SAMARIN^ 



Genus 35. SAMARISCUS. 



Samariscus, Gilbert 



Gilbert] 

 ? Plagiopsetta, Franz 



Franz]. 



905, Bull. U.S. Com. Fish., 

 , 1931, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 

 910, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wis; 



xxiii, (1903), p. 

 (10) viii, p. 602. 

 ., Stippl. iv, Abh. 



82 [Samariscus coraltinus, 

 , p. 64 [Plagiopseita glossa. 



Closely related to Samaris, but none of the rays of the dorsal or pelvic fins greatly 

 prolonged ; caudal with the middle rays branched. 

 Six or seven species from the Indo-Pacific. 



Synopsis of the Species. 



I. Depth 2§ in length ; maxillary 3 i to 3 1 in head ; 



pectoral longer than head 



I. inornatus. 



II. Depth 2| to 3f in length ; maxillary 2 to 3 in head. 



A. Pectoral shorter than, or a little longer than head. 



1. Head 3} in length ; eye 3 J, maxillary 3, pectoral ij in head ; 62 scales 



in lateral line . . . . . . . .2. maculatiis. 



2. Head 4? to 4J in length ; eye 4, maxillary 2 to zi in head ; pectoral 



a little longer than head ; 70 to 75 scales in lateral line . 3. hnysmani. 



3. Head 4J to 5 in length ; eye 3J to about 4, maxillary 2j in head ; 



pectoral nearly as long as head ; about 100 scales in lateral line 



4. corallinus. 



B. Pectoral twice or more than twice as long as head. 



1. Head 4 to 4J in length ; eye 2| to a little more than 3, maxillary 2I 



to 25 in head ; 68 to 74 scales in lateral line . . . .5. sttnieri. 



2. Head 3 J to 3f in length : eye 3 J to 3I, maxillary about 3 in head ; 



55 to 60 scales in lateral line . . . . .6. longimanus. 



I. SAMARISCUS INORNATUS (Lloyd). 



figs. 7, ya. 



Fig. 295. — iiamariscus inornatus. B.M. {N.H.) 1927. 1. 6. 67. 



Depth of body about 2| in the length, length of head 3f to 4. Snout shorter than 

 eye, diameter of which is nearly 4 in length of head ; eyes separated by a narrow, 



