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larger, both on lateral line; a large yellowish white spot in axil of pectoral, base blackish ; dorsal brown, 
everywhere finely speckled, edge darker; caudal plain dusky; anal same color, yellowish at base; ven- 
trals dirty white; pectoral pale. 
Another example, in life was olivaceous, thickly covered with very small bright green dots; throat 
and belly greenish silvery; base and axil of pectoral with brown spot; a bright orange spot just above 
pectoral, fading to white in alcohol; 2 or 3 small black spots on lateral line on posterior part of caudal 
peduncle, the last, if present, on base of caudal fin; dorsal fin olivaceous, with brownish spots, a black 
spot at the base of last 2 rays; anal olivaceous, the base green. 
In alcohol the small green specks become white. In the very young there is a small black spot 
on the last rays of anal; spots on caudal peduncle almost invariably 3 or 4, the black dorsal spot 
nearly always present; in examples a little larger the anal spot lias disappeared and the number on 
the caudal peduncle is reduced to 2, rarely 3; in still larger examples the spots on caudal peduncle are 
reduced to 1 or 2; the anal spot is absent, and that on the dorsal is usually absent. In young examples 
the yellow or white axillary spot is not evident. Our collection contains a good series of specimens 
exhibiting these characters, and consists of a fine series of 64 specimens, one-half to 4.7 inches long, 18 
from Ililo, the others from Honolulu. Of the latter, 3 were secured by Dr. Wood and 14 by Dr. 
Jenkins. Specimens were also obtained by the Albatross at Honolulu, Puako Bay and Hilo, Hawaii; 
off the southern coast of Molokai at stations 3829, 3834, and 3837 in 20, 8, and 13 fathoms, respectively. 
This species, originally described from Maui, is known also from Pelew, Solomon, Fiji, Navigator, 
Society, New Hebrides, Ponape, and Bandao islands. Individuals were frequently attracted by an 
electric light of the Albatross hung just below the surface of the water. 
Julis axillaris Quoy & Gaimard, Voyage de l’Uranie, Zool., 272, 1824, Maui, Hawaiian Islands. 
Stethojulis axillaris, Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 7, 65, 1877 (Honolulu); Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, VII, 254, Taf. 
cxxxvi, Fig. 0, 1881 (Hawaiian Islands); Fowler, Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 508 (Hawaiian Islands); Jenkins, 
Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 459 (Honolulu); Snyder, op. cit. (Jan. 19, 1904), 528 (Hawaiian 
Islands). 
223. Stethojulis albovittata (Kolreuter). Plate XXVI. 
Head 3 in length; depth 3; eye 6 in head; snout 2.7; premaxillary 4; interorbital 4; D. ix, 11; 
A. hi, 11; scales 4-27-9. 
Body rather short, stout and moderately compressed; head longer than deep; snout moderately 
long, conic; dorsal profile rising in a regular gentle curve from tip of snout to caudal peduncle; ven- 
tral outline somewhat less convex; mouth small, each jaw with a series, of close-set, bluntly conic 
teeth, decreasing regularly in size posteriorly; no canines; eye small, slightly anterior, lower border of 
orbit in line with axis of body; interorbital space rather broad, gently convex; caudal peduncle not 
deep, its depth equal to snout; lower posterior edge of opercle very oblique, extending upward and 
backward; opercular flap high, broadly rounded; scales large, those on breast and nape not reduced; 
a series of smaller scales at base of dorsal and anal and on base of caudal; lateral line complete, follow- 
ing curvature of back to middle of soft dorsal, where it curves downward 3 scales and continues to base 
of caudal; fins low, longest spines of dorsal about 2 in snout; dorsal rays a little longer; anal similar to 
soft dorsal; caudal slightly rounded; ventrals short, reaching halfway to origin of anal, their length 
less than snout; pectoral longer, 1.4 in head, reaching base of anal. 
Color in life, upper half of side grayish olive, lower grayish white with purplish wash; a purplish- 
blue-red line along body at base of dorsal, beginning on snout, curving downward to include upper 
margin of eye, then upward to occiput, thence along base of dorsal to last dorsal ray; a similar line 
from eye backward under lateral line to vertical from base of third dorsal spine; a third from snout 
under eye to middle of base of caudal, curving upward over base of pectoral and then broadly down 
on middle of side; a fourth beginning on lower jaw, curving upward across cheek, then running 
upward and backward on shoulder-girdle, passing over base of pectoral, thence parallel with third line 
to base of caudal; these lines at first bright purple-red but soon fading to white; dorsal pale orange, 
slightly dusky along border; caudal orange, dusky at base and along margins; anal pale bluish; 
pectoral pale yellow at base, dusky toward tip; ventrals smoky; iris yellow. 
Color in alcohol, bluish purple above, paler below; a narrow white line from tip of snout to base 
of caudal; below this a similar line beginning on lower jaw, curving upward across cheek to edge of 
opercle, then ascending margin of shoulder-girdle to base of pectoral, then across base of pectoral and 
