joined medianly and extend apically; apical denticles 113 to 
150, about 60 in young; circuli very fine; lateral line largely 
concurrent with dorsal profile, slopes little high at first 
g@long caudal peduncle side to caudal base medianly; tubes ar- 
borescent, 5 to 9 branches above, 1 to 4 in young. Third 
dorsal spine 1 2/5 to 14 in head; first dorsal ray 1 7/8 
to 1 8/10; second anal spine 2 2/3 to 22; first anal ray 
1 4/5 to 2; caudal well forked, upper lobe 1 1/8 to 1 1/10; 
pectoral 11/3 to 13; ventral 1 1/5 to 1é. 
Color in alcohol faded dull brownish generally. Smaller 
example dull brown above, sides and below pale yellowish-brown, 
One scale behind soft dorsal for 25 scales each side of median 
dorsal row on caudal peduncle, conspicuous pale or yellowish-white 
spot. Both before and behind, though of larger extent, obsolete 
brownish saddle-like blotch. Soft dorsal and anal each with 
median longitudina] obsolete brownish band; fins otherwise pale, 
Bach caudal lobe shows traces of seceral obsolete browb cross- 
bars. Ventral pale, with slight bronish median shade in larger 
example, Both have pale pectorals, Length 68 to 168 mm, 
One from ‘Singapore’ or rolynesia” and another without data, though 
likely all reallyYawaiian? We also include a Hawaiian example 
in the Academy, 
Though Jordan and Evermann state that in life the fins 
all rosy or ¢@lear red, their figure of the type shows the soft 
dorsal with submarginal dark streaks on the membranes parallel 
