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BULLETIN 18 0, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



KUHLIA RUPESTRIS (Lacepede) 



Centropomus rupcstris Lacep£:de, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 4, pp. 252, 

 273, 1802. 



114995, Tutuila Island, Pago Pago Bay, submarine light; June 1, 1959, 1 

 specimen. 



114994, Tutuila Island, creek near village at Fagasa Bay, June 5, 1939, 13 

 specimens. 



114993, Tutuila Island, stream at village of Pago Pago, June 2, 1939, 5 

 specimens. 



52426, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 9 specimens. 



109487, Pago Pago, Samoa, W. H. Jones, 18 specimens. 



KUHLIA SALELEA, new species 



Figure 6 

 Kuhlia marginata Evekmann and Seale, Copeia, No. 119, p. 71, 1923. 



Holotype. — A specimen (U.S.N.M. No. 114984) 95 mm, in length 

 from tip of snout to base of caudal fin rays, taken in a small stream 

 on Tutuila Island at the village of Pago Pago, June 2, 1939, by 

 L. P. Schultz, along with 37 paratypes (U.S.N.M. No. 114985). 



The following paratypes are in the National Museum: No. 38291, 

 Pago Pago, Samoa, W. H. Jones, 9 specimens; and No. 52276, Apia 

 Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 9 specimens. 



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Figure 6. — Kuhlia salelea, new species: Holotype (U.S.N.M. No. 114984), 95 mm. in 



standard length. 



Description. — [Measurements and counts of the holotype are given 

 first and detailed measurements and counts of 3 paratypes in paren- 

 theses. All measurements are expressed in hundredths of the stand- 

 ard length, length from tip of snout to base of caudal fin rays 95 

 mm. (87.5, 104.5, and 96 mm)]. Length of head 32.9 (31.4; 31.2 

 31.2) ; greatest depth of body at origin of spiny dorsal 38.4 (38.0 

 35.9; 33.8); least depth of caudal peduncle 12.3 (11.9; 12.1; 11.5) 

 length of caudal peduncle or distance from rear edge of base of 

 last anal ray to base of midcaudal fin ray 16.7 (18.8; 17.2; 

 18.7); width of bony interorbital 9.2 (8.7; 9.4; 9.1); diameter of 



