(30 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



42. Sphyraena obtusata Cuviei i Valenciennes. Dumbusan. 



One specimen from Bulan (no. 3411; length 7.5 in.). Head 3.1 in length; depth 6.1; eye 4.5 in head; 

 snout 2.34. 



Sphyrsena obtusata Cuvier i Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 258 (350i, Pondicherry; Gunther, Cat., n, 339; Day, Fishes 

 India, 343, pi. lxxi, fig. 5. 



43. Sphyraena langsar Bleeker. Domosot. 



One specimen from Bulan (no. 3412: length 8 in.), one from Bacon (no. 3942; length 5.5 in.), and 3 from 

 San Fabian (no. 3677 and 4022: length 2.75 to 4.75 in.). These each have 75 scales in lateral line. This 

 species is distinguished from S. obtusata by the longer snout and smaller scales. 

 S phyrsna langsar Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., vn. 3(17. Batjan; Gunther, Cat., H, 340. 



Family H0L0CENTRIM. 



44. Myripristis pralinius Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Two specimens from Bacon (no. 3223 and 322S; length 6.1 and 6.2 in.). These specimens show 6 indistinct 

 yellowish longitudinal stripes below the lateral line. Depth 2.45 in length; head 3.25: eye 2 in head; snout 

 6.75: scales 4-3S-6: dorsal x-i, 15; anal iv, 14; eye 6.1 in head; snout 3.5 in eye; large blunt projecting teeth 

 in each jaw. 



Myripristis pralinius Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., Ill, 127 (170i and vn, 306 (486), New Ireland. 

 Myripristis bleeki ri Gunther. Cat., I, 20, 1859, Sea of Banda Neira; not M. pralinius of Gunther. 



45. Myripristis microphthalmus Bleeker. 



Two specimens from Bacon (no. 3250 and 3723; length 7.25 and 7.5 in.) and one from Bulan (no. 3966; 

 length 5 in.). 



Head 3.25 in length; depth 2.45; eye 7 in head; scales 4-29-6; dorsal x-i, 14; anal IV, 12. These speci- 

 mens agree well with others from Samoa. 



Myripristis microphthalmus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., in, 261, 1S52. Amboyna; Atlas, ix, pi. ccclviii, fig. 2; Gunther, 

 Cat., I, 24. 



46. Myripristis murdj an (Forskal). 



Three specimens from Bacon (no. 3235,3227 and 3637; length 6.25 to 8 in.), agreeing with Hawaiian 

 specimens. 



St i< na murdjan Forskal, Descr. Anini., 4S, 1775, Djidda, Red Sea.. 



Myripristis murdjan, Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. FishComm., xxiu, pt. 1, 1903 (1905K 157, pi. v (Honolulu, Uilo, Kailua, 

 Laysan, and Samoa). 



47. Myripristis macrolepis Bleeker. Baga-baga. 



One specimen (no. 3363: length 5.75 in.), from Zamboanga. 



Head 3 in length; depth 2.3; eye 2.01 in head: snout 3 in eye; interorbital 3.75 in head; dorsal X-I, 15; 

 anal iv, 12; scales 3-29-5, 6 scales in front of dorsal; maxillary 1.75 in head, its distal end under posterior 

 margin of pupil. 

 Myripristis macrolepis Bleeker, Atlas, ix, pi. ccclix, fig. 3. 



48. Holocentrus cornutus Bleeker. 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 6919; length 5.25 in.) and one from Bulan (no. 692S; length 6.75 in.). 



Head 3.2 in length; depth 2.8; eye 2.55 in head; snout 1.5; maxillary 3; mandible 2; scales 3-37-5; 

 dorsal xi, 13; anal iv, 9, the fourth spine very long, nearly equal to head. 



Color in spirits, yellowish, with dark longitudinal lines, the third from dorsal terminating in a dark caudal 

 spot; membranes of spinous dorsal dark, first webs of anal black; outer margins of caudal dark. 

 Holocrnirum cornutum Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., v, 240, Ceram; Gunther, Cat., I, 45. 



