126 Director's Annual Report. 



boats had called there and found shark fishing profitable some years 

 before, but at this time few were seen and no specimens secured. 



On my return to Honolulu a prelimiuar}^ examination of the 

 material secured brought to light a number of interesting speci- 

 mens. The aid of Dr. C. H. Gilbert, who had kindly offered to 

 assist the author of this monograph in mooted questions of nomen- 

 clature, etc., was accordingly sought. A portion of the colledlion 

 was subsequently forwarded to him. Mr. Albert C. Herre, of 

 Stanford Universit}-, volunteered to help in bringing this list to a 

 completion ; he has written the descriptions of all the new species 

 and has added many notes and observations of value. Dr. Gilbert, 

 in commenting on the colledlion, says {in litt.) that "If the Marcus 

 Island fauna had turned out to be an extension of the Hawaiian 

 fauna we could have sent you a list in a few days. But there are 

 apparently very few Hawaiian species found there, the complec- 

 tion of the fauna being of the South Seas." 



The numbers given are those of the specimens in the Bishop 

 Museum. A duplicate series will be deposited in the Iceland 

 Stanford Jr. University. The arrangement followed is, so far as 

 possible, that of Jordan and Kvermann in their work on the Fishes 

 of North and Middle America. Color notes were frequently taken 

 from the fresh specimen. 



In conclusion I wish here to express my indebtedness to 

 Dr. Gilbert and his associates at Iceland Stanford Jr. University, 

 as well as to Mr. Scale of the Bishop Museum staff, for their kind 

 and generous a,ssistance. To Mr. Herre, who shares the authorship 

 of the appendix, I am especially beholden. W. A. B. 



ANNOTATED LIST OF THE MARCUS ISLAND FISHES. 



liv Wm. Ai>a.\,s().\ Bkvan' and Alhekt C. Heuuk. 



Family MUR^NID^.— The Morays. 

 2403. Gymnothorax detactus. New species. 

 Head 3.33 to anus, 7.20 in total length; head and trunk 

 shorter than tail; depth 14 in total length; snout .20 of head; 

 eye .60 of snout, 8.33 in head ; gill opening small, less than diam- 

 eter of eye ; interorbital space, flat, grooved, its width equal to 

 diameter of eye ; lower jaw weak, inferior; teeth uniserial ; a row 



