512 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vol.42. 



BALISTES CHRYSOPTERUS Bloch and Schneider. 



Three specimens were taken in a large pool. The largest one 

 measured 140 millimeters. 



BALISTAPUS ACULEATUS (Linnaeus). 

 BALISTAPUS UNDULATUS (Park). 



Family MONACANTHID^. 



OSBECKIA SCRIPTA (Osbeck). 

 ALUTERA MONOCEROS (Osbeck). 



Family TETRAODONTID.E.* 



SPHEROIDES OCELLATUS (Osbeck). 



Two small specimens from the pools are referred with some doubt 

 to this species. 



TETRAODON HISPIDUS Linnseus. 



Family DIODONTIDiE. 



DIODON HOLOCANTHUS Linn»us. 



Family SCORPiENID^. 



SEBASTOPSIS GUAMENSIS (Quoy and Gaimard). 



Thirteen specimens of this species were taken in the tide pools. 



SCORPiENOPSIS GIBBOSA (Bloch and Schneider). 



SYNANCEJA VERRUCOSA Bloch and Schneider. 



{Einmedrichthys vulcanus Jordan and Rutter.) 



One example of this species was secured in the market. An exam- 

 ination of the type of Emmedrichthys vulcanus Jordan and E-utter ^ 

 shows that it probably belongs to this species, certainly to this genus. 

 The type has a malformed dorsal, the posterior part having been in- 

 jured, but otherwise it agrees vdth specimens of this species except 

 in color, it being plain black. The Okinawa specimen, several from 

 Samoa, and those generally described, have a white band on the 

 caudal. The Okinawa example has, besides that of the caudal, a 

 white band crossing the body along a vertical through the soft dorsal 

 and anal. The whole body is mottled with shades and tints of brown. 



Family PLATYCEPHALIDiE. 



PLATYCEPHALUS INDICUS (Linnasus). 

 THYSANOPHRYS CROCODILUS (Tilesius). 



1 Spheroides alboplumbeus (Richardson). 

 Tetraodon meleagris (Lac6p6de). 

 Family cheilodactyud^. 



Goniisiius zonatus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



2 Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., ser. 2, vol. 6, 1896, pp. 221 and 562^. 



