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5b. Greatest depth 45 to 53, head 13 to 15; anus to anal and dorsal (irigins 

 13 to 18 times, all in total length. Head 3% to 4%, depth 15 to 17 in 

 tail. Snout G or 7, eye 34 to 37, anus to anal origin '^io to l%o in 

 head. Eye 5 to G in snout and larger than pectoral fin. Ahout 98 

 pores in lateral line, incomplete last third of tail 



Moring'ua abbreviata (Bleeker'* 



MORINGUA BICOLOR Kaup 



Moringua bicolor Kaup, Catalogue of the apodal fish in the collection of the 

 British Museum, p. 107, 1856. 



115900, Rose Island, lagoon, June 12 to 20, 1939, 1 specimen, 195 mm. 



115901, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 3 specimens. 285, 295, 

 and 245 mm. 



MORINGUA MACROCHIR Biceker 



Moringua macrochir Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., vol. 9, p. 71, 1855 ; Atlas 

 ichthyologique, vol. 4, p. 15, pi. 147, fig. 4, 1864. 



Origin of dorsal and anal over each other and about % length of 

 head behind anus; dorsal and anal interrupted beginning near end 

 of tail and continuous with caudal fin ; depth 36 to 39 ; head 9% and 

 11; anus to anal origin 16 and 13; anus to tip of tail 31/5 and 3% ; all 

 in total length ; eye 2 in snout ; pectoral fin 4 to 5i/^ in head ; lower 

 jaw a little longer than upper; dorsal half of body blackish, below 

 pale ; dorsal fin pale ; caudal fin blackish as in M. hicolor. 



115894, Canton Island, reef at ocean, April 25-26, 1939, 1 specimen, 160 mm. 

 115896, Enderbury Island, reef. May 15-19, 1939, 1 specimen, 155 mm. 



115895, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 2 specimens, 135 and 

 153 mm. 



MORINGUA MICROCHIR Bleeker 



FiGUEE 2, g 



Moringua microchir Bleekee, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., vol. 4, p. 124, 1853. 



Origin of dorsal about % of head behind that of anal, both fins 

 not interrupted behind their anterior part where rays are visible but 

 continue as a fold to join the caudal fin ; origin of anal % of head be- 

 hind anus, that of dorsal one head length behind anus; head lOy^; 

 depth 48; anus to anal, 14i/n ; •'mvis to dorsal lO-y^ ; tail (anus to tip of 

 caudal fin) 3% ; all in total length. Pectoral 20 in head, and snout 8 ; 

 eye 4 in snout, and embedded; color plain. 



115903, Canton Island, reef of widest shallow channel, May 13, 1939, 1 specimen, 

 245 mm. 



115902, Enderbury Island, roof, May 15 to 19, 1939, 1 specimen, 275 mm. 

 52232 {Moringua macrnccphala as recorded by Jordan and Seale), 1 specimen, 



Pago Pago, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg. 



