Ov: 
section begins several scales forward, midway along caudal 
peduncle side, horizontal; tubes in lateral line slender, most- 
ly simple or only occasional short rudimentary branch, First 
dorsal spine 4 2/5 to 6 2/3 in head; last spine 2 1/5 to 3 1/4; 
seventh dorsal ray 1 2/3 to 1 9/10; third anal spine 2 1/5 to 
3 1/8; sixth anal ray 1 1/4 to 1 1/3; pectoral 1 1/2 te 1 9/10; 
ventral 1 2/3 to 21/6; caudal 11/5 to 1 2/5 to median hind 
edge, convex behind, upper and lower edges produced as sharp 
slender points, half rest of fin in adult, absent in young. 
Length 117 to 286 mm, One from"Maui" though according to the 
drawing from Manilla we also include 5 Samoan, and a Sumatran 
example, in the Academy, 
When fresh inarrack our Sumatran example mostly orange-~ 
yellow, lower surface warmer about abdomen, Head with dull 
olivaceous-purple tint, darker above. Pale or whitish streaks, 
shert, some broken, radiate from eye. Similar colored dots 
and spots all over hind side of head, down over chest and abdo- 
men, ‘Series of black blotches, each at base of scale, extend 
from above and behind eye along front portion of back above 
lateral line. ‘umber of scales eon front of trunk with black 
basal hloetches narrowly exposed, Two broad black blotches 
above opercles, upper edge of opercular flap narros, blackish, 
also bar before pectoral base, Many small deep brown spots 
abeut pectoral region. Side of trunk with 6 broad deep purple 
transverse bands, which also extend out to middle of vertical 
