Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1865). Sue-lape. 

 Canthigaster psegma — Jord. '• and Evermann, 1905. 

 As C. psegma, Jordan and S -, 1906. 



Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, ..-'afa. 



Canthigaster bennetii — Schultz, i. ^. 

 Canthigaster janthinoptera (Bleeker, ^). Sue-sugale. 

 Canthigaster solandri (VtiAaidson, 18h4). Sue-mimi. 



Tetrodon solandri — Schmeltz, 1865. 

 Canthigaster valentini (Bleeker, 1853). Su?-mu. 



Canthigaster valentini — Jordan, 1927. 

 Gastrophysis sceleratus (Gmelin, 1788). 



A specimen was hsindllned from 100 m by a local fishennan. 



(BPBM 28185.) 

 Sphoeroides hypselogeneion (Bleeker, 1852). Sue-mo'o, sue-mimi. 



Tetrodon hypselogeneion — Schmeltz, 1877. 



As Spheroides hypselogeneion, Jordan and Seale, 1906 and 



Schultz, 1943. 

 *Sphoeroides oblongus (Bloch, 1786). 



Gastrophysus oblongus — Schmeltz, 1866. 

 Sphoeroides pachygaster (Miiller and Troschel, 1848). 



Some authors refer to this circumtropical species as Liosaccus 



cutaneus. A specimen was handlined from 250 m. (BPBM 



27769.) 



Triodontidae (Three-Toothed Puffers) 



Triodon macropterus Lesson, 1829. Sue-moemimi. 

 This species is caught by handline fishermen at depths >200 m. 



Diodontidae (Porcupinefishes) 



Diodon eydouxii Brissout de Barneville, 1846. 



Diodon eydouxii — Leis, 1978. 



A specimen was captured about 100 mi north of the Manu'a 



Islands. This species is pelagic during its entire life history. 

 Diodon hystrix Linnaeus, 1758. Taula, taulu. 



Diodon /i.vsrm— Schmeltz, 1869. 

 Diodon liturosus Shaw, 1804. Tauta, lautu. 



Chilomycterus orbicularis — Schmeltz, 1874. 



As Diodon holocanthus, Schultz, 1943. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 



1 am grateful for the generous assistance of 40 taxonomists 

 cited above in association with the families and genera they have 

 studied. John E. Randall deserves special thanks for his help with 

 a wide range of taxonomic problems and for his guidance at every 

 phase of this endeavor. Barry Goldman, Roger Lubbock, William 

 D. Pedro, Henry S. Sesepasara, D. Ian Swan, Stanley N. 

 Swerdloff, and Gordon S. Yamasaki are acknowledged for their 

 diving assistance in collecting fishes. Peter Batty, Patrick G. 

 Bryan, Fa'atauva'a L. Kitiona, Ronald Needham, Melvin 

 Makaiwi, Paul Pedro, William D. Pedro, Roger Pflum, and 

 Wallace Thompson donated fishes. A. L. Phillipp provided 

 equipment and support for collecting efforts in Western Samoa. 

 Fanene Laulu, Ti'eti'e Leo, Ponapati Liolio, and Mamae U. Poti 

 were members of the committee providing Samoan fish names. 

 The committee was chaired by William D. Pedro. Tupuola Leuta 

 and Lua'itaua P. Vili also provided Samoan names. Palauni 

 Tuiasosopo assisted with the spelling and punctuation of Samoan 

 names. John E. Randall and Arnold Y. Suzumoto of the B. P. 

 Bishop Museum, Victor G. Springer and staff of the U.S. Na- 



tional Museum, and William N. Eschmeyer and John E. Mc- 

 Cosker of the California Academy of Sciences assisted my ex- 

 amination of fishes at their respective institutions. Mary-Melissa 

 Hutchins, Fuasami A. Sa'umani, Titiula M. To'omata, and 

 Caroline P. Umebayashi typed the manuscript. I would also like 

 to thank my wife, Carol, for tolerating the deposition of fish 

 specimens in the kitchen sink and family freezer. The project was 

 funded by the Federal Aid in Fish Restoration Act (P. L. 81-681) 

 Project No. F-2-R. 



ADDENDUM 



Three of the unidentified species listed above have been described 

 or identified since the checklist went to press. Cephalopholis sp. on 

 page 1 1 has been identified as C. analis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes, 1828) by John E. Randall; Paracaesio sp. on page 16 

 has been described as P. stonei Raj and Seeto, 1983; and Pteragogus 

 sp. on page 22 has been described as P. cryptus Randall, 1981. 



Eight new species distribution records have also been subsequent- 

 ly docimiented for Samoa. The alphonsin Beryx decadactylus 

 Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciermes, 1829 was caught by a handline 

 fisherman at 160 m. This Sf)ecies also represents a new family record 

 (Berycidae) for Samoa. Three new serranids were handlined at 

 180-220 m. Their identities were confirmed by John E. Randall and 

 include Epinephelus chlorostigma (Valenciennes in Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes, 1828); Epinephelus truncatus Katayama, 1957; and 

 Holanthias tapui Randall, Mauge, and Plessis, 1979. Two labrids 

 can be added to the list. Cymolutes praetextatus (Quoy and 

 Gaimard, 1834) (BPBM 28935) was speared at 1 m and Polylepion 

 russelli (Gomon and Randall, 1975) was handlined at 100 m. The 

 gempylid Epinnula magistralis Poey, 1854 was handlined from 150 

 m. Finally, John E. Randall has written that the recently described 

 holocentrid Sargocentron legros (Allen and Cross, 1983) is 

 represented by Samoan specimens (BPBM 17500) in the Bemice P. 

 Bishop Museimi collection which were collected at Fagatele Bay at 

 30 m. 



Including the above additions, the list now totals 999 species 

 representing 1 14 families and 294 species previously unrecorded 

 from Samoa. 



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