88 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 
lines from eye two-thirds of distance down sides of snout; iris bright 
yellow. The name salmonete is also applied to other Mullidae, or goat- 
fishes, one of which, Mu/loides flavolineatus Lacép., has a yellowish 
stripe down the side anda dusky back. In Samoa allied species called 
**i’a-sina”’ (white fish); in Hawaii ‘* weke.” 
Sapisapi. Pempheris otaitensis (Cuy. & Val.). 
A small fish of a beautiful glossy rose purple; eyes large; snout 
blunt; back straight; belly curved. Belongs to the Pempheridae. 
Sesiog. J//olocentrus unipunctatus Giinther. 
A squirrel-tish of a beautiful crimson color, with a number of lines of 
darker red. This color fades in spirits, the fish becoming a grayish 
white, except a small blotch of black between the first and second dor- 
sal spines near the base. 
Sesyan, Siyan, or Sidyan. Siganas marmorata (Q. & G.). 
Blackish purple; mackerel-shaped; head and back covered with ver- 
miculated lines, which are wavy and longitudinal on sides. Belongs 
to the Teuthidae or lancet-fishes. Edible. The young are called 
*mandahag.” 
Sihig. Scolopsis lineatus Q. & G. 
Greenish and pink; head curved; eves large; an indistinet line from 
snout to first dorsal spine; 2 distinct lines from above the orbit to 
sixth and seventh rays of soft dorsal; a third line wider anteriorly 
and more or less broken from upper third of eye to just abaft the after 
margin of the dorsal fin; a fourth line forms the boundary of the col- 
oring along the median line from eye to caudal; 6 to 7.50 inches long. 
The vernacular name taken from that of the Guam kingtisher, //a/cyon 
cinnamominus Swainson, which is greenish blue and cinnamon-colored, 
Tampat. Platophrys pavo Q. &G. 
A flounder; good food fish. In Samoa allied species called ‘‘ali.” 
Tarakito. Carangus ascensionis ( Forster. ). 
A pompano; silvery, with wash of yellow; pectorals yellow; dorsal 
and anal bluish (in spirits); a favorite food fish; caught by hook; usu- 
ally tiao used for bait. In Samoa and Hawaii allied species cated 
*ulua.” 
Tdtaga. Monoceros marginatus Cuv. & Val. 
A black fish with a spur on its forehead and two sharp bony plates 
on peduncle of tail; in younger specimens spur shorter; in youngest 
spur and tail plates absent; in spirits of a dirty olive, slightly lighter 
below. 
Tatalun. Andampses coeruleopunctatus (Riippell). 
Brown, reddish on belly; bright blue spots and 8 to 10 blue lines 
marking the head; most of them radiating from the eye; pectorals 
yellow, their bases black; ventrals dusky, the first rays blue; caudal 
dusky, with numerous blue spots; dorsal and anal with 2 or 3 rows of 
