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115767, Enderbury Island, reef, May 15-19, 1939, 23 specimens. 



115768, Hull Island, channel, July 8-12, 1939, 5 specimens. 

 52448, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 4 speciments. 



ABUDEFDUF BIOCELLATUS (Quoy and Gaimard) 



Olyphisodon biocellatus Quoy and Gaimard, Voyage aiitour du monde . . . Uranic, 

 Zool., p. 389, Jan. 29-May 26, 1825. 



115820. Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 3939, 1 speciiheu. 



115818, Tutuila Island, Fagasa Bay, rock pools, June 5, 1939, 1 specimen. 



52281, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 11 specimens. 



15117, Samoan Islands, A. B. Steinberger, 4 specimens. 



88060, Pago Pago, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen, 23 mm. 



Tlie specimen 23 mm. in standard length differs from the others 

 listed above in having XIII, 15 dorsal rays and no blue lines on upper 

 ])art of head. One other specimen also lacked these blue lines. Other- 

 wise these specimens correspond with the others. 



Although Herre" and other authors consider A. biocellatus and A. 

 zonatus the same species, I have separated these two forms in this 

 study because I do not believe their evidence is absolutely conclusive. 

 I can find no intergradation of color patterns. 



ABUDEFDUF GLAUCUS (Cuvier) 



Glyphisodon glaucus Cuviee, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 5, p. 475, 1830. 



115806, Swains Island, reef. May 3-9, 1939, 138 specimens. 



115807, Canton Island, lagoon. May 25-26, 1939, 1 specimen. 



115803, Ro.se Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 32 specimens. 



115802, Canton Island, reef of the widest shallow channel, May 13, 1939, 158 

 specimens. 

 115798, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 32 specimens. 

 115812, Canton Island, lagoon, May 23-25, 1939, 37 specimens. 



115808, Hull Island, reef, July 12-15, 1939, 86 specimens. 



115810, Canton Island, reef at ocean, April 25-28, 1939, 158 specimens. 



115811, Hull Island, channel, July 8-12, 1939, 288 specimens. 

 115,799, Rose Island, lagoon, June 12 to 20, 1939, 2 specimens. 



115801, Tutuila Island, Fagasa Bay, rock pools, June 5, 1939, 20 specimens. 



115804, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 48 specimens. 



115805, Hull Island, shallow tide pool, July 13, 1939, 6 specimens. 



115809, Canton Island, lagoon, April 23 to May 12, 1939, 2 specimens. 

 115800, Hull Island, channel, July 7-17, 1939, 8 specimens. 



52474, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 19 specimens. 



Color in life : Body and upper fins brilliant blue, undersides paler, 

 color fading as soon as the fish dies. 



ABUDEFDUF SEXFASCIATUS (Lacepede) 



Lahrus sexfasciatus (Commerson) Lacepede, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 

 3, pp. 430, 477, pi. 19, fig. 2, 1802. 



52405, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 11 specimens. 



" Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Zool. ser., vol. 21, p. 299, 1936. 



