490 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FTSTI COMMISSION. 
to distance from tip of snout to middle of pupil; dorsal rays somewhat shorter; second anal spine 
longest, about equal to longest dorsal spine; anal spines similar to those of soft dorsal; caudal slightly 
rounded; ventrals rather long, reaching past vent; pectoral moderate, the middle rays longest, about 
1.2 in head; scales rather large, lateral line complete, beginning at upper end of gill-opening and 
running a little nearer dorsal outline posteriorly; scales on nape, breast, cheek and opercle. 
Color in life, about 10 red crossbands, some running into each other, whitish between; iris bright 
red; black spot on opercle, black .spot on body extending somewhat on dorsal fin at base of eighth, 
ninth, and tenth soft rays, the crossbands on body extending on dorsal; pectoral, ventrals, and anal 
reddish; ventrals and anal with dusky tips. 
Color in alcohol, dusky; body crossed by about 7 rather broad, darker, vertical bars, the first at 
origin of dorsal, second under middle of spinous dorsal, third under beginning of soft dorsal, last two 
on caudal peduncle; head dusky yellowish; a large brownish-black spot on opercle; another large, 
round, brownish-black spot on side above lateral line and under posterior third of soft dorsal; fins 
somewhat dusky, the anal darkest. 
This description is based on the type, No. 50702, U. S. N. M. (field No. 275), 2 inches in length, 
and one cotype, both taken by me in living coral at Honolulu. 
218. Paracirrhites forsteri (Schneider). 1 ‘ Iiilupilikon” ; “ Pililoa 
Color in life (field No. 89), spots on lips and face very bright red; on opercles, preopercles and 
body above the pectoral, red and black; on chin and throat, red; on belly as far as ventral fins, red 
and black; on upper part of posterior half of body and caudal peduncle, a row of large black patches 
fusing into one another; iris red; dorsal fins red, the first with dusky outer margin, the second with 
membranes dusky in parts; caudal red; rays of pectoral red, with red spots on its base and in its axil; 
ventral yellow; rays of anal yellow with dusky membranes. 
Ten examples, from 4. 75 to 7.25 inches in length, obtained by me, and five, 4.4 to 5.25 inches, taken 
by Jordan & Snyder. Common at Honolulu, appearing in numbers in the market. 
Grammistes forsteri Bloch & Schneider, Syst. Ichthy., 191, 1801. 
Paracirrhites forsteri Bleeker, Atlas, vm, 143, pi. cccxlix, 5, 1876-77. 
Cirrhitrn forsteri Gunther, Cat., it, 71, 1860 (Mauritius, Cape Seas, India) ; Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, I, 69, taf. xlix, fig. A, 
1873 (Indian Archipelago, east coast of Africa, Red Sea, Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands); Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. 
Mus. , No. 7, 73, 1877 (Honolulu, Oahu); Steindachner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, lxx, 1900, 490 (Honolulu) ; Fowler, 
Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 502 (Honolulu). 
