Siganus dolistus (Valenciennes). ad o OLS: 
Head 3 4/5; depth 2 1/3; D.(I)XIII,10,1; A.VII,9,1i; 
snout 2 1/8 in head; eye 3 1/8; maxillery 4; interorbital 3 1/8; 
head width 2, Cheek with 11 rows of scales across widest squa- 
mous area from preopercle angle, Scales with 40 to 82 circuli, 
usual pattern. Back and upper surface dull fuscous in alcohol, 
Lower surface smoke-gray. Fins uniform dull brown, ventral 
and anal spines burnished with smoke-gray. On trunk 28 vertical 
pale lines, about last 6 bent at right angles and extend longi- 
tudinally along caudal peduncie side. Broader pale lines trans- 
versely across head, widest at occipital region, About 8 pale 
lines across opercle obliquely. Length 178 mm, Fiji. 
b+ 
; 
Siganus argenteus (Quoy and Gaimard), da q-3 '7- 
Head 43; depth 5 2/3; D..(I) ZII, 10, 1; A. VII, 9, 13 snout 
2 2/3 in head; eye 3 1/87 maxillery 3 3/4; interorbital 3; head 
width 2, Caudal forked. Color in alcohol upper surface dull 
uniform brownish, paler below. Fins dull brown. Dark median 
basal area on each saudal lobe. Length 55 mm. Fiji. Jimsro Ana 
\  Amphacanthus argenteus Quoy and Gaimard. is based on 
a young example, with uniform caudal, thirteen dorsal spines, 
and smaller eye than our specimen, 
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252 , 
Voy, Uranteé Zool. ,1625, p. S68, £1. 62, fig.d. Guam. 
Amphacanthus punctatus Schneider is identified as the 
earliest name for Siganus hexagonatus Bleeker, by Jordan and 
Seale, though later questioned by Weber, 
