Melichthys radutetRie : pay. 
Head 3 2/5 to 3 4/5; depth 2 1/10 to 2 1/3; D. III -t4, 
oO or $1; eee el’ or 28; P. 1, 143 scales 60 to 63 from 
gill-opening to caudal base and 5 more on latter; 22 scales 
from rictus to pectoral origin; 44 or 45 scales from spinous 
dorsal origin to pubic spine; snout 1 1/3 to 1 1/2 in total 
head length; eye 4 2/5 to 4 4/5; interorbital 2 1/3 to 2 1/2; 
head width 1 4/5 to 1 7/8; 9 or 10 horizontal keels below 
soft dorsal and anal, extending on caudal peduncle. Color 
in alcohol largely fuscous, uniform on head and fins, except 
narrow white lihe along bases of dorsal and anal, Smallest 
example with 7 or 8 longitudinal dark lines on soft dorsal 
and anal, more obsolete terminally, and ahl absent from 
larger example. Length 173 to 235 mm, Iwo from Pomoton, 
Fowler retains the Atlantic form as aiitinek Our 
examples do not differ from either Ascension Island or Ja- 
maica examples, 
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Proc .U.S.Nat.Mus.,vol.56,1919,p.225, 
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Proc Acad. Nat.Sci,Phila.,1919,p.148 
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