24/5 to 2 7/8; second anal spine 4 2/3 to 4 4/5; first anal 
ray 24/5; caudal 1 1/4; pectoral 1 2/5 to 1 4/7; ventral 2 1/2 
to, 2.2/3; 
Color in alcohol back and head mostly with dark queker- 
drab, varying to mouse-gray, Head same, though varies to oli- 
vaceous. Dull olive-gray line from behind eye across and along 
upper operecle edge to flap. Another from below eye down across 
lower part of operele to gill-opening. Under surface of body 
and streak along lateral line, which Oere 598 superiorly along 
caudal peduncle to middle of upper seude) lobe base grayish- 
olive. Dark area of back with derk tenter to each scale. tris 
dark olive. Dorsals dusky or dark queaker-drab, edges pale or 
light brownish, Other fins all dull brown, except pectoral, 
whieh dusky terminally, and dusky-leadea spot at pectoral ori- 
gin. Length 152 te 142 mm. Two rhein yt without locality, 
“BA da Soh ory Ge Bgie (Lrithrd 4. ar aa fre PAs bait tya~ALe 
ALtu te AAA, wn p-Lipiug 
dubnae: s figure, as reproduced by anther 24 we have not 
Seen, as the plate 144 is missing from the copy in the Academy. 
oB4 
Journ,Mus ,Godeffroy,vol.16,heft 8,1909, p.294, P1.144,fig.e, 
SOS sea OR 6 ee ae eee 
Thalassoma purpureum (Forskal). , 
Head 3 1/4; depth 3 1/4; es Vee by 13, 9 a ll; scales 
<6 in lateral line to ceudel base and 2 more on latter; 3 scales 
above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin, 9 below to spinous 
anal origin; 11 predorsal scales; snout 2 2/5 in head; eye 8; 
maxillary 3 3/4; interorbital 4 1/4; head width 21/3. Snout 
