striae; basal circuli much coarser than apical. Dorsal origin 
Se aeatiiieaamaeana ee ee 
~ 7 
o8 Records of Cantebury Mus. Vol. 1, No. 1, 1907, p. 
about midway between ventral origin and last dorsal ray 
Vent little behind dorsal origin and anal origin about opposit 
first third in dorsal base, or little nearer ventral origin 
than caudal base, fin small. Pectoral 1 2/5 in head. Ventral 
inserted about last fifth in depressed pectoral length and 
caudal base, fin reaching = to anal. Caudal (damaged) ev: 
ly forked. 
Color in alcohol: brownish. 
/S of eye width at ite greatest | which is between 
dorsal and anal. Fins all brown. 
beak damaged) Though listed from"Sydney" 
erroneous, tne original label gives Tongatabu. RKichardsons 
figure also gives fonvatabu. 
This species is a native of the Indian ocean, f 
Red Sea to the East Indie 58, 4t has not been recor 
= 
oly ynesia, so that its occurrence in the Tonga I 
og 
interesting. Hhemirhamphus welsbyi Ogilby is apparently 
allied in squamation, though its dorsal and anal are said 
to be scaleless. It has le or 13 anal 
39 Proc. Roy. Soc, Queensland, vol. 21 908, p. 91. Queensland. 
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