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tralia; Rott Nest Island, West Australia usnm 
179832 (4); Albany WAM P1224 (1); Don- 
garra WAM P2507 (1); Recherche Archipelago 
wam P2602 ( 1 ) ; Gulf of St. Vincent nhmw 
60747 ( 1 ) ; Investigator Strait nhmw ( 1 ) . 
DIAGNOSIS: Ten canine teeth in outer row of 
lower jaw; palatine teeth present; middle dorsal 
spines longest; membrane from spinous dorsal 
connected to base of first soft dorsal ray; dorsal 
spines y five; dorsal rays y 22; total anal rays y 
19; caudal vertebrae y 19; only species of genus 
with scales in interorbital space. 
COLOR IN ALCOHOL: Background light gray, 
belly light yellow; a wide dark broken band 
extends from the posterior edge of the eye to 
the dorsal base of the caudal fin, this band covers 
both sides of the lateral line along the front 
half of the body then is above the lateral line 
the remaining distance; nine blackish vertical 
bars below lateral line from behind pectoral fin 
base to caudal fin base, these bars may or may 
not reach the midventral line; very dark spot 
on membranes between dorsal spines II to V; 
soft dorsal with two or three lengthwise rows of 
dark spots on membranes, lower row of spots 
at base of rays; of three rows present upper row 
of spots smallest; anal fin with two lengthwise 
rows of dark spots on membranes, proximal 
row at base of rays; dark vertical bar extends 
from dorsal to ventral margins at base of caudal 
fin rays; scattered dark spots on caudal fin; 
pelvics light yellow; two faint dark lines ex- 
tending from tip of snout to anterior margin of 
eye; two dark spots on side of upper lip; dark 
streak on side of lower lip. 
RANGE: From the Gulf of St. Vincent in 
South Australia to off the mouth of the Murchi- 
son River in Western Australia. 
Parapercis cylindrica (Bloch) 
Figs. IF, 2 E, 8 A 
Sciaena cylindrica Bloch, 1797, pp. 37-38, pi. 
299, fig. 1 (type locality, East Indies). 
Bodianus sebae Bloch, 1801, p. 335. 
Sciaena cylindrica Cuvier and Valenciennes, 
1829, pp. 267-268 (Moluques). Bleeker, 
1849, p. 55 (Indo- Australian Archipelago); 
1851, pp. 235-236 (Banda); 1857, p. 371 
(Sangi Islands); 1858, p. 199 (Goram 
Archipelago); I860, p. 43 (Celebes). 
PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. XVIII, July 1964 
Gunther, 1860, p. 239 (Amboyna, Philip- 
pines, China Seas, Sir Charles Hardy’s 
Island). Bleeker, 1861, p. 56 (Singapore). 
Schmeltz, 1869, p. 16 (Feejee Inseln). 
Weber, 1895, p. 267 (Ambon). Ogilby, 
1910, pp. 40-42 (Murray Island, Torres 
Straits, Dunk Island, Lord Howe Island). 
Fowler, 1927, pp. 295-296 ( Philippines ) . 
Parapercis cylindrica Bleeker, 1863, pp. 236, 
252, 271; 1864, p. 361 (Grand-Key Island, 
Ternate, Timor, Flores); 1865, pp. 99, 100, 
149, 191, 292 (Kei Islands, Saparua, Burn, 
Ceram, Ambon); 1868, p. 288 (Solor); 
1873, p. 37 (Aru Islands); 1873, p. 127 
(China); 1878, p. 53 (New Guinea). 
Waite, 1900, p. 209 (Lord Howe and 
Admiralty islands). Seale and Bean, 1907, 
p. 248 (Philippines). Beaufort, 1913, p. 
148 (Saonek). Weber, 1913, p. 519 (Siau). 
Fowler, 1928, p. 424 (East Indies). Mc- 
Culloch, 1929, pp. 331-332 (Queensland). 
Whitley, 1932, p. 296 (Low Isles). Herre, 
1933, p. 11 (Dumaguete, Oriental Ne- 
gros). Giltay, 1933, pp. 80-82 (Amboine). 
Herre, 1934, p. 95 (Iloilo, Cebu, Duma- 
guete, Jolo, Sitankai). Martin and Mon- 
talban, 1935, pp. 216-217, pi. 1, fig. 1 
(Polillo to Sitankai). Herre, 1936, p. 395 
(Fiji). Beaufort and Chapman, 1951, pp. 
19-21. Aoyagi, 1954, pp. 235-238 (Riu 
Kiu Islands). Matsubara, 1955, pp. 691— 
692. Fowler, 1959, p. 497 (Fiji). Schultz 
and Collaborators, I960, pp. 266-273, pi. 
112B. 
Chilias synaphodesmus Fowler, 1946, pp. 211 
and 213, fig. p. 170 (Riu Kiu Islands). 
Cilias synaphodesmus Matsubara, 1955, p. 
692. 
SPECIMENS STUDIED: 187 (6l.5 to 125.5) 
Philippine Islands: Sulu CNHM 40791-92 (2); 
ummz 100359 (3); uw 7601 (9); snhm 34131 
(9), 26498 (4); Cebu uw 7589 (8); usnm 1 
122477 (4), 122478 (4), 122595 (1), 122480 
(2) , 122475 (1), 122544 (10); cnhm 47383 
(3) ; snhm 26499 (6); uw 7590 (45); Cat- 
balogan USNM 113227 (1); Romblon USNM 
122479 (1); Pandanon usnm 122476 (1), 
122545 (3); Guijulugan usnm 122481 (1); 
Amboina USNM 122386 (1). Fiji Islands: cnhm 
47747 (1), 47748 (1), 24867 (1), 37090-92 
