28 Fishes of the SoJtih Pacific. 



Myripristis microphthalmus Blccker. 



Two specimeus, Nos. 937 and 1004 B. M., from Fate, New 

 Hebrides. 



Myripristis phaeopus Stale, new species. 



Depth 2:70; head 2.10; e}e 2.50; interorbital 3: D. x, i, 16; 

 A. Ill, 15; lateral line 44. 



Body oblong, compressed; caudal peduncle, and the caudal 

 fin small, the depth of the peduncle being one half of eye; snout 

 extending somewhat over the mouth, the upper jaw being the 

 longest; maxillary extending to the posterior margin of iris, its 

 length 2.10 in head; bones of the head denticulate, the posterior 

 margin of the opercles and preopercles with small teeth or spines; 

 modified scales about the eye give the orbital margin a scalloped 

 appearance; teeth small; the second and third dorsal spines are the 

 longest, 1 .50 in head; caudal small and short, its longest ray i .50 in 

 head; second anal spine is the longest, 2.50 in head; ventrals 1.50 

 in head; pectorals 1.60 in head. 



Color in spirits, pinkish white without stripes; spinous dorsal 

 dusk}-; ventrals broadly tipped with black; soft dorsal anal, pec- 

 torals, and caudal pinkish white. 



One specimen, No. 22S0 (Fig. 8) B. ^\., from Nukuhiva, Mar- 

 quesas Ids. Length 2.50 in. 



Family GEMPYLID.^. 



Protnethichthys pacificus Heale, new species. 



Depth at origin of dorsal 2.50 in head, at origin of anal and 

 soft dorsal 2.30, at tenth dorsal spine 2; head 3.75; eye 3.90 in 

 head; snout 2.76; D. xviii, 20, 11; A. iS, 11; lateral line continu- 

 ous, with a big oblique curve downwards under the anterior end of 

 dorsal; interorbital space with membrane, i in ej-e. 



Body elongate, slender, covered with delicate scales, the scales 

 also covering the head including the upper part of snout, maxillary, 

 chin, and opercles; head compressed, the interorbital space flat, 

 with a shallow groove; lower jaw extending slightly beyond the 

 upper; the premaxillary reach to a line with the anterior margin 

 of iris, the exposed length 3.20 in head, the width of the distal end 

 is about equal to iris; mandible 1.90 in head; four long fang-like 

 teeth in the upper jaw% with three smaller depressible ones near 

 their bases, and a single row of 16 strong compressed triangular 

 teeth in each side of the upper jaw; lower jaw with a single row 

 of 10 similar teeth on each side, the two anterior teeth being sepa- 

 rate, larger and fang-like; no teeth on vomer; a single row of fine 

 teeth on the palatine; gill-rakers obsolete on anterior half of the 

 lower limb, but with about 12 small rakers similar to the teeth on 

 posterior half of the lind); eye large; opercles scaled, but without 

 spines; origin of the dorsal fin is dire(5lly over the origin of pecto- 



