APOGONID FISHES OF THE mDO-PACIFIC — LACHNER 601 



November 29, 1945 and January 8, 1946, Guam, Marianas (Gressitt 

 and Ingram) ; U.S.N.M. No. 151452, 37 specimens, 42 to 72 mm., De- 

 cember 23, 1945, Guam, Marianas (Gressitt and Frey) ; U.S.N.M. No. 

 114973, 4 specimens, 41 to 61 mm., June 3, 1939, Tutuila Island, Samoa 

 (Schultz) ; U.S.N.M. No. 112047, 11 specimens, 26 to 50 mm., Apia, 

 Samoa (Jordan and Kellogg) ; U.S.N.M. No. 112048, 11 specimens, 

 21 to 59 mm., Pago Pago, Samoa (Jordan and Kellogg) ; U.S.N.M. 

 No. 112198, 6 specimens, 28 to 61 mm., Apia, Samoa (Jordan and 

 Kellogg) ; U.S.N.M. No. 114974, 47 specimens, 9 to 41 mm., July 8-12, 

 1939, Hull Island, Phoenix Islands (Schultz) ; U.S.N.M. No. 114975, 

 14 specimens, 41 to 64 mm., May 25-26, 1936, Canton Island, Phoenix 

 Islands (Schultz) ; U.S.N.M. No. 114972, 76 specimens, 34 to 61 mm., 

 May 23-25, 1939, Canton Island (Schultz) ; M.C.Z. No. 28315, holo- 

 type, Fiji Islands. 



Color in alcohol. — Body and head dusky to light silvery to dusky 

 brown ; some specimens with 6 to 8 vertical silvery bars separated by 

 wider dusky vertical bars; dark mark extending from below eye to 

 angle of preopercle elongate and narrow, about the same width below 

 the eye as at the angle of the preopercle ; a diffuse dusky spot at base 

 of caudal fin just above lateral line in adults, never developed over 

 dorsal part of cauda,l peduncle to form a saddle; sometimes only 

 faintly visible or obsolete; caudal spot diffuse in young and juveniles, 

 located at midbase of caudal fin and equally divided by lateral line 

 in specimens ranging in size up to about 20 mm. ; in specimens about 

 30 to 35 mm. in length the spot begins to migrate dorsajly, more of 

 it being above the lateral line than below; fry under 15 mm. have 

 melanophores in 3 to 4 horizontal rows on the body and irregularly 

 scattered on the head ; upper portion of membrane of spinous dorsal 

 blackish, more so between third and fifth spines ; remainder of spinous 

 dorsal and other fins light dusky to clear. 



Color in life. — From Kodachrome transparency taken in the Mar- 

 shall Islands under the direction of Dr. L. P. Schultz : Body laterally 

 dusky to purple with irregular vertical silvery stripes ; belly dusky to 

 silvery with some purple ; head deep purple ; pectoral fin transparent 

 and colorless ; membrane between third to fifth spine of spiny dorsal 

 light bluish, remainder dusky to light brown; soft dorsal and anal 

 transparent to light brown, darker brown near bases ; anal light brown 

 to transparent. 



Range. — This species has an extensive range, represented in the 

 United States National Museum collection from the Red Sea to the 

 Islands of Oceania (Marshall, Marianas, Phoenix, Samoan, Fiji) 

 and the Ryukyu Islands. 



