FISHES OF THE PHOEXIX AND SAMOAN ISLANDS ( 



EULAMIA MELANOPTERA (Quoy and Gaimaid) 



Carcharias mclanopicrus Quoy and Gaimard, Voyngo antoiir du moude . . . 

 Uranie, Poissons, p. 194, pi. 43, figs. 1-2. 1824. 



115286, Canton Island, lagoon, JNIay 24, 1939, 1 specimen. 



115287, Hull Island, channel, July 10, 1939, 1 specimen. 

 115285, Hull Island, channel, July 11, 1939, 1 specimen. 



Genus TRIAENODON Muller and Henle 



Triaenodon Muixer and Henle, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, vol. 2, p. 113, 1837 ; 

 Syst. Besehreib. Plagiost., p. 55, 1838. (Type, Ciirclnuias ohesus 

 Riippell.) 



TRIAENODON OBESUS (Ruppell) 



Carcharias obesus Ruppexl, Neue Wirbelthiere, Fisclie., p. 64, pi. 18. fig. 2. 1835. 



115284, off Enderbury Island, July 16, 1939, 2 specimens, total length about 

 465 mm., removed from a large female by Arthur Petit and preserved by him. A 

 large male was also caught but not saved. 



Order ISOSPONDYLI 

 Family ALBULIDAE 



Genus ALBULA Bloch 



Albiila ScoPOLi, Introductio ad historiam naturalem, p. 450, 1777. (No type 



given; on Albula Gronow, Zoophylacii, p. 102, 1763.) 

 Alhula Bloch, in Schneider, Systema ichthyologia. . . ., p. 433, 1801. (Type, 



Albula conorhyncl\us=Esox vulprs Linnaeus.) 



ALBULA VULPES (Linnaeus) 



E.WX vtdpes Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 313, 1758. 



115185 and 115187, Canton Island lagoon, May 25-26, 1939, 2 specimens. 

 115186, Canton Island, reef on oceanside, April 28, 1939, 2 specimens. 



Family DUSSUMIERIDAE 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF DUSSUMIERIDAE FOUND IN THE PHOENIX AND 



SAMOAN ISLANDS 



Irt. Sides with a black lateral band, its width equal to two-thirds diameter of 

 eye, area above and below this white ; origin of dorsal nearer to end of 

 snout than to base of caudal fin by a distance equal to diameter of eye ; 

 gill rakers 7+1+19 to 21 ; anal rays 10 or 11 ; dorsal rays 11 or 12 ; scales 

 42 to 44 ; pectoral 12 ; axillary scale of pectoral is contained in maxillaries 

 1% times ; pelvics inserted under middle of depressed length of dorsal 

 or under last quarter of base of dorsal fin ; snout squal to eye, and twice 

 in head; head about 4y- in standard length, depth about 6.9; length of 

 anal base a little longer than snout and same length as base of dorsal 

 fin; maxillaries extend a short distance behind front of eye; distance 

 from insertion of pectorals to pelvics equal to distance from insertion of 

 pelvics to a point one-third the way along anal fin base; deep notch on 



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