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THE SHORE FISHES. 



HOLOCENTRIDAE. 



Myripristis occidentalis (Gill). 



JoBD.VN & EvERMANN, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 847. 

 Myrioprislis occidentalis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil., 1863, p. 87. 



Plate 2, fig. 1. 



Ten specimens 42 to 6 inches long and eighteen specimens 25 to 21, from 

 Acapulco. M. C. Z. 29709 (5 specimens). 



Two specimens M and 5 inches long from Station 4615, Lat. 9°, 7' N.; 

 Long. 85°, 11' W. 



Myripristis microphthalmus Bleekeh. 



Verb. Bat. Genoot, 1852, 24, p. 261. Atlas Ichth., 1877, 9, tab. 358, Trachichth., 4, fig. 2 



Three specimens, Nos. 3305, 3306, 3307, M. C. Z. 29670, 5i to 6^ inches 

 long from Rikitea, Manga Reva. 



One specimen 5x5 inches long from Manga Reva, February 1, 1905, coral. 



These agree with .specimens from Samoa, identified as this species by Jordan 

 and Seale. 



Measurements. 



Myripristis pralinius CnviER & Valenciennes. 

 Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1829, 3, p. 127 (170). Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 222. 



Eight specimens, Nos. 3188-95, 61 to 9 inches long from Cook Bay, Easter 

 Island No. 3193, M. C. Z. 29624, No. 3194, M. C. Z. 29625, No. 3195, M. C. Z. 

 29620. 



The description and figure of M. sanguineus given by Jordan and Seale is 

 erroneous. We have examined and measured the Type, U. S. Nat. Mus. No. 



