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292 EXPEDITION OF THE " ALBATROSS," 1S99-1900. 



These agree with Bleeker's description and the jjhite in Athis, excejjting 

 that our specimen has traces of small dusky spots on the dorsal spines. These 

 specimens are too deep for X. argyreum or A', macrosoma. 



Xystaema oyena (Fokskal). 



Labrus ojniia Forskal, Descrij). Anim., 177.), ]), ;!;"). , 



Gerres oyciia Day, Fishes of India, 187.5, ]). 00, pi. 2.5, tig. 4. 



Diaplerus oyena Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., 1S77, 8, \t. I'Jl, 120, tal). o(Jl. IVrc. 77, fig. .5. 



Nos. 09019, nineteen specimens, 2| to 3 inches long, and 09047, hw spvvi- 

 mens, !§ to 3 inches long from Suva, Fiji Islands. Seven specimens from Tonga 

 Islands, one a specimen, M. C. Z. 29388, 51 inches long from Tongatabu; 5 

 specimens, No. 05886, 4 to 44 inches long, and one, No. 05887, 3i inches long 

 from Vavau. M. C. Z. 29461, No. 08982, three specimens, 2 to 3| inches long, 

 from Guam. Nos. 09053, seven specimens I to l| inches long from Truk, 

 Caroline Islands, and 09081, seven specimens li to l| inches long from Moen, 

 Caroline Islands. 



It is difficult to identify these fishes with any degree of certainty on account 

 of their poor condition and the small size of most of the specimens. .According 

 to descriptions they seem to be closely related to X. limbaius and X. kapas, 

 but they agree best with A', oyena. The black on the caudal is more evident 

 in some than in others, but in all, traces of black are evident. They are more 

 remote from A", argyreum, the latter being a slender fish. 



MULLIDAE. 



Upeneus vittatus (F()usk.\l). 



Bleekeu, Adas Ichth., 1877-78, 9, tab. 392, Mull., tig. 3. .Jordax & 8eale, Bull. V. .>-!. Btu'. 

 Fish., 1906, 25, p. 273. 



Miilhis rillatiis FoRSK.\L, Dcscript. .\nim., 1775, |). 31. 



No. A145, about 71 inches long, from Suva, Fiji Islands. 



Black blotch covering membrane at ujijier angle of spinous dorsal from first 

 to tip of fifth sjnne; front tiji of soft dorsal witli black blotch. 



This specimen agrees perfectly with Bleeker's figure. 



Teeth in both jaws, vomer and palatines not in villiform bands, but \'ery 

 blunt teeth in several rows; lateral line 37. 



