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HOLOCENTRIDAE. 



Holocentrus spinifer (Fokskal). 



Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 223. 

 Sciaena spinifer Forskal, Descript. Anim., 177.5, ]). 49. 



No. A81, 12? inches long, from Makemo, Paumotu Islands. 



Traces of red spots behind eye and base of pectoral; no distinct whitish 

 spot on caudal peduncle above, but it is slightly lighter or silvery; preopercle 

 very oblique ; not vertical as in H. caudimaculatus. 



Holocentrus tiereoides Bleeker. 

 Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., 18.53, 5. p. 334. Bryan & Herre, Occ. Pai)ers Bishop Mu.scum, 1903, 2, p. 12S. 



No. 05844, 4| inches long, and No. 05845, 4^ inches long from Papeete, 

 Tahiti, Society Islands; No. 08966, Si inches long from Jaluit, Marshall Islands. 



Holocentrus punctatissimus (iiviek & \'ai,enciennes. 

 Hist. Nat, Poiss., 1S29, 3, ji. 160 (21.5). .Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 1900, 25, ]>. 224. 



Nos. 05843, 21 inches long, 05841, 4 inches long, 05842, 4 inches and 05837, 

 45 inches, from Makemo, Paumotu Islands. M. C. Z. 29389. 



Holocentrus diadema Lacepede. 



Hist. Nat. Boi.ss., 1S02, 4, p. 33.5, 372, 374, pi. 32, hg. 3. Jordan & Evehmann, Bull. L'. S. Fish 

 Conim., 1905, 23, pt. 1, p. 159, ])!. 10. 



One specimen, No. 05846, 21 inches long from Fakarava, Paumotu Islands. 



Holocentrus sammara (Forsk.Il). 



Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., 1.S77-78, 9, tab. 3ti0, Trachichth. 6, fig. 9 (Hguri- only). 



Sciaena sammara Forskal, Descript. Anim., 177.5, p. 48. 



Flammeo aclironuipterus Fowler, Pror. .Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1904, p. 236, fig. (i. 



No. 08875, 5-2 inches long from Taritari, Gilbert Islands. P'our specimens 

 from Paumotu Islands, No. 05840, 6 inches long, and No. 05839, M. ('. Z. 29372, 

 65 inches long from Makemo, and two specimens (young) from Fakarava. 



