A Monograph of Marcus Island. — Appendix. 129 



number owing to the immaturity of the specimen, in which the 

 anterior ones are more obvious than in the adults. 



Family KUHI^IID^. 



2415. Kuhlia malo (Cuv. & Val.)- 



Color in life : "Silvery bluish on the back ; tail with a black 



margin. ' ' — Bryan. In alcohol : general color silvery white ; bluish 



gray on the back ; caudal and dorsal fins with a marginal black 



band. 



2416. Kuhlia tsenitira (Cuv. & Val.). 



Color in life : "Silvery bluish over the back; tail with two 

 diagonal stripes." — Bryan. 



2417. Kuhlia marginata (Cuv. & Val.). 



D. x-ii ; A. 111-12 ; lateral line 44. Color in alcohol : silvery 

 brown, darker above, where it is covered with more or less distinct 

 dark brown spots. A row of brown spots at base of anal. Soft 

 dorsal and anal with a black band at margin ; another black band 

 composed of longitudinal blotches occupies the middle portion of 

 each fin. Spinous dorsal membrane edged with black. Two ob- 

 lique black cross bands on caudal, the posterior, marginal one dis-. 

 tinct, the inner, anterior one, broader and ill-defined. 



In general appearance and color the specimen strongly resem- 

 bles Kuhlia riipestris (Lacepede), but differs in some minor char- 

 acters. Examination of a number of specimens of riipestris in the 

 L. S. Jr. University Museum .shows a constant difference in the 

 number of anal rays, riipestris having 10, the Marcus Island speci- 

 men having 12. 



Family SERRANID.f:.— The Sea Bass. 

 2418. Epinephelus spiniger (Giinth.). 



Previously described from a single specimen in the British 

 Museum, from an unknown locality. 



D. XI-16; A. 111-8 ; lateral line 70. Total length 198 mm. 

 Depth 3 in length without caudal, 3.50 in total length. Head 2.75 

 in length without caudal, 3.20 in total length. Eye 5 in head; 

 snout 4.33 ; interorbital space 6.66. Lower jaw strongl}- project- 

 ing ; maxillary extending beyond vertical from posterior margin 

 of eye, its posterior end .66 of diameter of eye. Preopercle 



