FISHES OF THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN ISLANDS 285 



115484, Tutuila Island, Fagasa Bay, rock pools, June 5, 1939, 7 specimens. 

 115481, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 114 specimens. 

 65409 (2 types of Alticus margatitatus Kendall and Radcliffe), Pago Pago, 



Samoa, Albatross. 



SALARIAS NITIDUS Giinther 



Salarias nitidus GtJNTHEH, Catalogue of the Fishes of British Museum, vol. 3, p. 

 243, 1861. 



An examination of the types of Alticus evermanni and specimens 

 collected by me and others in the National Musemn indicates that 

 Alticus evermanni Jordan and Seale represents the breeding males 

 of Salarias nitidus Giinther and that Salarias coronatus Giinther in- 

 cludes the females of this same species. 



115485, Tau Island, reef at Siulagi Point, June 27, 1939, 3 specimens. 



51789 (5 cotypes of Alticus evermanni Jordan and Seale), Apia, Samoa, 

 Jordan and Kellogg. 



52308, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg, 4 specimens. 



51794, Apia, Samoa, Jordan and Kellogg. I cannot agree with Fowler that 

 this type of S. bryani Jordan and Seale is the young of S. edentnlus because on 

 bryani the peritoneum is nearly pale instead of black, and the pectoral has a 

 row or two of black spots near its base instead of plain dusky as in S. eden- 

 tulus on young. It probably belongs with S. nitidus, as my ample material 

 indicates. Although the canines are not now present in bryani, they may have 

 been, as the specimen is in very poor condition. 



Genus ENNEAPTERYGIUS Ruppell 



Enneapterygius RiippEL, Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehorig, 

 p. 2, 1935. (Type, Enneapterygius pusiUus Ruppell.) 



KEY TO THE SPECIES OF ENNEAPTERYGIUS FROM THE PHOENIX AND SAMOAN 



ISLANDS 



la. Number of scales with pores in anterior lateral line 22 to 27; anterior 

 lateral line with a downward curve (concave) under pectoral fin, then 

 extending almost along midaxis of body, ending near origin of third 

 dorsal fin, oblique scale rows on side of body from upper edge of gill 

 opening to base of caudal fin 39 or 43 ; color plain pale or with lower 

 sides of head pigmented, this extending on base of pectoral fin rays ; 

 pectoral fin rays sometimes barred ; sometimes traces of pigment on first 

 two dorsals, especially along tips of rays of second dorsal ; on a few 

 specimens sides of body with traces of several pigmented areas or bars. 

 See table 32 for fin-ray counts. 



Enneapterygius hudsoni Jordan and Seale 



16. Number of scales with pores in anterior lateral line fewer than 20, usually 



12 to 19; number of oblique scale rows on side of body from upper edge 



of gill opening to base of caudal fin rays 32 to 35. 



2a. Number of pores in anterior lateral line 12 or 13; lateral line convex, 



curved over pectoral fin and ending under middle of second dorsal ; dorsal 



rays III-X to XII-8 or 9; anal rays I, 15 to 17, color variable, but 



