. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 36 BULLETIN 214, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 12a. Coloration plain brownish, even at a length of 2 feet, except peduncular region and caudal fin are pale; no marks on head (females of ahuio. = pers]ncillatus)', figure 21,d. 12&. Cheek and operculum with (in alcohol) pale, narrow irregularly- shaped streaks or lines, bright blue-green when alive; figure 21,a-c. (Hawaiian and Johnston Islands.) pcrspicillatus Steindachner 116. Second row of scales on cheek with from 5 to 9 scales. 13a. Pectoral rays usually ii,12, occasionally ii,ll or i
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 36 BULLETIN 214, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 12a. Coloration plain brownish, even at a length of 2 feet, except peduncular region and caudal fin are pale; no marks on head (females of ahuio. = pers]ncillatus)', figure 21,d. 12&. Cheek and operculum with (in alcohol) pale, narrow irregularly- shaped streaks or lines, bright blue-green when alive; figure 21,a-c. (Hawaiian and Johnston Islands.) pcrspicillatus Steindachner 116. Second row of scales on cheek with from 5 to 9 scales. 13a. Pectoral rays usually ii,12, occasionally ii,ll or ii,13 (see table 3); dorsal base of pectoral fin with a dark spot that persists in specimens preserved in alcohol. 14a. Side of body with a vertically pale bar that extends from front of soft dorsal to front of anal fin; anterior to this pale bar a dark bar set oflf by a pale area dorsally; sometimes this anterior pale bar is continuous anteriorly to cover dorsal half of head; dorsal area of pale bars bright yellowish when alive; for details of color streaks on head, see plate 10,d. (Central and West Pacific, Indian Ocean.) schlegeli (Bleeker) 146. Side of body with 4 or 5 alternating dark and pale bars, the pale bar about 2 scales wide, notably narrower than dark bar; lips nearly close, the angle between them usually narrower than 30 degrees; figure 22. (West Pacific.) venosus Cuvier and Valenciennes 14c. Sides of body without distinct vertical bars. 15o. Coloration of body plain brownish, or nearly so. 16a. Dorsal and anal fins brownish: sometimes a dusky spot obvious at base of membranes between dorsal spines I and II, posterior margin of caudal fin with a fine white margin, edges of both lips are dark in alcohol; caudal fin with indistinct vertical dusky bars; dark spot on base of pectoral may cover most of its base in some specimens; figure 8. (Hawaiian Islands, Central and West Pacific, Indian Ocean.) taeniurus Cuvier and Valenciennes. Please note that these images are ext
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