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( 3 ) , USNM (3), Wakanoura ANSP 26307 (1), 
Obama Bay UMMZ 176698 (3), Toba UMMZ 
142751 (5), usnm 151813 (2); usnm 39965 
(1), 59644 (1), 57527 (1); Inland Sea of 
Japan BM 1902.10.31.55-56 (2); Korea usnm 
3776 (2); China usnm 6867 (3). 
DIAGNOSIS: Eight canine teeth in outer row 
of lower jaw; palatine teeth absent; middle 
dorsal spines longest; membrane from spinous 
dorsal connected near base of first soft ray; 
dorsal spines y five; dorsal rays y 22; total anal 
rays y 19-04; caudal vertebrae y 19-04; lowest 
mean maxillary length to standard length. 
COLOR IN ALCOHOL: Background light tan; 
three or four dark V to Y-shaped marks on sides; 
two narrow longitudinal dark bands across 
cheeks; diffuse dark spots on membranes be- 
tween dorsal spines; soft dorsal fin with three 
rows of elongate spots on membranes; soft anal 
rays light yellow with a dark patch near tip; 
pelvics dark except at base and tips of rays; 
pectorals yellow; ocellus at dorsal base of caudal 
fin. 
RANGE: North China; Korea; Japan. 
Parapercis cephalopunctata (Seale) 
Figs. 1C, 2 C, 8 E 
Percis cephalopunctata Seale, 1901, p. 124 
( type locality, Marianas ) . 
Parapercis montillai Martin and Montalban, 
1935, pp. 224-225, pi. 2, fig. 2 (Mindoro, 
Mindanao, Calapan ) . 
Parapercis cephalopunctatus Randall, 1955, 
pp. 208 and 240 ( Gilbert Islands ) . Schultz 
and Collaborators, I960, pp. 266-273, pis. 
112 C-E. 
SPECIMENS STUDIED: 481 (47 to 152.5) 
Guam bpbm 262 holotype of Percis cephalo- 
punctata, Seale; Philippine Islands: Dasol Bay 
USNM 148506 (1); Dumaguete uw 7609 (1); 
Fiji Islands; mcz 28303 (1); cnhm 37098- 
37102 (5); usnm 82786 (2); Colombo, Ceylon 
CNHM 47438 (1); NHMW (1); Marshall Islands: 
Eniwetok uw 10302 (6), 8653 (4), 12209 (1), 
9136 (1), 12212 (1), 8871 (1), 12234 (1), 
12210 (1); Bikini UW 10282 (2), 10291 (1), 
10289 (3), 10300 (1), 10283 (2), 10292 (3), 
12208 (2), 10287 (3), 10294 (2), 12211 (2), 
10295 (4), 10280 (1), 10284 (4), 10303 
(20), 10299 (16), 10309 (2), 10285 (3), 
10569 (2), 10281 (3), 10306 (10), 10296 
(7) , 10420 (4), 10279 (1), 10398 (32), 
10287 (2), 10564 (2), 10288 (3), 10305 
(1) , 10278 (1), 10290 (4), 10307 (20), 
10293 (3); Kwajalein uw 10286 (3); Ronge- 
lap uw 12207 (2); Arno USNM 140784 (11), 
140782 (12), 140785 (24), 140786 (31), 
166740 (2), 154584 (25), 140781 (5), 140773 
(14), 140777 (16), 140779-80 (6), 140774 
(6), 140800 (6), 140794 (10), 140783 (6), 
140974 (1), 140776 (8), 140778 (2), 140799 
(4), 140798 (4), 142280 (2); Ponape uw 
12009 (2); Ifaluk GVF (8); Raroia GVF (3); 
Riu Kiu Islands USNM 75502 (2); Caroline 
Islands: Palua GVF (3); Canton Island USNM 
115413 (3), 115414 (6); Society Islands: mcz 
12889 (1), Tahiti usnm 177913 (6), 177911 
(8) ; Samoa Islands: Rose Island USNM 115415 
(2) ; Tau Island usnm 115418 (5); 52283 (3); 
cnhm 37139-37140 (2); Moorea gvf (5); 
Tuamotu Archipelago GVF ( 1 ) ; Gilbert Islands 
usnm 167387 (8), am IA5346 (1), IA5347 
( 1 ), IA5348 (1); East Indies RVNH 8536 (1), 
8539 (6), 5949 (3); Java rvnh 414; Mauri- 
tius NHMW (1); USNM 177905 (3). 
DIAGNOSIS: Six canine teeth in outer row of 
lower jaw; palatine teeth absent; middle dorsal 
spines longest; membrane from spinous dorsal 
connected to first soft ray opposite tip of last 
spine; dorsal spines y 4.00; dorsal rays y 20.96; 
total anal rays y 17.98; caudal vertebrae y 19; 
large opaque white rectangle at distal end of 
caudal fin. 
COLOR IN ALCOHOL: Background light yellow 
or reddish-brown; back with nine wide dark 
bars connected by an irregular band, this band 
extends ventrally between each of the back bars 
forming nine other vertical bars extending to- 
ward and may reach the midventral line; the 
nine ventral bars are connected by a thin dark 
line extending from the pectorals to the lower 
base of the caudal fin; over the suprascapula 
there is a dark patch; two dark dots over tem- 
poral bone; three dark patches on cheek, seven 
spots on snout, three spots on upper lip, five 
spots on lower lip; membrane dusky between 
dorsal fin spines; soft dorsal fin with three 
lengthwise rows of dark spots, the ventral row 
at base of rays; a large dark blotch at base of 
ventral half of caudal fin; small dark spots scat- 
tered over caudal fin; pectoral fin with a large 
