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Lentipes seminudus Gunther. Try: 9 
Head 4 3/5 to 4 2/3; benin 6 1/4 to 6 3/52: Di Wi = I, 10,43 
A. ly 10, 43 Bact. 6 ve. Oo 1/4 in heads eye 4; maxillary 2 1/10 to 
21/8; interorbital 3 1/5 to 3 1/4; head width 1 SS 4601 1/2. 
Snout convex, length 11/2 to 1 2/3 its width. Maxillary to eye 
center, not quite to hind eye edge in smaller example. Teeth 
above trifid, with median point largest; small, even, more conspi¢- 
vous than in Sicyopterus stimpsoni; lower teeth larger and fewer, 
uniserial, conie, also outer row ¢damaged) of small movable seti- 
form teeth at front at least. Tongue thick, rounded in front. 
Interorbital level. Rakers 1 1, rudimentary joints; filaments 
slightly longer than eye. Body naked, except few scales on trunk 
posteriorly; and on caudal peduncle; scales with 16 to 18 basal 
merginal parallel striae; circuli coarse. Color in alcohol mummy- 
brown to cinnamon-brpwn, Fins dull brow. In smaller example 
spinous dorsal dusky and white edged with dusky submerginal streak, 
Length 63 to 84 mm, Two from Maui, and a third likely wrongly 
labeled "Manila", as it very probably was obtained at Maui also. 
Sicyopterus stimpsoni (Gill). *<g- 3% 7/- 
Head 3 4/5 to 4 2/5; depth 4 1/2 be 62/63 Dy VI - °F, 10, 23 
A.D, 10, 23° scaies 74 to 83 from gill-opening to caudal base medi- 
ally; 16 or 17 scales transversely between soft dorsal and anal 
origins; 38 to 42 predorsal scales; snout < 2/3 to 2 4/5 in head; 
eye 4 4/5 to 6 1/8; maxillary 2 to 2 1/5; interorbitel 2 7/8 to 
31/2; head width 1 1/3 to 1 2/5, Snout obtuse, convex, length 
7 3/3 to-1 12 44s width. Maxillary to pupil, reaches hind pupil 
