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The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
Cirrhitidæ. — Cirrhites,Cuvier. — Cirrhites maculatus, Lacépède
Cirrhitidæ.
Cirrhites,Cuvier.
Cirrhites maculatus, Lacépède.
Cirrhites maculatus, Lacépède, Poiss., sp., v., p. 3; Günther, Fische der Südsee, p. 71, pl. li., fig. a.
Readily distinguishable, in conjunction with other characters, by the smallness of the scales on the cheeks, the species is represented by two individuals, measuring 200 and 164 millim. respectively. This record is interesting, as the species does not appear to have been obtained from many of the Pacific Islands.