pine blackish. Length 100 m. 
This example agrees with a fine Hawaiian, Samoan and fhilippine 
series in the Academy. As these are more recently preserved, they have 
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retained more color, which quite contrasted in same. They show the pale 
longitudinal bands nearly whitish with dark bordering lines, 
on spinous dorsal variable and tip of each membrane white. 
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Holocentrus sammara (1 ‘orsk@Al ) 
Head 2-1/2 to 2-3/4; depth 3 to 3-2/5; D. XI, 11 or 12; 
scales 58 to 42 in leteral line to caudal base am 3 to 5 more on latter; 
4 scales above leteral line to spinous dorsal, 7 or 8 below to spinous 
amal; 6 to 8 predorsal scales; snout 5-3/5 to 4-1/4 in head from upper 
jaw tip; eye 2 to 2-7/8; maxillary 2-1/4 to 2-2/5; | 
- 4 we 
Body compressed, rather slender; least depth of ceudal peduncle 1-1/2 
to 2 in its length or 4-1/5 to 4-1/4 in total head length. Head width 2 
to 2-1/5 in its lengthe Snout conic, length about 
bye very large, high and impinging in upper profile, him 
about midway in length from snout tip; eye center midway 
illery beyond front of pupil or about first 1/3 
on 4- 1/5 40 3-3/4 in eye. Bands of viliform teeth in jaw 
and paletines. interorbital slig 
in eye; « operculer spines, upper often little longer. Gill-rakers v or vi, 
1 or 2+6 or 7, v, about long as filements or 3-1/4 in 
5 to 4 small marginal apical denticles; 
circuli very fine; 5 W f ales cheek “pinous dorsal about over 
pectoral origin, third spine ‘8 to 2 3 in heads third d@sal ray 
1-7/8 to 2; 
