174 BULLETIN 180, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



SCORPAENOPSIS NOVAE-GUINEAE (Cuvier) 



Scorpaena novac-guincae Cua'ier, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle 

 des poissons, vol. 4, p. 320, 1829. 



52468, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



SCORPAENOPSIS ALBOBRUNNEUS (Gunther) 



Scorpaena albo-'brunnea Gunther, Jonrn. Mus. Godeffroy, vols. 2-3, pts. 5-6, 

 p. 77, 1874. 



115720, Hull Island, channel, July 8-12, 1939, 1 specimen. 

 115719, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 1 specimen. 



115721, Enderbury Island, reef, May 15-19, 1939, 1 specimen. 



SCORPAENOPSIS LAOTALI (Jordan and Scale) 



SeMsta pistes laotale Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 25 (1905), 

 p. 376, fig. 72, 1906. 



51761, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg (6 types). 



SCORPAENOPSIS ASPERELLA (Bennett) 



Scorpaena asperella Bennett, Zool. Jonrn., vol. 4, p. 40, 1828. 

 45092, Samoa, Rev. S. G. Whitmee, 1 specimen. 



Genus SCORPAENA Linnaeus 



Scorpaena Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, vol. 1, p. 266, 1758. (Type, 

 Scorpaena porcus Linnaeus.) 



SCORPAENA NUCHALIS Gunther 



Scorpaena nvchalis Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vols. 2-3, pts. 5-6, p. 76, 

 fig. (head above), 1874. 



115725, Canton Island, lagoon, May 23-25, 1939, 2 specimens. 

 115724, Canton Island, reef at ocean, April 25-28, 1939, 5 specimens. 

 115723, Swains Island, reef. May 3-9, 1939, 4 specimens. 



115726, Enderbury Island, reef. May 15-19, 1939, 28 specimens. 



115722, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 8 specimens. 



An examination of the type of Sehastapistes corallicola Jenkins 

 indicates that it is essentially the same as the above-listed specimens 

 of S. nuck-alis, to which I refer it as a synonym. 



Genus TAENIANOTUS Lacepede 



Taenianotus Lacepi>de, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 4, p. 303, 1803. 

 (Type, Taenianotus triacanthtts Lacepede.) 



TAENIANOTUS TRIACANTHUS Lacepede 



Taenianotus triacanthus Lacepi>.de, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 4, pp. 

 303, 306, 1803. 



115731, Rose Island, lagoon, June 12 to 20, 1939, 1 specimen. 

 115733, Rose Island, reef, June 11 to 14, 1939, 1 specimen. 



115732, Hull Island, reef, July 12-15, 1939, 1 specimen. 



