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the figure agrees in its serrations with A. frcndtus, but n<jt in its color; and in 

 the description of A. fuscialu.'i both the serrations and color certainly indicate a 

 different species. 



Bleeker figures a species which he calls A. melanorhynchus; the figure agrees 

 with our specimens in serrations and color, but his description does not agree 

 in the serrations. In the synonymy of this species he places Apogon (Pristi- 

 apogon) frenatus Klunzinger, and says "melanorhynchus, sometimes confounded 

 wiih frenata, appears to me that it ought to be considered as a distinct species 

 with a chunkier body and with the intramarginal preopercular crest smooth 

 and the shoulder bone toothed and the Apogon frenata of Kllinzinger from the 

 Red Sea ought probably to be reported as melanorhynchus." But his figure 

 shows A. melanorhynchus with intramarginal preopercular crest toothed as in 

 A. frenatus of Valenciennes, and the shoulder bone toothed; in A. frenatus the 

 shoulder bone is said to be smooth. 



In his discussion of the genus Apogon, Day says "It seems also (juestionable 

 whether any considerable value can be placed upon the serrations about the 

 bones of the head, especially of the orbits, as such appear to be more distinct 

 in some specimens than in others, and many vary with age." 



In the seven specimens of A. snyderi in the U. S. Bur. Fish, reserve series, 

 varying in size from 2g to 41 inches, the serrations of the preopercular mar- 

 gins and orbit are constantly present, but vary somewhat in amount in orbit. 

 In some specimens the shoulder bone is serrated and in some it is not. We 

 judge from this that the serration of the suprascapular or shoulder bone is 

 without value. 



Apogon orbicularis Kriii, & Van Hahselt. 



CuviEK it Valenciennes, Hist. \at. Puiss., 182S, 2, p. 11.5 (1.5.'5). Guntheu, Fiscliu der SiUlsee, 

 lS7o, 1, p. 22, Inf. 20, fig. D. Day, Fishes of India, 1875, p. 6.5, pi. 17, fig. 7. 



Seven specimens. No. 09080, 1 to U inches long, and No. 0S909, M. C. Z. 

 29533 six specimens 1 inch long, from Moen, Truk Group, Caroline Islands. 



Apogon savayensis (Gi'NTHER). 



Proc. Zool. Sot'. Loud. 1S71, p. 056. Fische der Siidsec, 1873, 1, p. 21, tiif. I'J, fig. B. Day, 

 Fishes of India, 1875, p. 60, pi. 16, fig. 5. 



Two specimens. No. 08942, M. C. Z. 29503 (1 specimen) 2? inches long, 

 Kusaie, Caroline Islands. 



