12 ^ 8 . 
Platophrys mancus (not Broussonet ) Jordan and Snyder ^ Proc* U* S* Nat# 
Mus*, vol* 27, p# 946, 1904 (Honolulu)* — ^eale , Occas* Pap. Bishop 
Mug., vol* 4, No. 1, p. 86, 1906 (Tahiti, Rarotonga, Makatea, Shortland). 
Depth 1 3/4 to 2; head 3 l/3 to 4, mdth 3 to 3 3/4* Snout to 
lower orbit 3 l/4 to 4 l/4 in head fron snout tip; lower orbit 4 to 4 3/4, 
1 in snout, 1 in interorbital; maxillary reaches to or l/S in lower orbit, 
expansion 2 to 2 l/5 in lower orbit, length 2 4/5 to 3 l/lO in head from 
snout tip; bony interox*bital width 4 2/0 to 4 2/3 in head, concave# Gill 
rakers 0 to 1 7 or 8, tubercles, I /6 gill filaments, which 1 2/5 in low¬ 
er orbit# 
Scales 60 to 70 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 to 6 more 
on latter; 27 to 37 above, 30 to 37 beloYf# Left scales with 90 to 95 
basal striae; 28 to 30 apical points; right scales cycloid# Arch of lat¬ 
eral line 4 to 6 in rest of its extent# 
D# 88 to 94, fin height 2 I /4 to 2 l/2 in total head length; A# 
62 to 72, fin heiglit 2 I /4 to 2 l/2; caudal 1 l/5 to 1 l/4, convex behind; 
% 
least depth of caudal peduncle 2 7/8 to 2 2/3; pectoral 1 to 1 3/5, with 
filar.v^nts sometimes reaching nearly to middle of C8.udal; ventral 1 2/3 to 
1 3/4. 
Color very variable, ground color from pale gray to brown# Left 
side neutral gray, mottled darker and with many small dark rings# Often 
crowded white to gray spots variably and irregularly over whole surface# 
Along lateral line 2 imperfect blackish blotches, first at arch and second 
midway in straight section# Vertical fins with small dusky spots or specks 
on rays, also larger scattered blackish spots at intervals# Besides these 
meny whitish variable spots in some examples# Right side whitish, and 
whitish spots often distinct on vertical fins, ^diioh otherwise grayish 
terminally# 
