Interorbital slightly concave. Ffreopercle edge and ridge 
entire, Rakers II, 1+5, vii, rather clavate, about 2/3 
of filaments or 3% in eye. Scales large, rather caducous; 
basal striae 15 to 20; apical serrae 95 to 130; circull 
moderate basally, none apical; 3 rows of scales on cheek; 
tubes in lateral line simple, nearly to hind edge of scale, 
Third dorsal spine 2 to 2 2/5 in head; spine of second dorsal 
fin 3 to 3+; second anal spine 2 3/4 to 3; caudal 1¢ to 1 2/3; 
pectoral 1 3/5 to 1 4/5; ventral 1 3.5 to 1 3/4. ‘In alcohol 
dark brownish, obscurely mottled darker, Each scale on caudal 
peduncle and on costal region with dark or dusky median blictch, 
Black ocellus on opercle nearly large as eye. Dorsals anals 
and caudal brown, like body-color, with obscure darker dusky 
specks or small blotches, Length 5@ to 74 mm, Two examples, 
labeled "Fiji or Oshu"”, though it is quite unlikely that they were 
obtained in Hawaii. 
Jordan and “eale admit 3 Polynesian species of Apogonich- 
thys About the only characters they give are those of 
color. A. marmoratus Alleyne and Macleary is said to be cross- 
barred and A. isostigma Jordan and Seale is described with a 
distinct black spot at the base of many scales, forming lines, 
Our examples, though long and poorly preserved, show treces of 
such spots and also the lower side of the head with obscure 
darker blotches or markings, 
ee 
Bull. Sur, Fishes, U.S., vol. 25, 1905 (1906), p. 250, 
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