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176713 (2); Totomi Bay usnm 50308 (1); 
Joga Shima light USNM 148862 (2); Nagasaki 
UMMZ 176702 (1); Suruga Bay UMMZ 176711 
(1); Yokohama nhmw (2); Kobe-Hiogo NHMW 
(1); locality unknown SU 23511 (1); Sagami 
Bay USNM 177765 (1). 
DIAGNOSIS: Six canine teeth in outer row of 
lower jaw; palatine teeth present; dorsal spines 
gradually longer posteriorly; membrane from 
spinous dorsal connected to first soft ray op- 
posite tip of last spine; dorsal spines y 4.93; 
dorsal rays y 23.04; total anal rays y 20.07; 
caudal vertebrae y 20.93; brown bar ringed in 
white across head. 
COLOR IN ALCOHOL: Background tan; eight 
brown bars on back extend from soft dorsal to 
midside; small light spot ringed in brown at 
each side of origin of spinous dorsal; brown 
transverse bar ringed with white across head; 
no color markings on lips; spinous dorsal with 
brown blotches on upper half of membranes be- 
tween spines; first of soft dorsal fin with 
brown streaks between rays, last of fin with 
oblique brown rows; brown patch at midbase 
of caudal fin, five brown bars across caudal fin; 
anal, pelvics, and pectorals light tan. 
RANGE: Japan; Hawaiian Islands. 
Parapercis binivirgata (Waite) 
Figs. 1 W, 4 W, 5 C 
Neopercis binivirgata Waite, 1904, pp. 236— 
238, pi. 25, fig. 3 (type locality, New South 
Wales); 1904, p. 50. 
Parapercis binivirgata McCulloch, 1922, p. 
101, pi. 31, fig. 274a; 1929, pp. 331-332 
(Coogee); 1934, p. 75, pi. 31, fig. 274a. 
Whitley, 1957, 40 pp. 
SPECIMENS STUDIED: Three (142-163) New 
South Wales USNM 179800 (1); Sidney 179799 
( 1 ) ; Gunnamatta Bay AM IB3756 ( 1 ) . 
DIAGNOSIS: Six canine teeth in outer row of 
lower jaw; palatine teeth present; dorsal rays 
gradually longer posteriorly; membrane from 
spinous dorsal connected to first soft ray op- 
posite tip of last spine; dorsal spines y five; 
dorsal rays y 23; total anal rays y 20; caudal 
vertebrae y 21; no serrations on opercles. 
COLOR IN ALCOHOL: Body light brownish 
yellow with 1 3 dark brown bars over back reach- 
ing down to the midline, the most anterior over 
the nape, the next two extend from the spinous 
dorsal, the next nine from the soft dorsal and 
the last over the caudal peduncle; a dark spot at 
the dorsal base of the caudal fin rays; seven dark 
oblique bars over upper 44 of caudal fin; a small 
dark brown spot at dorsal base of pectoral fin 
rays; middle third of median two rays of pelvic 
fin dark brown; anal fin with no markings. 
RANGE: New South Wales. 
Parapercis sexfasciata (Temminck and Schlegel) 
Figs. IT, 4 T, 5 D 
Percis sexfasciata Temminck and Schlegel, 
1843, pp. 25-26 (type locality, Japan). 
Richardson, 1846, p. 211 (Japan). Bleeker, 
1857, p. 66; 1860, p. 235. Gunther, I860, 
p. 241 (Sea of Japan). Karoli, 1881, p. 
162 (Singapore, Yokohama, Hakuri). Ny- 
strom, 1887, p. 28. Boeseman, 1947, p. 39. 
Parapercis sexfasciata Bleeker, 1869, p. 238 
(Japan); 1873, p. 127 (China); 1879, p. 
18. Steindachner and Doderlein, 1884, p. 
190. Ishikawa, 1897, p. 46. Jordan and 
Snyder, 1902, p. 369 (Tokyo). Tomiyama 
and Abe, 1958, p. 119. 
Neopercis sexfasciata Jordan and Snyder, 
1902, p. 758 (Yokohama and Tokyo); 
1902, pp. 467-468 (Tokyo southward 
along coast of Japan). Smith and Pope, 
1906, p. 492 (Kagoshima). Franz, 1910, 
pp. 81-82, pi. 9, fig. 78. Tanaka, 1912, pp. 
164-167, pi. 43, figs. 167 and 168, pi. 45, 
fig. 174 (Tokyo to Nagasaki). Jordan, 
Tanaka, and Snyder, 1913, pp. 364-366. 
Jordan and Metz, 1914, p. 41 (Pusan). 
Jordan and Thompson, 1914, p. 292 (Shi- 
monoseki). Jordan and Hubbs, 1925, p. 
311 (Kobe; Misaki; Toyama; Fukui; Shi- 
zuoka). Tanaka, 1931, p. 40. Kamohara, 
1938, p. 1452. Okada, 1938, pp. 252-253 
(Honsyu to Formosa). Okada and Matsu- 
bara, 1938, p. 390. Kamohara, 1938, p. 63; 
1950, p. 258 (Tosa and Kishu); 1952, p. 
86 (Mimase; Susaki). Matsubara, 1955, p. 
691. Kamohara, 1958, p. 67 (Ibaraki Pref. 
to Ariake Sea). 
SPECIMENS STUDIED: 151 (78-164): Ningpo, 
China USNM 130538 (3); Pusan, Korea UMMZ 
176691 (5); Japan usnm 57516 (3), 57732 
