126 BULLETIN ISO, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Family THERAPONIDAE 



Genus THERAPON Cuvier 



Therapon Cuviek, IW>gue animal, ed. 1, vol. 2, p. 295, 1817. (Type, Holocentrus 

 servus Bloch.) 



THERAPON JARBUA (Forsk&l) 



Sciaena jarhua Forskal, Descriptiones animalium, pp. 12, 50, 1775. 



115663, Tutuila Island, Cocoanut Point, June 4, 1939, 16 specimens. 



115664, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 6 specimens. 

 52342, Apia, Samon, Jordan and Kellogg, 4 specimens. 



41552, Samoan Islands, 1889, C. H. White, 1 specimen. 

 82954, Samoa, Wilkes Exploring Expedition, 1 specimen. 



Family POMADASYIDAE 



Genus PLECTORHINCHUS Lacepede 



Plectorhinchus Lacep£de, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, p. 134, 1802. 

 (Type, Plectorhinchus chaetodonoides Lacepede.) 



PLECTORHINCHUS NIGRUS (Mertens) 



Pristipoma nigrum Mertens, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des 

 poissons, vol. 5, p. 258, 1830. 



115738, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 1 specimen. 

 52378, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 3 specimens. 



PLECTORHINCHUS DIAGRAMMUS (Linnaeus) 



Perca diagramma Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 293, 1758. 

 52480, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



Genus CAESIO Lacepede 



Caesio Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, p. 85, 1802. (Type, 

 Caesio caerulaureus Lacep&de, designated by Bleeker.) 



CAESIO CAERULAUREUS Lacepede 



Caesio caerulaureus Lacepi>de, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 3, pp. 85, 

 86, 1802. 



52469, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 5 specimens. 

 Family MULLIDAE 



KEY TO THE GENERA AND SPECIES OF MULLIDAE FROM THE PHOENIX AND 

 SAMOAN ISLANDS IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 



la. Teeth on vomer and palatines; teeth in both jaws in narrow villiform bands 



anteriorly becoming single posteriorly; soft dorsal and anal fins with 



scales anteriorly and basally; first dorsal spine very minute; the second 



long and flexible ; dorsal rays VIII-I, 8 ; anal I, 6 or 7. 



2c. Peritoneum black: tip of spiny dorsal black, with a fainter and wider 



cross band across middle of fin; soft dorsal similar to spiny dorsal 



