FISHES OF THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN ISLANDS 235 



Genus GOBIUS Linnaeus 



Oobius Linnaeus, Systema naturae, ed. 10, p. 2G2, 1758. (Type, Oobitis nigcr 

 Linnaeus.) 



GOBIUS ORNATUS Ruppell 



Chbins ornatus Ruppell, Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika, Fische, p. 

 135, 1828. 



52266, Pago Pago, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 4 specimens. 

 Genus CHONOPHORUS Poey 



Chonophorus Poky, Memorias sobre la historia natural de la isla de Cuba . . , 

 vol. 2, p. 274, 1856-1858. (Type, Chonophorus bucculcntus Poey.) 



CHONOPHORUS OCELLARIS (Broussonet) 



Oobius occllaris Broussonett, Ichthyologia, sistens piscium descriptiones et icones, 

 p. and pi., 1782. 



52381, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 5 specimens. 

 38289, Pago Pago, Samoa, Dr. W. H. Jone.s, 1 specimen. 



CHONOPHORUS GENIVITTATUS (Valenciennes) 



Oobius genivittatus Valenciennes, in Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire natur- 

 elle des poissous, vol. 12, p. 64, 1837. 



52231, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 3 specimens. 



Genus GNATHOLEPIS Bleeker 



Onatholepis Bleekee, Arch. Neerl. Sci. Nat., vol. 9, p. 318, 1874. (Type, Oobius 

 anjetensis Bleeker. ) 



GNATHOLEPIS ANJERENSIS (Bleeker) 



Oobius anjerensis Bleekke, Nat. Tijdschr. Ned. Ind., vol. 1, p. 251, fig. 11, 1850. 

 52241, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 5 specimens. 



GNATHOLEPIS KNIGHTI Jordan and Evermann 



Onntholcpsis knighti Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fisb. Comm., vol. 22 

 (1902),p. 204, 1903. 



116115, Hull Island channel, July 8-12, 1939, 1 .specimen. 



GNATHOLEPIS HOLOLEPIS. new species 

 Figure 19. 



Holotype.—A specimen (U.S.N.M. No. 116110) 33.4 mm. in standard 

 length taken May 25-26, 1939, by Leonard P. Schiiltz in the lagoon of 

 Canton Island, along with five paratypes (U.S.N.M. No. 116112) 

 bearing same data, 26.8 to 41.0 mm. in standard length. 



Description. — (Based on the holotype and five paratypes listed 

 above. All measurements are recorded in hundredths of the standard 

 length, 33.4 mm. (36.2 ; 26.8 mm.) , those for the holotype first, followed 



