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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
below tlie middle, a narrow blue band above it, tbe fin otherwise golden; caudal golden with 3 narrow 
pale bluish bands; anal violet at base, then golden, then a violet stripe, otherwise golden; behind mid- 
dle of anal violet streaks run obliquely; pectoral pale yellowish; ventrals reddish. 
Another example (No. 03310) is richer red, tire yellow or golden area above pectoral absent, the 
curly white stripes most distinct on under part of side; only tips of first dorsal membrane black, edge 
of fin with dashes of bluish purple. 
Color in alcohol, dull brown, many narrow brown lines longitudinally along side; head uniform 
dull brown with indistinct darker colored pattern shown in figure of C. ballieui by Steindachner; fins 
pale brown, marginal or- outer portion of dorsal with 4 narrow pale brown longitudinal lines; anal 
uniform pale brown; caudal pale brown with 3 or 4 indistinct pale crossbars at base; pectorals and 
and ventrals pale uniform brown. 
Described from an example (No. 2552) taken at Honolulu. 
This species is near Coris ballieui. It differs in having tbe first dorsal spine short, the color paler, 
and the marks on anal and caudal indistinct. Rather common at Honolulu. 
We have 20 specimens, 17 from Honolulu and 3 from Hilo, 6.5 to 10.4 inches long. 
Coris ( Hemicoris ) rosea Vaillant & Sauvage, Rev. Mag. Zool., Ill, 286, 1875, Sandwich Islands. 
Coris argenteo-striatus Steindachner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, LXX, 507, taf. Ill, fig. 1, 1000, Honolulu. 
Hemicoris keleipionis Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XIX, 1899 (Aug. 30, 1900), 51, iig. 6, Honolulu. (Type, No. 6049, 
L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus.) 
Hemicoris argentco-striatus, Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 461 (Honolulu; Dr. Wood). 
Hemicoris rosea, Snyder, op. cit. (Jan. 19, 1901), 528 (Honolulu). 
248. Coris venusta Vaillant & Sauvage. Plate XXXI and Fig. 133. 
Head 3.5 in length; depth 3.4; eye 5.7 in head; snout 3.2; mouth 5; interorbital 5; D. ix, 12; A. 
hi, 12; scales 5-52-17. 
Body elongate, compressed, deepest about origin of anal; head much longer than high, pointed; 
snout long, jaws produced, equal; mouth small, horizontal; lips thick, fleshy; teeth strong, directed 
forward; 2 canines in front of each jaw directed forward, the lower fitting in between upper; eyesmall, 
its posterior rim in center of length of head; interorbital space broad, convex; nostrils small, anterior 
in very short tube; posterior dorsal spines longest, last 2.8 in head; longest dorsal ray about 1.8; third 
anal spine 3.2 in head; longest anal ray 2; pectoral 1.5; ventrals long, pointed, 1.2. 
Described from an example (No. 4569) from Hilo. 
Color in life, brown (No. 6133, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mus.), dark above, light below; a bright red band 
from eye along lateral line to its downward bend; a bright red band from opercular flap extending 
