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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
347. Cantherines albopunctatus (Seale). 
Head 3 in length; D. n-38; A. 33; P. 15; eye 5 in head; snout 1.2, its profile concave. 
First dorsal spine long and strong, about equal to snout, with 4 rows of small barbs directed down, 
insertion of spine directly over anterior half of eye; uneven cutting incisors in each jaw; a single row 
of 3 on each side of lower jaw; an additional row of small inner teeth in upper jaw; caudal peduncle 
with 4 short round spines on each side; skin without distinct scales, but everywhere rough with a 
velvety feeling to the touch; caudal rounded, its longest ray 1.75 in head; ventral spine coalesced to 
the pelvic bone, the membrane rather well developed, extending slightly beyond the spine; dorsal 
and anal rays of about equal length; base of the anal 1.2 in base of dorsal; pectorals short, 2.5 in head. 
Color light gray, with slight silvery gloss, everywhere covered with scattered round, white spots 
about size of pupil; on lower half of body a small number of scattered black dots, smaller than the 
white dots; dorsal and anal with the basal fourth black, the remaining yellowish white; caudal dusky; 
iris white. Honolulu (Seale); also recorded from Tahiti. 
Monocanthus albopunctatus Seale, Occ. Papers Bishop Mus., I, No. 4, 13, fig. 6, 1901, Honolulu (type, no. 667, B. P. B. M.). 
Pseudomonacanthus multimaculatus Regan, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., II, Part II, 1902 (Nov.), 298, pi. xxv. fig. 1, Tahiti. 
Genus 190. STEPHANOLEPIS Gill. 
This genus differs from Monacanthus in having the ventral flap, even in the adult, only moderately 
developed, not reaching beyond pelvic spine, and in having no. recurved spines on caudal peduncle. 
Stephanolepis Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1861, 78 ( selifer ). 
a. No enlarged spines on caudal peduncle; body and head not white spotted. 
b. Body with minute but distinct spinuliferous scales; dorsal rays 38; anal 34; body color yellow or olive with dark bars 
on head and spots on body spilosomus, p. 420 
bb. Body prickly, without distinct scales; dorsal rays 39; anal 36; body color silvery, clouded, without spots excepting a 
row of & from behind eye downward toward base of pectoral pricei, p. 421 
345. Stephanolepis spilosomus (Lay & Bennett). “Oiliuwiwi.” Plate LXV. 
Head 3.4 in length; depth 2.1; eye 3.7 in head; snout 1.3; interorbital 3.3; height of spine over 
eye equal to snout; D. 38; A. 34. 
Body oblong, deep, strongly compressed, covered with minute scales, the posterior edge of each 
scale with 1 to 3 little spines, the center one the largest, these spines larger jiosteriorly over the 
peduncle, forming a cardiform patch, all hooked forward; mouth very small, teeth incisor-like, broadest 
in the sides of the jaws; outline of head, from snout to dorsal spine, slightly concave; dorsal spine 
rough anteriorly, its posterior edges each armed with a row of rather long retrorse barbs or spines; 
ventral spine small, movable, armed similarly to dorsal; caudal rounded. 
Color in life (No. 03499, taken at Hilo), ground-color of body yellow; black spots of various sizes 
and shapes closely set in irregular rows on tail and back, those on belly being more sparse; nape and 
base of dorsal dark brown; a pale patch about size of suborbital space over the abdominal cavity, the 
black spots in this patch being paler than those on the yellow ground, this white patch probably 
absent in most living examples; interorbital and suborbital regions dark yellowish-brown, with black 
streaks running obliquely from ridge to pectoral region; armed dorsal spine orange-yellow, purplish- 
black spots on the membrane; ridge of snout very dark, obscuring all marks if there were any; lips flesh 
or pale pinkish color; a yellow streak with bright purple spots running along the median line of throat 
to ventral spine; from the ventral spine to vent a bright yellow line on the edge of keel, and 2 bright 
bluish-purple lines running along with the yellow one; space between 2 latter lines pale black; ventral 
spine yellow with purple spots; soft dorsal yellow, with 10 or 11 pale purple bars of equal width 
running longitudinally throughout entire length of fin; caudal fin bright yellow, the proximal half 
with black spots in rows, these spots becoming oblong as they spread toward the end, and forming 
more distinct rows, gradually fading into bright orange, and filling up the yellow ground color, 
imparting to the entire fin a bright orange aspect; rays yellow at base, merging into orange near the 
end; a black bar near tip of fin, a thin purple streak running through the black bar near its outer 
margin; a bright yellow streak along tip of fin; anal same. as soft dorsal. 
