in head from upper jaw tip; eye 4 to 4 3/5; maxillary 2 4/5 
to 33; interorbital 4 1/2 to 5 1/8. 
Head width 2 1/3 to 21/2 in total head length. Snout 
conic, Length 1: to 1 1/6 ite width, Rakers 446, short points, 
4 in filaments, which 2 in eye. Sceles with 10 basal radtat- 
ing striae, 27 apical. Color in alcohol dull brownish gener- 
ally, each row of scales with slightly darker longitudinal ob- 
scure band, Trunk wWitheobscure paler mottling or spots, Black 
ocellus behind eye about size of pupil, ‘fale or obscure short 
gray lines radiate from eye. Along row of scales immediately 
below lateral line at fourth to sixth, round black ocellus size 
of pupil. Fins all pale brown, spinous dorsal with fine oblique 
streaks of darker brown, which also extend on front of soft cor- 
sal, Similar markings over median part of caudal basally, spi- 
nous anal and most of soft fin marginally. Ventral with outer 
portion slightly brownish and obscurely mottled, inner rays 
whitish, Length 90 to 98 mm, Four from Maui, 
Cheilinus chlorurus (Bloch). Guryr- Lo/-& ¢//- 
Head 21/3 to 2 3/4; depth 2 dB Ser Dk, 95° 4, oF 
tif, 8,43, scales 15 of 16 In upper section of lateral 
line, 5 to 7 scales in horizontal section to caudal base and 2 
or 3 more on latter; 2 scales above lateral line to spinous dor- 
sal origin, 2 to soft dorsal origin, 6 below to spinous anal 
origin; 5 or 6 predorsal scales; snout 2 7/8 to 3 1/4 in head 
from upper jaw tip; eye 3 3/4 to 6 1/8; maxillary 3 to 4; in- 
terorbital 3 4/5 to 5, 
