48 BULLETIN 180^ UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



MORINGUA MACROCEPHALA (Bleeker) 



Aphthalmlckthys macrocephalus Bleekek, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 1, p. 165, 

 1863. 



115899, Rose Island, lagoon, June 12 to 20, 1939, 1 specimen, 168 mm. 



MORINGUA JAVANICA (Kaup) 



Aphthalmichthys javunicns Kaup, Catalogue of tlie apodal fish in the collection 

 of the British Museum, p. 105, fig. 71, 1856. 



115898, Tutuila Island, reef at Pagai, June 4, 1939, L. P. Schultz and F. Taiga, 

 1 specimen, 275 mm. 



115S97, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 41 specimens, 235 to 

 610 mm. 



MORINGUA ABBREVIATA (Bleeker) 



Aphthalmichthys ahhreviatus Bleekeb, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 1, p. 163, 

 1863; Atlas ichthyologique . . ., vol. 4, p. 17, pi. 145, fig. 1, 1864. 



Color pale orange, semitranslucent when first coming out of gravel. 



115883, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 70 specimens, 96 to 

 365 mm. 



115890, Hull Island, reef, July 12-15, 1939, 1 specimen, 96 mm. 



115893, Canton Island, reef at ocean, April 25-28, 1939, 14 specimens, 78 

 to 225 mm. 



115888, Canton Island, reef of voidest shallow channel, May 13, 1939, 13 speci- 

 mens, 102 to 225 mm. 



115892, Rose Island, lagoon, June 12 to 20, 1939, 21 specimens, 99 to 225 mm. 



115889, Tutuila Island, reef at entrance Pago Pago Bay, June 2, 1939, 1 speci- 

 men, 216 mm. 



115880, Tan Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 39 specimens, 95 to 

 280 mm. 



115885, Canton Island, lagoon. May 23-25, 1939, 3 specimens, 192 to 2:10 mm. 

 115887, Rose Island, reef, June 11 to 14, 1939, 2 specimens, 135 and 137 mm. 



115884, Enderbury Island, reef, May 15-19, 1939, 6 specimens, 196 to 330 mm. 



115891, Swains Island, reef. May 3-9, 1939, 15 specimens, 98 to 370 mm. 



Family ECHELIDAE 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ECHELIDS COLLECTED AMONG THE PHOENIX AND 



SAMOAN ISLANDS 



la. Pectoral fins present; origin of dorsal fin over base of pectoral fin ; anus one 

 head length behind gill oixjning; snout much depressed, lower jaw a little 

 included ; posterior nostril in upper lip, at front of eye, covered with a flap 

 of skin ; three pairs of canine teeth at front of lower jaw near midline 

 with an outer irregular double row anteriorly, imiserial posteriorly ; teeth 

 on vomer in two widely separated rows that meet posteriorly to become 

 one row; on maxillary a single row of strong conical teeth with a few 

 weaker teeth along their outer margin anteriorly; intermaxillary plate 

 with about tliree rows of small teeth and two canines in midline ; dorsal 

 and anal fins pale ; body brownish. Head 7.5 and 7.48 ; depth 19 and 

 27.9; snout to anus 3.8 and 3.8; snout to origin of dorsal fin 7.0 and 7.6; 

 tail 1.35 and 1.36 ; all in total length. Head 1.96 and 1.97 times in snout 

 to anus. Depth 2.52 and 3.7 ; tip of snout to rictus 2.74 and 2.62 ; length 



