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374. Cirrhitus marmoratus (Lacepede). “ Pd'opaa “ Oopukai Plate LXX. 
Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.75; eye 5.75 in head; snout 3; maxillary 2.4; mandible 2.1; pre- 
orbital 4.8; interorbital 5.75; D. x, 11; A. hi, 6; scales 6-40-8; Br. 5. 
Body short and stout, moderately compressed; head heavy, longer than deep; snout bluntly conic; 
mouth large, slightly oblique, the jaws subequal; maxillary rather long, reaching middle of pupil; 
patches of villiform teeth on vomer and palatines; tongue naked; jaws with bands of villiform teeth, 
2 or more enlarged canines in front of upper jaw and about 4 somewhat longer canines on each side 
of lower jaw ; dorsal profile moderately arched, the curves strongest between nape and origin of dorsal ; 
eye moderate, high, the supraorbital rim projecting strongly above the profile; interorbital concave; 
nostrils moderate, nearly circular, close together, the anterior with a bushy filament about as long as 
diameter of pupil; origin of dorsal over base of pectoral, its distance from snout equaling its base; 
dorsal spines rather strong, fourth or fifth longest, about equaling snout; dorsal rays about equal to 
length of spines, a little greater than longest spine; caudal truncate or slightly rounded when expanded; 
anal spines stout, second and third about equal in length, a little shorter than snout; anal rays moder- 
ately long, longest ray 2 in head; the 7 lowermost rays of pectoral thick and free at the posterior ends, 
the sixth from bottom longest, 1.8 in head br, measured from base of fin, 1.4 in head; scales large, 
smooth, arranged somewhat irregularly; nape, opercle, and breast with large scales; cheeks with very 
small scales, rest of head naked; preopercle finely serrate; opercle ending in a soft flap, projecting 
beyond a flat obscure spine; gill-membranes broadly connected across the isthmus. 
Color in life, body marbled and blotched with bluish olivaceous brownish and white, with num- 
erous red spots of varying sizes, the white appearing as 5 ill-defined vertical bases; head bluish white 
with irregular lines of yellowish or orange brow^ri, these palest on cheek; lower jaw pale blue with 
cross-markings of darker blue; base of pectoral pale with yellowish-brown blotches; posterior portion 
of back with 4 large reddish-brown blotches, the first under the last 2 dorsal spines, the second 
under sixth and seventh dorsal rays, the third under last dorsal rays, fourth on upper edge of caudal 
peduncle; spinous dorsal pale-yellowish blue, crossed by 3 series of large orange-red spots on the 
membranes, the uppermost series least complete; tips of membrane of spinous dorsal whitish, above 
black blotches; soft dorsal pinkish with a series of redder spots along the base; caudal pale pinkish, 
crossed by about 4 series of bright blood-red blotches; anal pale rosy, whitish at base, Avith 3 series 
blood-red blotches; an olive blotch near middle of first and second spines; pectoral and ventral pale 
rosy. 
Color in alcohol, head and body dark brownish, marbled and blotched with lighter; 3 or 4 dark 
blotches on back along base of dorsal fin, alternating with whitish blotches; a dark blotch on upper 
edge of caudal peduncle, bounded before and behind by a white blotch; distal portion of caudal 
peduncle crossed by an irregular whitish bar; tip of lower jaw black, bordered by white on each side, 
just back of which is an irregular dark crossbar followed by a much broader pale crossbar; bran- 
chiostegal membranes barred with black and white; spinous dorsal white at tip, Avith a subterminal 
blackish band; middle of spinous dorsal membrane with irregular white areas; soft dorsal splotched 
with blackish along base, the distal portion bluish or smoky; caudal pale bluish, crossed by 5 or 6 
vertical series of brownish blotches; anal similar to soft dorsal; vent ra Is dusky bluish, unspotted; 
pectorals bluish beneath, dusky on outside, especially at base. 
The above description is based chiefly upon a specimen (No. 04581) 9.75 inches long, from 
Honolulu. 
This is one of the largest and most important species of the family. It seems to be abundant 
among the Hawaiian Islands, and is represented in our collection by 35 specimens (30 from Honolulu, 
3 from Kailua, and 2 from Hilo), 4.4 to 9.75 inches long. It was collected by Jenkins, Wood, Jordan 
and Snyder, and by us; also by the Albatross at Honolulu and Puako Bay. 
Labrus marmoratus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 492, pi. 5, fig. 3, 1801, no locality given. 
Cirrhitus maculatus Lac<5pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, 3, 1803, no locality given; Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, III, 71, pi. 51, fig. 
A, 1874 (Hawaiian Islands, Society Islands, Cook Island). 
Cirrhitcs maculosus Bennett, Zool. Journ., iv, 1829, 38, Sandwich Islands; Riippell, Atlas Fische, 13, pi. 4, fig. 1, 1828. 
Cirrhitichtliys maculatus, Gunther, Cat., 11, 74, 1S60 (Polynesia, India, Hawaiian Islands; lie de France); Klunzinger, 
Fische des rothen Meeres, 131, in Verb. Zool. Bot. Ges. AVien, XX, 1870, 798 (East coast of Africa, Polynesia); 
Gunther, Shore Fishes, Chall., I, 59, 1880 (Honolulu). 
Cirrhitus marmoratus, Gill, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1862, 107 (Hawaiian Islands). 
