rosy; iris golden. 
Color in alcohol, head brownish above, paler below, with numerous fine bluish-white spots, larger 
and more irregular and most distinct on lower jaw and gill-membranes; opercle dark; side with 4 
broad brownish - black crossbars, separated by narrower yellowish white bars, the crossbar on caudal 
peduncle blackest and most distinct, under parts rosy white; dorsal, pectoral, and ventrals uniform 
yellowish white, little dusky; caudal and anal somewhat dusky. 
This beautiful species is very abundant among the Hawaiian Islands and is one of the most 
interesting and attractive fishes seen in the Honolulu market. It reaches a length of 4 to 5 inches. 
The collections contain 71 specimens, 8 from Hilo, the others from Honolulu, ranging in length 2.8 to 
4.4 inches. Specimens were obtained by Jenkins, Jordan, and Snyder, the Albatross , and by us. 
CirrhUesfasciatus, Bennett, Zool. Journ., IV. No. XIII, Art. III. 39, 1828 (Oahu); not Cuvier. 
Cirrhites cinctus Gunther, Cat.. II. 73, 1860, Hawaiian Islands, Madagascar, lie de France; ibid., Fische der Siidsee. II. 
72, pi. 52, figs. A and B, 1874 (Hawaiian Islands and Mauritius); Steindachner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, LXX, 1900, 
490 (Honolulu). 
Cirrhitusfasciatus, Gill. Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 107 (Hawaiian Islands). 
Paracirrhites cinctus, Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 491 (Honolulu); Snyder, op. cit. (Jan. 
19, 1904), 527 (Honolulu). 
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