and as Coris gaimard and C. greenovi, Schultz, 1943. Coris 

 greenovi has long been applied to the juvenile color phase. 



Epibulus insidialor (Pallas, 1770). Lapega (Am. Samoa), 

 si'umutu (W. Samoa), lalafi-tua'au. 

 Epibulis insidiator—Schmehz, 1866. 



Gomphosiis varius Lacepede, 1801. Gutusi'o, gutu'umi, sugale- 

 lupe. 



Gomphosus cepedianus — Schmeltz, 1865. 

 As C. varius and G. tricolor, Jordan and Seale, 1906 and 

 Schultz, 1943. Gomphosus tricolor has been applied to the ter- 

 minal male color phase. 



Halichoeres biocellatus Schultz in Schultz et al., 1960. 



Halichoeres hartzjeldii (Bleeker, 1852). Sugale-tatanu. 



Halichoeres hortulanus (Lacepede, 1801). Sugale-a'au, sugale- 

 pagota, ifigi. 



Halichoeres centrinquadra — Steindachner, 1906. 



As Halichoeres cenliquadrus and H. noloplhalmus, Jordan 



and Seale, 1906 and as H. centriquadrus and H. noloplhalmus, 



Schultz, 1943. 

 Halichoeres margaritaceus (Valenciennes m Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes, 1839). Sugale-uluvela. 



Halichoeres pseudominiatus—Schmehz, 1 865 . 



As H. daeldatma and H. opercularis, Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 Halichoeres marginatus RuppeU, 1835. Sugale-lalafi. 



Plaiyglossus marginalus—Schmehz, 1866. 



As Platyglossus marginatus and P. notopsus, Jordan and 



Seale, 1906 and as Halichoeres marginatus and H. notopsus, 



Schultz, 1943. 

 Halichoeres melanurus (Bleeker, 1851). 



Platyglossus kallochroma—Schmehz, 1869. 



As Platyglossus flos-corallis and P. hoevenii, Jordan and Seale, 



1 906 and as Halichoeres hoevenii and H. kallochroma, Schultz, 



1943. The initial phase is sometimes referred to as hoevenii and 



the terminal male as kallochroma (Randall 1980b). 

 Halichoeres melasmapomus Randall, 1980. 



Halichoeres melasmapomus— Randal], 1980b. 



(BPBM 17552, 24112.) 

 Halichoeres prosopeion (Bleeker, 1853). 



Halichoeres prosopeion — Randall, 1980b. 

 Halichoeres trimaculalus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1834). Lape, 



sugale-pagola. 



Guntheria trimaculata — Schmeltz, 1865. 

 Hemigymnus fasciatus {Sloih, 1792). Sugale-gutumafia. 



Hemigymnus fuliginosus—SoTdan and Seale, 1906. 

 Hemigymnus melapterus (Bloch, 1791). Sugale-laugutu, sugale- 



uli, sugale-aloa, sugale-lupe. 



Hemigymnus melanopterus—Schmehz, 1869. 

 Hologymnosus doliatus (Lacepede, 1802). Sugale-lape. 

 Lahrichthys unilineatus (Guichenot, 1847). Sugale-tafuti, 



atamamala. 



Thysanocheilus ornalus — Kner, 1864. 



As Lahrichthys cyanotaenia, Jordan and Seale, 1906 and 



Schultz, 1943. The terminal male phase has been referred to as 



cyanotaenia. 

 Labroides bicolor Fowler and Bean, 1928. Sugale-i'usina. 

 Labroides dimidiatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 



1839). Sugale-mo'olai. 



Labroides dimidiatus — Gijnther, 1881 . 



Mature Samoan specimens exhibit two color phases. At 

 shallow depths they show the normal pattern with a thin dark 

 stripe beginning al the lips and continuing through the eye to 

 the caudal, gradually broadening posteriorly to include all but 



the dorsal and ventral edges of the caudal. At depths greater 



than about 10 m, however, the dark band becomes bright 



yellow under the soft dorsal through the basal portion of the 



caudal. 

 Labroides rubrolabiatus Randall, 1958. 



Labroides rubrolabiatus— KandaW and Springer, 1975. 

 Labropsis australis Randall, 1981. 



Labropsis australis— Randal, 1981. 

 Labropsis xanthonota RandaHl, 1981. 



Labropsis xanthonota—RanddXX, 1981. 



Macropharyngodon meleagris (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes, 1839). Sugale-puletasi. 

 Platyglossus geoffroyii—SchmeXiz, 1866. 

 As Macropharyngodon meleagris and Leptojulis pardalis, Jor- 

 dan and Seale, 1906 and as Macropharyngodon goeffroyi and 

 Leptojulis pardalis, Schultz, 1943. The initial color phase has 

 been referred to as pardalis. 



Macropharyngodon negrosensis Herre, 1932. 

 Macropharyngodon negrosensis — Randall, 1978. 



Novaculichthys taeniourus (Lacepede, 1801). Sugale-la'o (juve- 

 nile), sugale-taili (adult), sugale-gasufi. 

 Novacula vanicolensis — Schmeltz, 1866. 

 As Novaculichthys kallosomus and N. taeniurus, Jordan and 

 Seale, 1906. 



Pseudocheilinus evanidus Jordan and Evermann, 1903. Sugale- 

 tusilusi (Am. Samoa), sugale-manifi (W. Samoa). 



Pseudocheilinus hexataenia (Bleeker, 1857). Sugale-tusitusi (Am. 

 Samoa), sugale-manifi (W. Samoa). 

 Pseudocheilinus psilticula — Schmeltz, 1869. 



Pseudocheilinus octotaenia Jenkins, 1900. Sugale-tusitusi (Am. 

 Samoa), sugaie-manifl (W. Samoa). 



Pseudocoris yamashiroi (Schmidt, 1930). 



Pseudocoris awayae is a junior synonym according to William 

 F. Smith-Vaniz who is revising the genus with Randall. (ANSP 

 145970.) 



Pseudodax moluccanus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valencien- 

 nes, 1839). Sugale-siva. 



Pseudojuloides cerasinus (Snyder, 1904). 



Pseudojuloides cerasinus — Randall and Randall, 1981. 

 (BPBM 17541.) 



Pteragogus sp. 



One specimen, 37 mm SL. Dorsal X,10; anal 111,9; pectoral 13; 

 lateral line pores 16 -i- 2 + 8 = 26; gill rakers 3+1-1-5 = 9. Head 

 and body orange with brown speckling dorsally; brown oval 

 spot on operculum; dusky nostrils. This species will also be 

 described by Randall (BPBM 24126.) 



Stethojulis bandanensis (Bkeker, 1851). Lape-a'au. 

 Stethojulis a.xillaris — Schmeltz, 1866. 



As S. axillaris, Schuhz, 1943. Randall and Kay (1974) have 

 found that axillaris is a junior synonym of balteata, a species 

 endemic to the Hawaiian Islands with an initial color phase 

 similar to that of bandanensis. 



'Stethojulis inierntpta (Bleeker, 1851). 

 Stethojulis inlerrupia — Schmeltz, 1869. 



Stethojulis strigiventer (Bennett, 1832). Lape-a'au. 

 Stethojulis strigiventer — Giinther, 1881. 

 As 5. renardi and S. strigiventer, Schultz, 1943. Randall (1955) 

 has found that renardi represents the terminal color phase. 



Stethojulis trilineata (Bloch and Schneider, 1801). Lape-a'au. 

 Stethojulis casturi and 5. phekadopleura — Jordan and Seale, 

 1906. 

 As S. casturi, S. phekadopleura, and S. trilineata, Schultz, 



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