. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 236 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Scales 110 to 117 in lateral line to caudal base and about 12 to 15 more on latter; tubes 68 to 73 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 or 3 more on latter; 16 or 17 scales above lateral line, 31 or 32 below, 57 to 70 predorsal nearly to snout end, 23 to 26 rows obliquely down over cheek to preopercle angle; all fins more or less finely scaled basally; scales with 14 or 15 rows transversely across maxillary expansion. Scales with 5 or 6 basal radiating striae; apical denti- cles 28 to 52, clos
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 236 BULLETIN 10 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM Scales 110 to 117 in lateral line to caudal base and about 12 to 15 more on latter; tubes 68 to 73 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 or 3 more on latter; 16 or 17 scales above lateral line, 31 or 32 below, 57 to 70 predorsal nearly to snout end, 23 to 26 rows obliquely down over cheek to preopercle angle; all fins more or less finely scaled basally; scales with 14 or 15 rows transversely across maxillary expansion. Scales with 5 or 6 basal radiating striae; apical denti- cles 28 to 52, close set, compact, in 5 to 13 transverse series; circuli moderately small, become coarser apically. D. IX, 15, i, first spine 5 to 5}4 m total head length, ninth spine 27/8 to 4, first ray 2% to 3^5 A. Ill, 9, I, third spine 33^ to 3%, fourth ray 2)4 to 2%', caudal 134 to 1}4> slightly emarginate or con- cave; least depth of caudal peduncle 2}/$ to 23^; pectoral \% to 1%; ventral \% to Figure 11—Cephalopholis albomarginatus, new species Largely deep umber brown, more or less uniform or lower surfaces scarcely paler. Four obscure blue lines horizontally on head, first above eye back on opercle, second from near snout end, third along maxillary groove, and fourth over maxillary and posteriorly. Iris brownish. Dorsals largely dusky, soft fin with broad, contrasted whitish upper border. Caudal and anal dusky brown, anal some- times with lower edge pale. Pectoral brown basally, terminally whitish to dull yellowish, sometimes over outer half of fin. Ventral dusky. East Indies and Philippines. Diagnosis. Allied with C. polleni and C. rogaa, but differing at once in coloration, also its caudal fin is emarginate. Our series shows a fairly constant color pattern, the greatest variation in the extent of the pale terminal area on the pectoral fin. In preserved examples the blue lines on the head become quite obscure. The species may easily be known by its broad pale border to the
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