74 BULLETIN 18 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



DORYICHTHYS RETZII (Blecker) 



SyngnatJius retzii Bleekee, Acta Soc. Sci. Ind. Neerl. (Manado), vol. 1, p. 79, 

 1856. 



517115 (type of MicrOpMs torrenthis Jordan and Scale), Vaivase River, Apia, 

 Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg. 



61171 (2 paratypes of Microphis torrentius Jordan and Scale), Vaivase Elver, 

 Apia, Samoa. 



522G3, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 2 specimens. 



118390, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



Genus MICROGNATHUS Duncker 



Micrognatlms Duncker, Mitth. Nat. Hist. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 29, p. 228, 1912. 

 (Type, Syngnathus Irevirostris Riippell.) 



MICROGNATHUS MATAAFAE (Jordan and Scale) 



ConjthroiclitJujs mataafae Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 25 

 (1905), p. 213, fig. 19, 1906. 



116092, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 2 specimen."?. 



51724 (type of Corythroichthijs mataafae), Mulinu, Upolu Island, Jordan and 

 Kellogg. 



Genus CORYTHOICHTHYS Kaup 



Corythoichthys KAtrp, Archiv Naturg., vol. 19, pt. 1, p. 231, 1S53. (Type, C. albi- 

 rostrls Heckel, designated by Jordan, Genera of fishes, pt, 2, p. 253, 1919, and 

 by Jordan and Evermaun, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 47, p. 761, 1896.) 



CORYTHOICHTHYS FASCIATUS (Gray) 



Syngnathus fascmtus Gray, Illustrations of Indian zoology . . ., vol. 1, pi. 89, 

 figs. 2, 2-a, 1830-1832. 



51723 (type and paratype of Corythroichthys icaitei Jordan and Seale), Apia, 

 Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg. 



82942, Samoa, Wilkes Exploring Expedition, 7 specimens. 



CORYTHOICHTHYS CONSPICILLATUS (Jenyns) 



Syngathus conspicillatus Jenyns, The zoology of the voyage of H. M. S. Beagle, 

 Fish, p. 147, pi. 27, fig. 4, 1842. 



116093, Canton Island, lagoon. May 23-25, 1939, 1 specimen. 



51722 (type and paratype of Corythroichthys sealci Jordan and Starks), Apia, 

 Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg. 



Genus CHOEROICHTHYS Kaup 



Chocroichthys Kaup, Archiv Naturg., vol. 19, pt. 1, p. 233, 1853 (nomen nndum) ; 

 Catalogue of the lophobranchiate fis^h in the collection of the British Museum, 

 p. 55, 1856. (Type, Ch. valenciennl Kaup, monotypic.) 



CHOEROICHTHYS SCULPTUS (Gunther) 



Doryichlhys sculptus Guntiieb, Catalogue of the fishes of the British Museum, vol. 

 8, p. 185, 1870. 



11G096, Enderbury Island, reef, May 15-19, 1939, 17 specimens. 

 116095, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 31 specimens. 



