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deeply incised between; seventh spine longest, 3.4 in head; seventh dorsal ray longest, 2.3; anal 
spines stout, strong, third longest, 2.75; ninth anal ray longest, 3; pectoral rather short, broad, 
rounded, 1.9; ventral spine strong, 3.4 in head, fin 2; depth of caudal peduncle 2.75; scales large, 
thin, cycloid; lateral line concurrent with back, running along to base of caudal; head with small 
scales on top, on cheeks, and on opercles, otherwise naked. 
Color in life, 2 straight longitudinal stripes from eye, lower one continuous to root of caudal, 
but becoming somewhat faint at places, the upper breaking up into 3 elongated blotches over the 
lateral line; 5 red blotches on back, first 2 under spinous dorsal, third under anterior part of soft dor- 
sal, fourth at posterior end of soft dorsal, fifth forming a saddle above end of tail ; ground color above 
lateral line faintly pinkish; 4 faint reddish streaks from nape to caudal, the upper 2 running through 
the red blotches on back; body below dirty white with a purplish tinge; 13 faint, dirty reddish-yellow 
stripes from axil and throat to caudal, the u; permost running together at a point above vent, the 5 
lowermost ones terminating at base of anal, fourth and fifth from above border red stripe; head and 
snout faint reddish; a cluster of yellowish spots on a red ground on interorbital; a yellow patch on 
each scale on head, except those on subopercle; cheek and jaw paler; frenum and throat faintly pur- 
plish; a jet-black blotch covering the lower half of sixth to ninth spinous dorsal membranes; a small 
blotch at root of tenth spine; anterior half of soft dorsal yellow, reddish at root and tip, membrane of 
posterior half pale, rays orange, lower half of last 4 red; caudal yellow, middle of membrane and rays 
reddish orange, edges reddish, a red spot at upper and lower base of fin; a small red blotch at ventral 
side of tail, another above posterior end of anal; anal spines and membranes faintly purplish; soft 
anal yellow, root and margin reddish, tip white, faint purplish streaks on membrane; ventral pale, 
faintly tinged with purple, spine tinged with red; membrane of pectoral very faintly purplish, rays 
faint orange, root reddish, axil faintly purplish, a reddish yellow bar at base of fin; the outer edge of 
iris red, inner yellowish. 
Color in alcohol, very pale brown with longitudinal pale lines; basal portion of dorsal fin from 
sixth to tenth spines black. 
Described from one example (No. 04134) from Kailua, which agrees fairly well with specimens 
from Japan described and figured by Jordan and Snyder (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1902, 619), and doubtless' 
belongs to the same species. The identity of the Australian pig-fish (Verreo unimciculalus) with this 
species is not proved, but it is not unlikely. Apparently the species is subject to considerable 
variation in the number and position of the pinkish spots. 
Cossyphus oxycephalus Bleeker, Notices, Ichth. Vers. K. Ak. Weten. Natur. Amsterd., XIV, 1862, 129, specimen in Museum 
of Leyden, supposed to be from Japan; Gunther, Cat., IV, 109, 1862 (Australia). 
? Cossyphus unimaculatus Macleay, Fishes Australia, Proc. Linnaean Soc. N. S. Wales, VI, 77, 1881, Port Jackson. 
Cossyphus unimaculatus , Steindachner & Doderlein, Fische Japans, in Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, LIII, 1887, 271 (Tokyo); 
Ishikawa, Prel. Cat., 30, 1893 (Tokyo; perhaps not of Gunther). 
Diastodon unimaculatus, Jordan & Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIII, 1901 (December 10, 1900), 359 (Tokyo). 
Verreo oxycephalus, Jordan & Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XXIV, 1902, 619, fig. 3 (Tokyo). 
