124 A Collection of Fishes from Samoa. 



ACANTHURID^. 



Hepatus atrimentatus Jordan and Evermann. 



Small example from coral in reef in front of hospital, Pago Pago. Traces of longi- 

 tudinal blue lines, better separated and fewer than in the original figure.' Also only- 

 trace of black blotch at bases of last dorsal rays. 



Hepatus triostegus (LinnaBUs). 



Four small examples from tide-pools near Double Point, just west of entrance to 

 Pago Pago Harbor. Jordan and Seale say: "This seems lilce Hepatus sandivichensis, 

 but lacks one cross-bar and is very pale, only four bands on sides." Such is not the 

 rase viith our material, as all are like Jordan and Evermann's Hawaiian figure,'' 

 except that thej^ all have the dark cross-bar on caudal peduncle above and below, but 

 broken m.edianly on each side of caudal peduncle. Jordan and Evermann do not show 

 it on the lower surface of the caudal peduncle. Black bar at pectoral base in our 

 examples extending below only slightly, if at all. 



MONACANTHIDiE. 



Oxymonacanthus longirostris (Schneider). 

 Small examples from cove just south of Aua village. 



TETRODONTID^. 



Canthigaster solandri (Richardson). 



Three examples, largest 32 mm., from cove just south of Aua village, tide-pools 

 near Double Point, just west of entrance to Pago Pago Harbor and Pago Pago. 



SCORPiENIDJE. 



Sebastopsis guamensis (Quoy and Gaimard). 



Two from Pago Pago, larger 84 nrni. Six from cove just south of Aua village, 

 largest 75 mm. Four from coral reef in front of hospital, Pago Pago. These agree 

 with Giinther's figure,' except that he does not show the supraorbital cirrhus. 



Sebastopsis scabra (Ramsay and Ogilby) is said to differ in its longer anal spine, 

 though this is no longer than in our examples if Jordan and Scale's* figure is correctly 

 identified. S. parvipinnis (Garrett) is alleged to differ in its minute dermal flaps and 

 rather low, uniform dorsal, both characters possibly due to variation. 



Sebastapistes laotale Jordan and Seale. 



One 53 mm. from coral in reef in front of hospital, Pago Pago. Two, 64 and 46 

 mm., from cove just south of Aua village. Also another, same locality, screened at 

 the bottom. 



GOBIESOCID^. 



Crepidogaster samoensis Steindarhner. 



Two small examples from cove just south of Aua village. 



GOBIIDJE. 



Eviota zonura Jordan and Seale. 

 Two small specimens, same locality as last. 



» BuU. U. S. Fish. Comm., XXIII. 1903 (1905), p. 393, fig. 171. 



> L. c, p. 395, fig. 172. 



» Jour. Mu8. Godeffroy, IV, 1875, pi. 76, fig. c. 



« Bull. Bur. Fisher., XXV, 1905, p. 375. fig. 71. 



