90 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NA TIONAL MUSEUM. vol. xxxii. 



vomer. PscLidobranchiie laigo; gillrakers 7+28, long and slender. 

 Peritoneum silvery. Barbels extending posteriorly to a point below 

 tip of opercular spine Scales weakly ctenoid; head completely scaled, 

 the scales of snout and jaws deeply embedded, usually invisible; 2 rows 

 of scales above lateral line, 5 between lateral line and base of anal. 

 First dorsal spine minute, the third longest, If in head. Height of 

 soft dorsal about 3 in head; last ray elongate, reaching base of caudal. 

 Anal equal to dorsal in height, the last ray elongate but not quite 

 reaching base of caudal. Caudal forked, the lobes obtusely pointed, 

 li in head. Ventrals pointed, nearly reaching vent. Pectorals, 1^ 

 in head. 



Color in alcohol, dusky; 4 dark, saddle-shaped bars across back and 

 extending downward below lateral line; the first rather faint, below 

 middle of base of spinous dorsal two faint dark shades before this; 

 the second a little more definite, between dorsals; the third below 

 anterior part of soft dorsal, the fourth on caudal peduncle; a light 

 yellowish band between the last 2 dark ones; spinous dorsal dusky; 

 soft dorsal blackish anteriorly and posteriorly, the lighter parts with 

 narrow dusky stripes; anal with narrow dusky stripes, those nearer 

 edge of fin more prominent; anterior portions of ventrals dusky. 



Described from a Samoan specimen 220 mm. long. 



Color in life dusky, purplish red, with A darker crossbands; dorsals clouded with 

 dusky; second dorsal with blue and yellow streaks at tip; caudal dark brown, edged 

 with black above and below; anal pale violet, with 4 violet and 4 light yellow streaks; 

 ventral red, with a purple black edge; pectoral bright golden orange. 



This species, common in the East Indies and in the South Seas, seems never to 

 have received a distinctive name. The name Irifasclatus certainly belongs to Pseu- 

 dupeneus Mfasciatus, while that of midtifasciatus was given to the common moana of 

 the Hawaiian Islands. — Jordan. 



{rnoana^ Samoan name, meaning the sea.) 



2. PSEUDUPENEUS ISCHYRUS Snyder, new species. 



Habitat. — Bay of Tokyo. 



Head 3| in length to base of caudal; depth 2y^o; depth of caudal 

 peduncle 7|; eye 4i in head; width interorbital space 8|; length 

 snout 2; maxillary 3; D. VIll-9; A. 7; scales in lateral line 28. 



Bod}^ nota])ly deep, dorsal outline gently sloping from snout to 

 spinous dorsal. Eye located nearer border of opercle than tip of 

 snout, a distance equal to half the diameter of orbit. Interorbital area 

 very convex. Snout pointed; jaws equal; lips broad; maxillary con- 

 cealed for the greater part of its length by upper lip and overhanging 

 preorbital, not nearl}^ reaching a vertical through anterior edge of 

 orbit. Teeth on jaws a single row of small, widely spaced, blunt 

 canines; palatines and vomer without teeth. Pseudobranchise large; 

 gillrakers 6+23, long, slender, flattened toward their bases. Peri- 

 toneum light. Barbels extending posteriorly to edge of preopercle. 



