FISHES OF THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN ISLANDS 193 



115788, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 2 specimens. 

 115790, Canton Island, lagoon, May 23-25, 1939, 1 specimen. 

 52406, Apia, Samoa, Jordon and Kellogg, 3 specimens. 



When alive (color notes from color crayon sketch made in field) all 

 of body was li<iht brown, except caudal fin and peduncle which were 

 oranae with a white bar across base of fin, and tips of caudal fin rays 

 were colorless; a black bar extends from soft dorsal base to base of 

 soft anal; dorsal fin light brown except posteriorly purplish; basal 

 half of anal purplish, middle brown, margin with a black band; 

 base of pelvics purple, tips blackish; base of pectoral yellow, rest of 

 fin pale or colorless ; upper margin of eye black. 



ABUDEFDUP BEHNI (Bleeker) 



OlypJiisodon behni Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Labr. Cten.)- foI. 21, 

 p. 25, 1846-47. 



52285, Pago Pago, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 



ABUDEFDUF LACRYMATUS (Quoy and Gaiitiard) 



Olyphisodon lacrymatus Quoy and Gaimard, Voyage autour du monde . . . 

 Uranie, Zool., p. 388, pi. 62, fig. 7, 1825. 



52206, Pago Pago, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 1 specimen. 

 15107, Samoan Islands, A. B. Steinberger, 1 specimen. 



The three small specimens (U.S.N.M. No. 15107) identified by 

 Fowler and Bean in U.S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 100, vol. T, p. 147, as 

 Abvdefduf unhnaculatus cannot be that species as they have XII 

 dorsal spines. One I refer to A. lacrymatus and the other two to 

 P. a. ecUpf'icus. It is probable that A. unimaculatus does not occur 

 among the Samoan Islands. 



ABUDEFDUF IMPARIPENNIS (Vaillant and Sauvage) 



Olyphisodon imparipennis Vaillant and Sauvage, Rev. Mag. Zool., ser. 3, vol. 

 3, p. 270, 1875. 



115774, Swains Island, reef, May 3-9, 1939, 22 specimens. 

 115778, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 24 specimens. 

 115773, Hull Island, reef, July 12-15, 1939, 14 specimens. 



115775, Hull Island, channel, July 8-12, 1939, 4 specimens. 

 115772, Hull Island, channel, July 7-17, 1939, 6 specimens. 



115777, Canton Island, reef at ocean, April 25-28, 1939, 12 specimens. 



115776, Enderbury Island, reef. May 15-19, 1939, 33 specimens. 



50703 (type of Chromis claplirus Jenkins), Honolulu, also referred to this 

 species. 



Order PHARYNGOGNATHI 

 Family LABRIDAE 



KEY TO THE GENERA OF LABRmAE REPORTED FROM THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN 

 ISLANDS. BASED ON SPECIMENS IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 



la. Snout produced, somewhat tubular, its length about ly^ times postorbital 

 length of head; length of lower jaw shorter than head; scales large, 

 about 27 or 28 rows from upper edge of giU opening to base of caudal fin 

 rays; lateral line continuous, with abrupt downward bend posteriorly; 



