(;0 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



42. Sphyraena obtusata Cuvicr & \';ik'ncieniios. Dumlmmn. 



Onx^ spociiiicii from Bulaii (n... :?tll: length 7.5 in.). Head 3.1 in length: depth 6.1; eye 4.5 in head; 

 .snout 2.31. 



Sphyrsem oblu.iatii Cuvier i Valenciemies, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 258 (35i:ii. Pondicherry; Cunther.Cat., n, 339; Day, Fishes 

 Tncli;i. .-iW, pi. L.\xi. fig. .1. 



43. Sphyraena langsar Bleeker. Domot:ot. 



One specimen from Bulan (no. 3412; length S in.), one from Bacon (no. 3942; length .5.5 in.), and 3 from 

 San Fabian (no. .31)77 and 4f)22; length 2.75 to 4.75 in.). These each have 75 scales in lateral line. This 

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

 SliliiirKim. laiui.siir BlcckiT, Nat. Tijds. N'c.l. Ind.. vil. Xu. Batjan; GiinthiT. Cat., 11, 340. 



Family H0L0CENTRlD.4i. 



44. Myripristis pralinius C'livier tt Valenciennes. 



Two specimens from Bacon (no. 3223 and 3228; length 6.1 and 6.2 in.). These specimens show 6 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 eye; large blunt projecting teeth 

 in each jaw. 



Mi/rijiristis pralinius Cuvier & Valenciennes, Ilist. Nat. Poiss., ni, 127 (1701 and vn, 36(5 (48B^, New Ireland. 

 Mi/riprisli.s hkckeri Cnnthcr, Cat., I, 20, 18.5y. Sea of Banda Neira; not .1/. pralinius of Giinther. 



45. Myripristis microphthalmus Bleeker. 



Two specimens from Bacon (no. 32.50 and 3723; length 7.25 and 7.5 in.) and one from Bulan (no. 3966; 

 length 5 in.). 



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

 mens agree well with others from Samoa. 



Myripristis microphthalmus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., ni, 2fil. 1SJ2, Amboyna; Atlas, I.x, pi. cccLvni, fig. 2; Giinther, 

 Cat., 1, 24. 



46. Myripristis niurdjan (Forsk&l). 



Three specimens from Bacon (no. 3235, .3227 and .3637; length 6.25 to 8 in.), agreeing with Hawaiian 

 specimens. 



SHxna murdjan Forskal, Descr. .\niin., 48, 1775. Djidda, Red Sea.. 



Myripristis murdjan, Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. ,S. Fish Coram., xxni. pt. 1, llto;} (1905), l.')7, pi. v (Honolulu, IJilo, Kailua, 

 Laysan, and Samoa). 



47. Myripristis macrolepis Bleeker. Baga-haga. 



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; intr-rorliital 3.75 in head; dorsal x-i, 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 matroUpis Bleeker, Atlas, IX, pi. crcLix, 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 head; snout 1.5; maxillary 3: mandible 2; scales 3-37-5; 

 dorsal xi, 13; anal IV, 9, the fourth spine very long, nearly equal to head. 



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, 

 Iloloccntrum cornutum Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., v, 240, Ceram; Giinther, Cat., i, 45. 



