nous dorsal with submerginel deep brownish shade, ending in 
dark blotch on front of soft dorsal. Caudal brownish basally, 
mottled finely with paler. Pectoral pale brown, also ventral, 
which finely and thickly dotted with pale or whitish, In 
young 4 broad obscure transverse dusky bands, first above eye, 
second at predorsal and front of spinous dorsal, third at 
middle of spinous dorsal, fourth at end of spinous dorsal and 
front of soft dorsal and fifth on caudal peduncle, Behind 
fourth dark band soft dorsel and anal pale, also caudal, mot- 
tiled with dusky. Scattered dusky and pale spots on trunk and 
head. Conspicuous black spot at caudal base on lateral line, 
Several dark streaks from front of eye forward, Length 47 
to 230 mm. Seven from Fiji, Hilo, Samoa and Pomoton, We also 
include 2 young Samoan examples in the Academy. 
Hondala ‘aad Hedelitte °” 
note "Gunther's figure of C. 
chlorurus is not the C, chlorurus figured by either Bloch or 
Bleeker, and differs in coloration and in having a rounded 
caudal", We cannot accept this statement as Bleeker figures 
an example certainly the species before us. He had $1 Hast 
Indian specimens and found the caudal simply convex behind 
in the young, and similar in the adults, but the points above 
end below produced 4 1/4 to 5 1/5 in the body length, Bleeker 
says the figure of Bloch's Sparus chlorurus is very faulty, 
ROE ee 
200 
Mem. Mus.Comp.Zool.,191l1, p. 504. 
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