286 
BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
yellowish and bordered by blue; opercular flap green, purplish above; an oblong triangular purple 
area bordered anteriorly by blue, below opercular flap; a broad, oblong purple spot on lower part of 
cheek from lower jaw to posterior edge of preopercle; a broad, brick-red stripe from eye to upper lip, 
where it is broken by blue, then ending in a red spot on upper lip; above this is a narrow green 
stripe, then a broader brick-red one, connecting with this a broad brick-red stripe running across head 
and along side at base of dorsal; median line of head with a narrow green stripe, bluish on snout; 
chin, throat and belly pale blue, some rosy at base of ventrals; a bloocl-red crescent in front of pectoral, 
with a rosy wash in front and on side behind it; dorsal with a series of round bright green spots along 
base, separated by reddish brown connecting with a broad median band of dark reddish brown, above 
which is*a narrow bright olive-green stripe, then a broader deep-red stripe, the extreme edge of the 
fin whitish blue; a black or dusky spot on membrane between first and second spines, a similar but 
larger black spot on membrane between second and third rays; anal brownish red at base, then a 
narrower greenish-yellow band with zig-zag upper edge, next a broad brownish-red band narrowly 
bordered with white; caudal brownish red, crossed by 3 irregular series of green spots, bordered by 
blue, the posterior series yellowish green, bordered by bluish white, the fin tipped with bluish white; 
pectoral pale rosy, greenish yellow at base; ventrals bright green, dusky on outer ray; iris pale blue. 
Fig. 122. — Halichceres lao Jenkins; from the type. 
Color in alcohol, pale dusky greenish, paler below, the green stripes on head faded to brownish 
green, the purplish and red stripes now pale green; dorsal and anal purplish and bluish green; dark 
spot on first dorsal membranes and a larger one between second and third rays; dark spot on last dor- 
sal rays obscure; base of caudal blue green, the tip whitish, with a thin subterminal black line; a small 
black postocular spot. 
The above description is based upon a single specimen (No. 03314) 5 inches long, obtained by us 
at Honolulu, June 13. Two specimens were obtained by Dr. Jenkins, 3.8, and 4.25 inches long. 
Halichceres lao Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XIX, 1899 (Aug. 30, 1900), 48, fig. 3, Honolulu (type, No. 6132, L. S. Jr. TJniv. 
Mus., coll. O. P. Jenkins); Jenkins, op. cit. , XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 460.. 
225. Halichceres ornatissimus (Garrett). “ Ohua pciawela.” Fig. 123. 
Head 3.5 in length; depth 3.16; eye 5 in head; snout 3.2; preorbital 4.9; interorbital 4.1; D. ix, 
12; A. hi, 12 or 11; scales 4-27-8. 
Body elliptical, compressed, the dorsal and ventral outlines about equally curved; head longer 
than deep; mouth small, each jaw with 2 strong canines in front, followed by a series of smaller conic 
teeth laterally; a strong posterior canine on each side in upper jaw; eye small, its lower edge on axis 
of body; opercular flap long and narrowly rounded; caudal peduncle compressed; its depth at middle 
