372 Mr. G. A, Boulenger on Fishes from 



about 3 feet of water at low tide. Here the natives regu- 

 larly farm the reef by baiting heaps of stones and coral with 

 coconut scraped up and mixed with the ink of the cuttle-fish ; 

 the fish always go to these heaps or some shelter at low tide, 

 and are caught by nets and baskets. All the fish in the 

 collection may be said to be typically reef-fish, and not fish 

 merely visiting the reef with the tide. I think that the 

 collection of these fish is a fairly complete one, as the natives, 

 who have names for nearly all the fish, could only recall 

 three by name which were unrepresented, and many were 

 quite unknown to them. Some of the smaller kinds were 

 obtained by breaking up masses of Madreporaria, between 

 the branches of which they live, and to which they invariably 

 swim for shelter." 



1. Kuhlia taniura, C. & V. 



2. Ejjinephelus merra, Bl. 



3. Plesiops nigricans, Riipp. 



4. Grammistes sexlineatus, Thunb. 



5. Apogon hypselovotus^ Blkr. 



6. fremitus^ Yal. 



7. fasciatus, White. 



8. savayensis, Gthr. 



9. Gerres gig as, Gthr. 



10. Cirrhites arcatus^ C. & V. 



11. Cirrhitichthys oxyrhynclius, Blkr. 



12. Upeneus trijasciatus, Lacep. 



13. Cl'Cetodon strigangulus, Soland. 



14. setifer, Bl. 



15. quadrinidculatusj Gray. 



16. • vittatus, Schn. 



17. lunula^ Lacep. 



18. • pelevensisj^wQV. 



19. citrinellus, Gthr. 



20. Holacanthus cyanotis, Gthr. 



21. • nicohariensis, Bl. Schn. 



22. Myripristis murdjan, Forsk. 



23. Hclocentrum diploxiphusj Gthr. 



24. microstoma^ Gthr. 



25. erythrceum, Gthr. 



26. ■ sammara, Riipp. 



27. RhyncMchthys hrachyrhynchus , Blkr. 



28. Acanihurus triostegus^ L. 



29. nigros, Gthr. 



30. ' lintatusj L. 



31. olivaceuSj Bl. Schn. 



