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lines; soft dorsal and anal grayish posteriorly; both dorsals and anal with 4 broad, deep brown, longi- 
tudinal bands; caudal deep brown, apparently without spots, base of fin pale; pectoral brown on 
basal portion, marginal portion broadly yellowish-white. 
Color in life (field No. 199), general color brown; an orange-yellow band along the back just 
below the base of dorsal, just above golden band a blue line; 4 golden longitudinal bands on dorsal 
fin, with an intercalary band which in some examples makes 5 bands; anal with 4 similar ones; 
pectoral yellow; yellow area through eye; yellow line over snout. 
This description is based on the type, No. 50842, U. S. N. M. (field No. 199, 8.6 inches in length), 
and 11 cotypes ranging from 5.5 to 8 inches in length, all obtained by me at Honolulu. 
Acanthums blochi, Gunther, Fisehe der Siidsee, IV, 109, lxix, fig. B (copy of Garrett’s drawing); (not .of Cuvier &. Valen- 
ciennes); Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 7, 68, 1877 (Honolulu). 
Fig. 2$.— Teuthis guntheri Jenkins, new species. Type. 
182. Teuthis matoides (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
One specimen obtained. 
Acanthur us matoides Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., x, 204, 1835, Oualan. 
Acanthurus nigroris Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., x, 208, 1835, Sandwich Islands. 
Acanthurus annularis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., x, 209, 1835, Isle de France. 
Teuthis annularis, Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 513 (Sandwich Islands). 
183. Teuthis atrimentatus Jordan & Evermann. 
Color in life ( field No. 141), dorsal fin with 4 distinct, longitudinal, olivaceous stripes; body dark 
brown, with many wavy longitudinal lines of blue; anal with 4 longitudinal olivaceous stripes; an 
inky black spot at posterior angle of dorsal fin (at base) and one at posterior angle of anal fin (at 
base); no white or golden line at base of dorsal; caudal dusky, with indistinct transverse olivaceous 
bars; ventrals dusky, with no white; pectoral olivaceous. 
Three examples, 4.4 to 4.6 inches in length, were taken by me; two, 5.3 and 6.6 inches in length, 
are in Dr. Wood’s collection, and sixteen, 3 to 9.5 inches long, were obtained by Jordan & Evermann. 
Acanthurus lineolatus, Gunther, Fisehe der Siidsee, iv, 112, taf. lxxiii, fig. A, 1875 (Raiatea); Steindaehner, Denks. Ak. 
Wiss. Wien, lxx, 1900, 493 (Honolulu); not of Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
Teuthis atrimentatus Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm, for 1902 (April 11, 1903), 198, Honolulu. (Type, No. 50673, 
IJ. S. N. M.; coll. Jordan & Evermann.) 
