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27 to 29; snout 43 to 46, eye 21 to 24, barbel 64 to 67, all in percent of 

 head length; head length; 30 to 31 in percent of standard length; plate 

 78, C M. pflugeri " (Steindachner) 



MULLOIDICHTHYS SAMOENSIS (GUnther) 



Plate 78, A 



Mulloides samo€7isis GtJNTHER, Joiirn. Mus. Godeffroj'-, vol. 2 (Fische der Sudsee, 

 pt. 3), p. 57, pi. 43, fig. B, 1873 (type locaHty, Apia, Samoa). 



Upeneus preorbitalis Smith and Swain, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 5, p. 132, 1882 

 (type locality, Johnston Island; holotype USNM 29662 examined). 



SPECIMENS STUDIED 



Bikini Atoll: 29 stations, 188 specimens, 77 to 238 mm. in standard length. 



Eniwetok Atoll: 8 stations, 81 specimens, 74 to 222 mm. 



Rongelap Atoll: 11 stations, 171 specimens, 75 to 210 mm. 



Rongerik Atoll: 6 stations, 53 specimens, 80 to 190 mm. 



Guam: 7 lots, 18 specimens, 72 to 240 mm. 



In addition, 63 lots totaling 283 specimens were examined from the following 

 localities: Red Sea, 2 lots, 3 specimens; East Indies and Philippines, 22 lots, 34 

 specimens; New Guinea, 1 specimen; Bonin Islands, 2 lots, 2 specimens; Fiji 

 Islands, 1 specimen; Phoenix and Samoan Islands, 14 lots, 76 specimens; Society 

 Islands, 4 lots, 19 specimens; Fanning Islands, 1 specimen; Johnston Island, 3 lots 

 23 specimens; Hawaiian Islands, 13 lots, 123 specimens. 



Description. — Counts and measurements were taken from 10 speci- 

 mens, all from tlie Marshall and Marianas Islands unless indicated 

 otherwise, ranging in length from 77 to 242 mm. (additional counts and 

 measurements, including specimens from other localities, are con- 

 tained in tables 80-82): Dorsal rays VIII-i,8; anal rays I,i,6; pectoral 

 Tsxjs 16 or 17; vertical scale rows (67 specimens), 33 to 38; scale rows 

 above lateral line 3, below lateral line 6 or 7, around caudal peduncle 

 16. 



Body depth 3.6 to 4.7 (23 specimens); head length 2.8 to 3.5 (44 

 specimens); length of caudal peduncle 4.1 to 4.3; length of longest 

 pectoral ray 4.7 to 5.0; all in standard length. Eye, 3.3 to 4.5 (28 

 specimens); length of upper jaw, 2.7 to 3.6 (22 specimens); depth of 



" Mttlloides pflugeri Steindachner, Denksohr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 70, p. 485, pi. 3, fig. 4, 1901 (type lo- 

 cality, Honolulu).— Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish, vol. 23 (1903), pt. 1, p. 251, 1905.— Jordan 

 and Snyder, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 26 (1906), p. 214, 1907. 



Mulloides flammcus Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., vol. 22 (1902), p. 186, 1903 (type local- 

 ity, Kailua).— Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., vol. 23 (1903), pt. 1, p. 251, fig. 104, 1905. 



Our collections total 3 specimens, USNM 55516, Hawaii; USNM 151522, Honolulu; and USNM 138601, 

 Amboina, East Indies. The latter specimen is tentatively referred to this species. Although it agrees 

 closely with the Hawaiian specimens in respect to counts, measurements and coloration, there is a possi- 

 bility it may represent a distinct form. Several species in the family which appear to be similar in alcohol 

 have characteristically different life colorations. M. pflugeri has been reported only from the Hawaiian 

 Islands. 



