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372. Paracirrhites forsteri (Bloch & Schneider). “ Ilihipilikoa;” “Pilih/a.” Plate LXVII. 
Head 3 in length; depth 2.75; eye 6.2 in head; snout 3.2; maxillary 2.25; interorbital 5.4; D. x, 
11; A. Hi, 6; scales 6-48-10. 
Body oblong, deepest at. base of pectoral; head longer than deep, the upper profile a little concave 
over eyes; snout long, blunt; jaws large, powerful, the lower slightly projecting; lips fleshy; maxillary 
large, reaching middle of eye; teeth strong, 2 large canines in front of upper jaw; teeth on sides of 
mandible enlarged, conic; eye small, high, in anterior part of head; preopercular margin finely 
serrate; interorbital space nearly flat, the supraocular ridges little elevated; anterior nostrils with 
large ciliated flap; spinous dorsal beginning a little behind base of pectoral, fifth spine longest, 2.5 in 
head; first dorsal ray longest, 1.65 in head; second anal spine enlarged, longest; first anal ray longest, 
1.8 in head; lower pectoral rays longest, 1.5 in head, and free for only small portion distally; ventrals 
1.75 in head, inserted well behind pectorals and not reaching anus; scales large, cycloid, in even 
series, those on top of head, snout, and mandible very minute; small scales on basal portions of soft 
dorsal, caudal, anal, pectoral, and ventrals; lateral line straight. 
Color in life, upper parts of head and back pale yellowish olivaceous; a broad paler or whitish line 
along base of dorsal tin, below this yellowish brown posteriorly with a long broad black blotch extending 
from about middle of side under last 3 dorsal spines, along upper edges of caudal peduncle and upon 
bases of middle and 1 or 2 upper caudal rays; beneath this, along axis of body, a broad whitish band, 
bordered above and below by yellowish brown, the anterior end with few reddish or brown spots, 
the posterior half somewhat bluish; lower half of side with about 7 narrow longitudinal orange yellow 
stripes separated by nearly equally wide bluish silvery lines; lips and face with very bright red spots; 
red and black spots on opercle, preopercle and body above the pectoral; chin and throat with red 
spots; under parts of head and breast with red and black spots; iris red; dorsal fin red, the spinous 
portion dusky on outer margin, the soft rays with the membranes somewhat dusky; caudal chiefly 
red or rosy; rays of anal yellow, the membranes dusky; rays of pectoral red, red spots on base and 
in axil. 
Color in alcohol, dull brown, deepest anteriorly; head and anterior part of trunk with small round 
black spots, very much smaller on snout and mandible; iris dull yellow with a few deep brown spots; 
back along base of dorsal fin dusky orange; upper half of body posteriorly with a broad black band 
from middle of back to middle of caudal; broad, whitish band out on caudal; spinous dorsal dusky 
brown, soft dorsal with outer half whitish, the basal portion blackish; anal, pectoral, and ventrals 
dusky, the last slightly tinted with olivaceous; caudal more or less dusky, outer or marginal portion 
broadly whitish. 
Described from No. 04574, 6.8 inches long, from Honolulu. The collections contain 25 examples, 
all from Honolulu but one, which is from Hilo. Length 4.4 to 8.25 inches. 
Grainrnistas forsteri Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 191, 1801, Island of Santa Christina or Waitaho, Marquesas Islands. 
Spafus pantherinus Lac£pS.de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 160, 1802, South Seas. 
CirrhiteBpantherinm, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 70, 1829 (lie de France). 
Scrremits tankervUlss Bennett, Fishes of Ceylon, 27, pi. 27, 1841, Ceylon. 
Perea hen iota Forster, Descript. Animal., Lichtenstein, 224, 1844, Santa Christina, Marquesas Islands. 
Cirrhites forsteri, Gunther, Cat., II, 71, 1860 (Mauritius, Cape Seas, India): Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, I, 69, taf. XLIX, 
fig. A., 1874 (Indian Archipelago, east coast of Africa, Red Sea, Polynesia, Tahiti, Hawaiian Islands); Streets, Bull. 
I T . S. Nat. Mils., No. 7, 73, 1877 (Honolulu); Steindachner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, LXX, 1900, 490 (Honolulu); Fow¬ 
ler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 502 (Honolulu). 
Amblypirr kites forsteri,, Bleeker, Ned. Tijds. Dierk., Ill, 175, 1866. 
Paracivrhitus forsteri, Bleeker, Verh. Ak. Wet. Amst., XV, 1875, 6 (Manado, Celebes, Sangir, Amboyini, Banda, Neira, 
Termite, Waigiu): Jenkins, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 490 (Honolulu); Snyder, op. cit. 
(Jan. 19, 1904), 527 (Honolulu). 
373. Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). “ Pili/cfta.” Plate LXIX. 
Head 2.9 in length; depth 2.33; eye 5.5 in head; snout 3.2; maxillary 2.2; interorbital 5; 1). \, 11; 
A. iii, 6; scales 6-50-11. 
Body oblong, deepest about pectoral region; head deep; snout long, obtuse; jaws large, equal, 
powerful; lips fleshy, broad; mouth large, oblique; maxillary broad, reaching posterior margin of 
pupil; 2 large canines in front of upper jaw, and enlarged teeth on sides of mandible; eye small, ante¬ 
rior, and superior; margin of preopercle convex, finely serrate; interorbital space concave; anterior 
