60 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



42. Sphyraena obtusata Cuvicr ec Valenciennes. Dumbusan. 



One specimen from Bulan (no. 3411; length 7.S in.). Head 3.1 in length; depth 6.1 ; eye 1.5 in liead: 



snout 2.34. 



Sphyrxna obtusata Cuvier & Valenciennes. Hist. .Nat. I'oiss., m. 2:>s (350 . Pondicherry: Gunther, Cat., n, 339; Day. Fishes 

 India. 343. pi. lx.xi, fig. 5. 



43. Sphyraena langsar Bleeker. Domosot. 



( in, specimen IV Bulan (no. 3412: length 8 in.), one from Bacon (do. 3942; length 5.5 in. I, and 3 from 



San Fabian (no. 31177 and 4022; length 2.75 to 4.75 in.). These eaeli have 75 scales in lateral line. This 

 species is distinguished from S. obtusata by the longer snout and smaller scales. 

 Sphyrxna langsar Bleeker. Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., vn. 367, Batjan; Gunther, Cat., II, 340. 



Family H0L0CEXTK1IU:. 



44. Myripristis pralinius Cuvicr & \ alenciennes. 



Two specimens from Bacon (no. 3223 and 322s ; length 6.1 and 6.2 in.). These specimens show (i indistinct 

 yellowish longitudinal stripes below the lateral line. Depth 2.45 in length: head 3.25; eye 2 in head: snout 

 6.75; scales 4-3S-6: dorsal x-i, 15; anal iv. 14: eye 6.1 in head; snout 3.5 in eve; large blunt projecting teeth 

 in each jaw. 



Myripristis pralinius Cm let & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poias., in, 127 ( 170 and vn. 366 (486), New Ireland. 

 Myripristis bleekeri Gflnther, Cat., 1, 20, 1S59. Sea of Banda Neira; not -1/. pralinius of Gunther. 



45. Myripristis microphthalmus Bleeker. 



Two specimens from Bacon (no. 3250 and 3723: length 7.25 and 7.5 in.) and one from Bulan in 

 length 5 in.). 



Head 3.25 in length; depth 2.45; eye 7 in head; scales 4-29-6: dorsal x-l, 14; anal IV, 12. These spi i 

 mens agree well with others from Samoa. 



Myripristis microphthalmv Bleeker, Nat rijds. Ned. In 1., m. 261, 1852, Amboyna; Atlas, ix. pi. i cclviu, rig. 2: Gflnther, 

 Cat., i. 24. 



46. Myripristis murdjan I Forskal) 



Three speci ns from Bacon (no, 3235. 3227 and 3637; length 625 to 8 in I, agreeing with Hawaiian 



specimens. 



Scisena murdjan Forsk'al, Descr Vnim., 4s. 1775, Djidda. Red Sea.. 



Myripristis murdjan, rordan >v Evermann, Bull. U.S. FishComm., xxui.pt. 1, 1903 (1905), 157, pi. v 1 Honolulu, Hilo, Kailua, 

 Laysan, and Samoa). 



47. Myripristis macrolepis Bleeker. Baga.-ha.ga. 



One specimen (no 3363 length 5.75 in.), from Zamboanga. 



Head 3 in length: depth 2.3; eye 2.01 in head: snout 3 in eye. interorbital 3.75 in head; dorsal x-l, 15; 

 anal iv, 12; scales 3-29-5, 6 scales in front of dorsal; maxillary 1.75 in head, its distal end under posterior 

 margin of pupil. 

 Myripristis macrolepis Bleeker, wi.is, ix, pi. ccclix, fig. 3. 



48. Holocentrus cornutus Bleeker. 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 6919: length 5.25 in.) and one from Bulan (no. 6928; length 6.75 in. 



Head 3.2 in length; depth 2.8; eye 2.55 in In ad: snoul 1.5: maxillary 3: mandible 2 scales 3 37 5 

 dorsal xi, 13; anal iv, 9, the fourth spine very long, qi arl\ equal to b< ad. 



Color in spirits, yellowish, with dark longitudinal lines, the third from dorsal terminating in a dark caudal 

 spot ; membranes of spinous dorsal dark, first webs of anal black: outer margins of caudal dark. 

 Holocfntrum cornutum Bleeker. Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind.. v, 240, Ceram; Oiinther. Cat.. I. 45. 



