Ostracion sebae Bleeker, F~4- SYS - 
Head 3; depth 2 3/4; Vivouce Width 2 1/27 Be 4. Ok. 
i, 8; P. 1, 103; eye 2 1/3 in head; interorbital 1, very slight- 
by concave. Carapace without any spines. Bony bridge behind 
dorsal with 3 transverse rows of scales. Color in alcohol 
clove brown generally. Carapace only on its upper surface and 
upper surface of caudal peduncle, with small and moderately 
numerous white spots, none on fins. Sides of carapace finely 
spotted with deep brown, larger on caudal peduncle side, and 
all with pale reticulating lines. Head largely dull uniform 
brownish, jaws paler, Fins dull brown, caudal basally and 
marginally clouded or spotted with darker, Length 108 mm. 
Hawaiian +slands. J An rnr22. OG bry GiNtherd, all 
aapr the rug toe 
Jordan and yervienn give as a distinction for this 
ibebiee  "enterior opening of the carapace broad, greater 
than orbit". In our specimens of 0. sebae the width of the 
coriaceous buccal area equals the eye-diameter, though its 
length is half an eye-diameter longer. For 0. lentiginosum 
they contrast “anterior opening of carapace narrow, its width 
less than orbit". In our examples of this latter species 
the aperture in question is equally wide as the eye, only 
narrower in young examples. It is therefore quite evident 
that this feature is a larsely variable and unreliable charac- 
ter for distinction. The slightly convex profile and uniform 
color pattern of the sides and lower surface, will serve easily 
to distinguish 0. sebae, 
£61. Their 0. oahuensis a synonym of 0. sebae 
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