84 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



Dafa. Sfdriis ri/pho Seale. 



A purrot-tish; lartj^e scales and parrot-like beak; cslor deep green- 

 blue. 

 Dang'lon, or Danglun. Ostradon punctatus IMoch. 



A trunk-lish; body without ribs, inclosed by a hard carapax com- 

 posed of hexagonal plates; 2 horns in front and 2 in rear; bhick 

 speckled with white. 



Fanihen-tasi ("sea-bat"). Sloasodon nar'mari (Euphr.). 



An eagle-ray, with pectoral tins developed like two broad wings, 

 and a long flexible tail armed with a serrated spine. Color of upper 

 surface blue spotted with white. 



Fdmho, or Fongho. A hud elduf spp. '•Coral-fishes." 



Small and flat, resembling a sun-fish, usually with a dark transverse 

 f)and on after part of the body near the tail. Ahudtldvf diclil 

 (Lienard) is livid pink with a black band on the posterior third of 

 the body; caudal and pectoral tins yellowish white, dusky at the tip; 

 remaining tins dusky. Ahudelduf amhoinensis (Bleeker) has the 

 caudal fin deeph" forked with the lobes nnich produced; color brown- 

 ish, lighter })elow; fins all washed with l)luish except pectorals, which 

 are white; deep brown spot at base and in axils of pectorals. 



Gadao. Epinephelus hexagonatus (Bloch). 



A ''grouper" with leopard-like spots. Cabrilla (Spanish). 



Gadu. CheUmus trilobatus Lacepede. 



Greenish with red stripes and dots on the head, 3 oblique lines from 

 eye down sides of snout; each scale with red vertical lines; vertical 

 fins green with light margins; ventrals green; pectorals yellow. Allied 

 to the "poou" of Hawaii {O. hexagonatus Giinth.). 



Gadudog. Amjihiprion spp. 



Amphlprlon hlGlnctus Riippell, has a cinnamon and black bod}^ with 

 2 transverse bluish bands, 1 on cheek, and 1 on abdomen; the first band 

 of equal width with the eye and extending over the neck vertically 

 down to the lower edge of the opercle; the other band extending down 

 from the dorsal fin to the anal opening; caudal fin emarginate, upper 

 lobe produced; color tawny. Amphlprion epliipiy'ium Bloch, is brown- 

 ish black, lighter in front, with a blue band one and one-half times as 

 wide as eye, extending from neck to eye, and down along the opercle 

 and preopercle, ending in an acute angle on the subopercle; ventral 

 and anal fins black; pectorals, caudal peduncle, and fin yellow. 



Gahga, or Gajga (Spanish orthog.)- Pore.roco«<tt8 and Cypselurus. Flying-fi^u 



Guaguas, or Aguas. Mugil planiceps Cuv. & Val. Gray mullet. 



Color silvery with wash of yellow on body. Good food fish. 



Hagmau. See Agman. Muraena spp. 



