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BULLETIN OF THE UNITED STATES FISH COMMISSION. 
370. Cirrhitoidea bimacula Jenkins. Fig. 197. 
Head 2.6 in length; depth 3; eye 4.6 in head; snout 3.8; maxillary 2.7; D. x, 12; A. hi, 6; scales 
3-37-7. 
Body short, deep, and compressed, the dorsal profile strongly arched from tip of snout to base of 
first dorsal spines; back very narrow, trenchant; ventral outline nearly straight, head rather long, 
pointed; snout long and pointed; mouth moderate, slightly oblique, the jaws equal; maxillary reaching 
pupil; jaws with small, close-set canine-like teeth, small teeth on vomer, none on palatines; preopercle 
serrate; operele ending in a long flap; fins rather large; dorsal spines slender, weak, their length equal 
to distance from tip of snout to middle of pupil; dorsal rays somewhat shorter; second anal spine 
longest, about equal to longest dorsal spine; anal spines similar to those of soft dorsal; caudal slightly 
rounded; ventrals rather long, reaching past vent; pectoral moderate, the middle rays longest, about 
1.2 in head; scales rather large, lateral line complete, beginning at upper end of gill-opening and 
running a little nearer dorsal outline posteriorly; scales on nape, breast, cheek, and operele. 
Color in alcohol, dusky; body crossed by about 7 rather broad darker vertical bars, the first at 
origin of dorsal, second under middle or spinous dorsal, third under beginning of soft dorsal, last 2 
on caudal peduncle; head dusky yellowish; a large brownish black spot on operele, and another large 
round brownish black spot on side above lateral line and under posterior third of soft dorsal; fins some- 
what dusky, the anal darkest. 
The above description is based chiefly upon the type, No. 50702, U. S. N. M. (original No. 275), a 
specimen 2 inches long, obtained by Jenkins at Honolulu. One other specimen, which was taken 
as a cotype, is of the same length and was obtained at the same time. 
Cirrhitoidea bimacula Jenkins, Bull. TJ. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (Sept. 23, 1903), 489, fig - . 30, Honolulu. 
Genus 205. PARACIRRHITES Bleeker. 
Premaxillaries not produced; some of the teeth on jaws canine-like; teeth on vomer but none on 
palatines; head obtuse, convex; body and head covered with large scales. 
This genus is close to Cirrhitus, from which it differs chiefly in the absence of palatine teeth and in 
having large scales on cheek. Most of the species of Cirrhtiid.se of Polynesia belong to this genus. 
Paracirrhites Bleeker, Verh. K. K. Wet., XV, 1875, 5 (forsteri). 
a. Dorsal rays 14; body crossed by alternating broad bars of red and white cinctus, p. 449 
aa. Dorsal rays 11; body without red and white crossbars. 
b. Head with numerous small or fine round spots; no large, brownish postocular ocellus forsteri, p. 450 
bb. Head without small round spots; a large brownish, postocular ocellus arcatus, p. 450 
