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PACIFIC SCIENCE, VoL XVIII, July 1964 
(3), 37093-4(2); usnm 82928 (1); Marshall 
Islands: uw 10304 (3); usnm 140795 (1). 
Australia: Hayman Island, Cumberland Group 
usnm 177914 (3), Green Island, am IB4073 
(1); usnm 179802 (1), 179795 (1); West 
Cairns USNM 177915 (2); Eclipse Island, Great 
Barrier Reef MCZ 38508 (1), AM 2343 (1), 
2344 (1); Heron Island, Capricorn Group USNM 
179795 (1), 179796 (1); Rongelap Atoll usnm 
140790 ( 1 ) ; uw 1 1988 ( 1 ) . East Indies RVNH 
5945 (27), 8537 (8); Celebes RVNH 12638 
(1); locality unknown USNM 177904 (2). 
DIAGNOSIS: Ten canine teeth in outer row of 
lower jaw; palatine teeth present; middle dorsal 
spine longest; membrane from spinous dorsal 
connected near base of first soft dorsal ray; 
dorsal spines y five; dorsal rays y 21.04; total 
anal rays y 18; caudal vertebrae y 19.04; only 
species with serrated interopercle; mean ratio of 
greatest depth to standard length larger than 
other species of the genus. 
COLOR IN ALCOHOL: Background light tan, 
back dark brown with vertical lines extending 
ventrally to nine wide vertical bars that meet 
their fellow from other side at the midventral 
line; a brown vertical bar extends ventrally from 
under branchiostegals, this bar may or may not 
reach the midventral line; large brown blotch on 
spinous dorsal between spines II and V; brown 
spots scattered over dorsal, caudal, and anal fins; 
brown bar extends from lower margin of eye 
over cheek; a light band bordered on each side 
by brown extends from tip of upper lip to front 
of eye; lower lip with a brown spot at tip and 
one oblong brown spot on either side; a long 
brown streak on side of upper lip; top of head 
dark brown. 
RANGE: Great Barrier Reef and Queensland, 
Australia; East Indies; Philippines; Riu Kiu; 
Marshall and Fiji islands. 
Parapercis snyderi Jordan and Starks 
Figs. ID, 2D, 8B 
Parapercis snyderi Jordan and Starks, 1905, 
p. 210, fig. 10 (type locality, Korea). 
Jordan, Tanaka, and Snyder, 1913, p. 323 
(Nagasaki). Tanaka, 1931, p. 40. Kamo- 
hara, 1938, p. 1451. Okada, 1938, pp. 252- 
253 ( Honszu to Formosa). Okada and 
Matsubara, 1938, p. 389. Kamohara, 1950, 
p. 258 (Tosa and Kishu). Bohlke, 1953, 
pp. 89-90 (Nagasaki). Kamohara, 1958, 
p. 67 (Kominato). Tomiyama and Abe 
1958, p. 121, fig. 357. 
Neopercis snyderi Jordan and Metz, 1914, p. 
41, fig. 35. 
Cilias snyderi Matsubara, 1955, p. 692. 
SPECIMENS STUDIED: Eight (38 to 88.5) Ko- 
rea USNM 51498 holotype of Parapercis snyderi 
Jordan and Starks, Japan, USNM 73843 (2), 
ummz 176719 (1), 176707 (4). 
DIAGNOSIS: Eight canine teeth in outer row 
of lower jaw; palatine teeth present; middle 
dorsal spines longest; membrane from spinous 
dorsal connected near base of first soft ray; dorsal 
spines y five; dorsal rays y 21; total anal rays 
y 18.13; caudal vertebrae y 18.75; lowest mean 
number of scales in an oblique row above the 
lateral line, number of scales from the lateral 
line to the anus, and number of scales in a zig- 
zag row around the caudal peduncle. 
color IN ALCOHOL: Background light tan; 
four dark V-shaped marks on sides above lateral 
line; seven faint dark bars on side below lateral 
line; membranes between dorsal spines dark; 
soft dorsal fin with three or four lengthwise 
rows of transparent spots each circled with a 
dark ring; dark patch at anterior and posterior 
bases of pectoral fins, pelvics with no markings; 
upper lip with a dark band from rictus to rictus; 
lower lip with three dark spots. 
RANGE: Korea; Japan to Formosa. 
Parapercis pulchella (Temminck and Schlegel) 
Figs. 1G, 2 G, SC 
Percis pulchella Temminck and Schlegel, 
1843, pp. 24-25, pi. 10, fig. 2 (type lo- 
cality, Nagasaki). Richardson, 1846, p. 211. 
Bleeker, 1853, p. 26; I860, p. 235. Gunther, 
I860, p. 240. Playfair and Gunther, 1866, 
p. 69. Day, 1876, pp. 262-263, pi. 58, fig. 
2 (east coast of Africa, Seas of India to 
Japan). Steindachner and Doderlein, 1884, 
p. 190 (Tokyo Bay). Nystrom, 1887, p. 
28. Ishikawa, 1897, p. 46. Boeseman, 1947, 
p. 38. 
Parapercis pulchella Bleeker, 1873, p. 127 
(China); 1879, p. 18. Jordan and Snyder, 
1902, p. 759 (Yokohama); 1920, pp. 463- 
465 and 496 (Wakanoura and Nagasaki). 
