ASCENSION ISLAND SS 



BLENNIIDAE 



Rupiscartes atlanticus (Cuv. and Val.). 



St. 2. 17. xi. 25. Shore collection — rock pools: i specimen, 140 mm. 



Salariichthys textilis (Quoy and Gaim.). 



St. 2. 17. xi. 25. Shore collection — rock pools : 6 specimens, 23-60 mm. 



MUGILIDAE 



Myxus (?) curvidens (Cuv. and Val.). 



St. 2. 17. xi. 25. Shore collection — rock pools: 2 specimens, 47, 100 mm. 



SCORPAENIDAE 

 Scorpaena scrofina, Cuv. and Val. 



St. I. 16. xi. 25. Medium rectangular net, 16-27 ^■'- 2 specimens, 44, 48 mm. 



BALISTIDAE 

 Balistes vetula, Linn. 



St. I. 16. xi. 25. Medium rectangular net, 16-27 ^■' i specimen, 70 mm. 



Melichthys piceus (Poey). 



St. 2. 17. xi. 25. Shore collection — rock pools: i specimen, 175 mm. 



ANTENNARIIDAE 



Antennarius multiocellatus (Cuv. and Val.). 



St. I. 16. xi. 25. Medium rectangular net, 16-27 ^^•'- ^ specimen, 9 mm. 

 Another specimen, 70 mm. long, was presented by Mr L. W. Shaw. 



In comparison with the fishes of St Helena, which have been dealt with by Giinther, 

 Melliss, Cunningham, and Clark, ^ among others, those of Ascension have been some- 

 what neglected. The island was visited by Osbeck,- who listed 9 species, several after- 

 wards utilized by Linnaeus. More than a hundred years later the ' Challenger ' made a 

 small collection here, which was reported upon by Giinther,^ who also recorded 3 

 further species in the following year.* Nichols and Murphy ^ published a note on 

 Balistes vetula from Ascension, and, finally, in 1919 Fowler^ recorded about a dozen 

 species, and also described a new species of Abudefdiif (= Glyphisodon), which may 

 also occur at St Helena. 



1 For references to these papers see, Fowler, 1919, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., LVI, p. 217. 



2 1765, Reise Ost.-Ind. China, pp. 385-96. 



3 1880, Shore Fish.'ChaHenger', p. 5. 



* 1881, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) viii, pp. 430-40. 

 ^ 1917, Copeia, No. 39, p. 2. 

 ^ T.C., pp. 217-27. 



