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Genus DENDKOCHIRUS Swainson 



Dendrovhirus Swainson, The uatural history and classification of fishes, 

 amphibians and reptiles, or monocardian animals, vol. 2, p. 180, 1839. 

 (Type, Ptcrois sehra Cuvier and Valenciennes.) 



DENDKOCHIRUS BRACHYPTERUS (Cuvier) 



Ptcrois hrachyptcra Cuvieb, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des 

 poissons, vol. 4, p. 3GS, 1829. 



517G0 (2 types of D. sausolcle), Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg. 



Genus SCORPAENODES Bleeker 



Scorpaciwdes Bleekee, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned.-Ind., vol. 13, p. 371, 1857. (Type, 

 Scorpaena polylepis Bleeker.) 



SCORPAENODES GUAftlENSIS (Quoy and Gaimard) 



Scorpaena guamensis Quoy and Gaimard, Voyage autour du monde . . . Uranie, 

 Zool., p. 326, 1824. 



115707, Enderbnry Island, reef. May 15-19, 1939, 1 specimen. 



115708, Hull Island, channel, July 8-12, 1939, 1 specimen. 



115709, Canton Island, reef at ocean, April 25-28, 1939, 1 specimen. 



115715, Canton Island, lagoon, April 23 to INIay 12, 1939, 4 specimens. 



115713, Canton Island, lagoon, May 23-25, 1939, 8 specimens. 



115711, Swains Island, reef. May 3-9, 1939, 5 specimens. 



115710, Tan Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 4 specimens. 



115716, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 7 specimens. 



115714, Tutuila Island, rock pools at Fagasa Bay, June 5. 1939, 8 specimens. 



115717, Tutuila Island, reef at Pagai, June 4, 1939, L. P. Schultz and Frank 

 Taiga, 1 specimen. 



115712, Tutuila Island, reef at entrance Pago Pago Bay, June 2, 1939, 1 

 specimen. 



52200, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 9 specimens. 

 52293, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 4 specimens. 

 15106, Samoau Islands, A. B. Steinberger, 1 specimen. 

 15136, Samoan Islands, A. B. Steinberger, 1 specimen. 



SCORPAENODES PARVIPINNIS (Garrett) 

 Scorpaena parvipinnis Garrett, Proc. California Acad. Sci., 1803, p. 105. 

 115706, Enderbury Island, reef, May 15-19, 1939, 1 specimen. 

 Genus SCORPAENOPSIS Heckel 



Scorpacnopsis Heckel, Ann. Wien. Mus., vol. 2, p. 158, 1837. (Type, Scorpaena 

 nesogallica Cuvier and Valenciennes.) 



SCORPAENOPSIS GIBBOSUS (Blocli) 



Scorpaena gibbosa Bloch, in Schneider, Systema ichthyologiae . . ., p. 192, pi. 

 44, 1801. 



115718, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 1 specimen. 

 52328, Pago Pago, Samoa, Jordon and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



