FISHES OF THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN ISLANDS 43 



GYMNOTHORAX PSEUDOTHYRSOIDEUS (Dieekcr) 



FiGUKE 4, g 



Muraena psendothyrsoidca Bleekkr, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. lud., vol. 3, p. 778, 

 1852 ; Atlas ichthyologique . . . vol. 4, p. 104, pi. 190, fig. 2, 1804. 



11G0I7, Canton Island, lagoon, April 23 to May 12, 1939, 1 specimen, 437 mm. 

 GYMNOTHORAX MARGARITOPHORUS Bleeker 



Gymnoihorax margaritopliorus Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 2 (1864), p. 

 53, 1865 ; Atlas ichthyologique . . . vol. 4, p. 97, pi. 175, fig. 1, 1864. 



11G070, Hull Island, channel, July 8-12, 1939, 1 specimen, 128 mm. 



116071, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 2 specimens, 125 and 

 170 mm. 



116073, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 26 specimens, 51 to 140 mm. 



116072, Tau Island, reef at Siulagl Point, June 27, 1939, 11 specimens, 66 to 

 136 mm. 



11606r), Rose Island, lagoon, June 12-20, 1939, 1 specimen, C9 mm. 



116074, Hull Island, reef, July 12-15, 1939, 3 specimens, 79 to 110 mm. 



51713 (type of Gymnoihorax taloja Jordan and Seale), Apia, Samoa, Jordan 

 and Kellogg. 



GYMNOTHORAX GRACILICAUDA Jenkins 



Ginmxothorax r/raciUeauda Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 22 (1902), p. 

 426, fig. 6, 1903. 



116039, Canton Island, reef at ocean, 9 specimens, 110 to 225 mm. 



116038, Swains Island, reef, May 3-9, 1939, 19 specimens, 106 to 275 mm. 



116041, Euderbury Island, reef. May 15-19, 1939, 6 specimens. 



116040, Tau Island, reef at Siuhigi Point, June 27, 1939, 1 specimen, 101 mm. 



116042, Canton Island, reef of ^videst shallow channel, May 13, 1939, 4 speci- 

 mens, 116 to 233 mm. 



116037, Rose Island, reef, June 11 to 14, 1939, 149 specimens, 56 to 340 mm. 

 52531, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 2 specimens. 



50079 (type of Gymnoihorax gracilicaiida Jenkins examined by me), from 

 Honolulu. 



GYMNOTHORAX UNDULATA (Lacepede) 



Mnraevophis undvlatus LACEPfinE, Histoire naturelle des ijoissons, vol. 5, pp. 

 029, 644, pi. 64, fig. 2, 1803. 



116(H3, Canton Island, lagoon. May 23-25, 1939, 7 specimens, 275 to 335 mm. 

 110046, Canton Island, lagoon, May 25-26, 19;-.9, 2 specimens 315 to 355 mm. 

 116045, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 10 specimens, 133 to 540 

 mm. 



116041, Tutuila Island, r(>ef at Pagai, June 4, 1939, L. P. Schultz and Frank 

 Taiga, 1 specimen, 310 nmi. 



52510, Apia, Sanua, Jordan and Kellogg, 4 specimens. 



GYMNOTHORAX FIMBRIATA (Bennett) 

 Muraena fimhriata Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1831, pt. 1, p. 168. 



116048, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 1 specimen, 465 mm. 



116049, Canton Island, lagoon. May 23-25, 1939, 6 specimens, 275-360 mm. 

 116052, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 3 specimens, 94 to 



280 mm. 



