128 Director's Annual Rcpoj't. 



that iu some specimens the aual has a dusky margin. B. P. B. 

 Mus. No. 2407 is the type. 



Famii^y HOIvOCp:nTRID.^.— The Souirrel-fishes. 

 2408. Myripristis adustus Bleeker. 



2409. Holocentrus diadema Lacep. 



2410. Holocentrus tiereoides Bleeker. 



D. XI-14; A. IV-9 ; lateral line 42. Depth 2.75 without cau- 

 'dal, 3.33 with caudal; head 2.88 without caudal. Eye 3 in head, 

 to end of opercular spines. Depth of caudal peduncle 4 in head. 

 'Two opercular spines, the upper the larger. Third anal spine 

 very stout and long, equal to distance from snout to posterior edge 

 of preopercle. 



Color in alcohol : brown with reddish cast. A red-brown line 

 at base of spinous dorsal. Two golden longitudinal lines above, 

 and six below the lateral line. Fins pale, uniform. Membrane of 

 spinous dorsal more or less suffused with rose color. 



241 1. Holocentrus binolatum Quoy & Gaim. 



Family MULLID.E. — The Surmullets. 

 2412. Mulloides samoensis Giinth. 



2413. Pseudupeneus bifasciatus (Lacep.). 

 Three very young specimens. Color in life : "Barbules and 

 lower -fins yellow. Dorsal reddish pink. Body crossed by two 

 darker bands ; light bands yellowish." — Bryan. Color in alcohol: 

 from head to origin of spinous dorsal a broad poorly defined black- 

 ish band running down to belly ; a similar band from soft dorsal to 

 anal ; between these two a broad pinkish band ; caudal peduncle 

 3'ellowish, inclined to pinkish. Fins all pale, except spinous dorsal, 

 which is barred with dusky, becoming blackish near margin. 



Family CARANGID.F:.— The Pompanos. 

 2414. Caranx melampygus Cuv. and Val. 

 D. viii-i-23 ; A. 11-1-18; scutes 40. A young specimen 

 106 mm. long. The number of sciites is greater than the typica 



