blotch on caudal peduncle above, Hind edge of gill-opening 
and fins deep brown, tris brown, 
We have also examined a series in the Academy from Tahiti 
and the Hawaiian Islands. These show: Head 2 4/5 to 3; depth 
5 to & 2/53 Bs VITE - 1; 8, 4: A. IL, 6,°4; scales 27 of 8339 
lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on latter; 3 scales to 
spinous dorsal origin, 2 or 3 to soft dorsal origin, 6 below 
to spinous anal origin; 12 to 14 predorsal scales; snout 1? 
to 2 in head; eye 4 3/5 (young) to 6 1/8. (adult); maxillary 
1 2/5 to 2k; interorbital 3% to 4 1/8; head width 2% to 2 2/5; 
least depth of caudal peduncle 2 2/3 to 22. Eye slightly more 
advanced in young; jaws mostly even; front nostril more advanced 
in young, though not quite midway in snout. Kakers 6186s in 
young; scales in young with 6 radiating stride and 75 apical 
denticles; tubes in lateral line in young trifid or quadrifid, 
more branched ith age, Third dorsal spine 14 to l 2/3 in head; 
first dorsal ray 2¢ to 2 2/3; second anal spine 2 4/5 to 3; 
first anal rey 2 2/5 to 2 3/5; pectoral 11/3 to 1g; ventral 
1 1/8 to 11/3. The color pattern in all, except the smallest, 
which apparently greatly faded, in agreement with the above. 
Some examples show dusky in the axilla, Others have paler ven- 
trals. The front edges of spinous dorsal usually blackish, 
Length 110 to 203 mm, (caudal damaged). 
