FISHES OF THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN ISLANDS 



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Genus BOTHUS Rafinesque 



Bothus Rafinesque, Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e miove specie di auimali 

 e piaute della Siciiin, p. 23, 1810. (Type, Bothus rumolo Rafinesque.) 



BOTHUS MANCUS (Broussonet) 



Pleuronectes mancus Broussonet, Ichthylogia . . ., [no pagination], pi., 1782. 



An adult female, 257 mm. in standard length, with eggs about 1 

 mm. in diameter, has the upper rays of the pectoral elongated and a 

 spine on the snout and one on the upper margin of the eye. 



Table 5 records counts made on specimens of Bothus mancus from 

 the collections listed below. 



115218, Canton Island, lagoon, jMay 23-26, 1939, 2 specimens. 



115221, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 3 specimens. 



115222, Canton Island, lagoon, April 23 to May 12, 1939, 1 specimen. 

 115220. Swains Island, reef. May 3-9, 1939, 1 specimen. 



115219, Canton Island, reef on ocean sid'^, April 2r)-28, 1939, 1 .specimen. 

 115217, Hull Island, channel, July 8-12, 1939, 10 specimens. 



115216, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 2 specimens. 



52500, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 2 specimens. 



BOTHUS PANTHERINUS (Riippell) 



RJiombus pantherinus Ruppell, Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika, Fisclie, 

 p. 121, pi. 3, fig. 1, 1S28. 



115215, Canton Island, lagoon. May 23 to 20, 1939, 5 specimens. 



115213, Canton Island, lagoon, April 23 to May 12, 1939, 2 specimens. 



115214, Hull Island, channel, July 8-12, 1939, 1 specimen. 



52501, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 2 specimens. 



Table 5. — Counts made on specimens of Bothus 



Family SOLEIDAE 



A small sole, 45 mm. in total length and 35 mm. in standard length, 

 was taken in a channel on Hull Island. This specimen has 73 dorsal 



