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EVIOTA EPIPHANES Jenkins 



Eviota epiphams Jenkins, Bull. U. S'. Bur. Fish., vol. 22 (1902), p. 501, fig. 42, 



1903. 

 Allogobins t:iridis Waite, RfC. Austr. Mus., vol. 5, p. 177, pi. 23, fig. 3, 1904. 

 Eviota zonirra .Jordan and Seai.e, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., vol. 25 (1905), p. 386, 



fig. 75, 190<). 

 Eviota gymnocephalus Weber. iS'(&0(7a-Expedi{iou, vol. 57, p. 452, fig. 87, 1913. 



116160, Tutuila Island, i\agasa Bay, rock pools, June 5, 1939, 1 specimen. 



116156, Hull Island, reef, July 12-15, 1939, 108 specimens. 



116152, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Pt., June 27, 1939, 36 specimens. 



116158, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 7 specimens. 



116159, Canton Island, reef of widest shallow channel. May 13, 1939, 1 

 specimen. 



116161, Canton Island, reef at ocean, April 2,5-28, 1939, 13 specimens. 



116149, Hull Island, channel, July 7-17, 1939, 8 specimens. 



116151, Tutuila Island, reef at Alofau, June 3, 1939, 1 specimen. 



116150, Tutuila I.sland, reef at entrance Pago Pago Bay, June 2, 1939, 1 

 specimen. 



116163, Swains Island, reef, May 3-9, 1939, 5 specimens. 

 116155, Hull Island, channel, July 8-12, 1939, 12 specimens. 



116157, Hull I.sland, shallow tidepool, July 13, 1939, 10 specimens. 



116153, Rose Island, lagoon, June 12-20, 1939, 2 specimens. 



The next two collections I refer to E. epiphmies with considerable 

 doubt, as there are but four pigment areas behind the anal origin 

 along the midventral line and 13 saddles or spots along the middorsal 

 line. Probably these specimens represent a new species, but all are 

 8.5 mm. or shorter. 



116162, Hull Island, reef, July 12-15, 1939, 13 specimens. 



116154, Rose Island, reef, June 11-14, 1939, 2 specimens. 



51766 (type and IS cotypes of Eviota soniira Jordan and Scale), Pago Pago, 

 Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg. 



50720, type of E. cpiphanes examined. 



EVIOTA PRASITES Jordan and Scale 



Eviota prnsites Jokdan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fi.sh., vol. 25 (1905), p. 387, 



fig. 76, 1906. 

 Eviota afcli'i Jordan and Seale, ihid., p. 387, fig. 3SS. 

 Eviota distigma .Jordan and Seai.e, ihid., p. 389, fig. 79. 

 ? Eviota sealei Herre, Monogr. Philippine Bur. Sci., No. 23, p. 73, 1927. 



116143, Canton Island, lagoon, April 23 to May 12, 1939, 1 .specimen. 



116144, Canton Island, lagoon. May 23 to May 25, 1939, 2 specimens. 

 110145, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 1 specimen. 

 51708 (type of Eviota prasites Jordan and Seale), Pago Pago, Samoa, Jordan 



and Kellogg. 



51703 (type and 2 cotypes of Eviota afelci Jordan and Seale), Pago Pago, 

 Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg. 



51767 (type and 4 cotypes of Eviota distigma Jordan and Seale), Pago, Pago, 

 Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg. 



