80) USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



])()storiorlj to half the wiflfli of the tin. Tt has a narrow margin of 

 lilacU abovo this. l)iit it has no colored lino at base of dorsal as in 

 JA llfuratiis. The name ''huo-upaiT' is applied also to 2L Iltiirdtus 

 (Forst.), with tiie yellow coloring of the bases of the caudal phites 

 interniinoling, and with a colored line along the base of the dorsal fin. 

 Another allied species, M. marghiatusQxxy. & Val., is called "tataga." 



Kakaka. LntUtnnsfnlvuH (Bloch). 



A snapper; ])inkish and yellowish, with dark tail and yellow pecto- 

 rals and ventrals; dark spot at base of pectorals; upper part of dorsal 

 black with narrow white margin, and narrow white margin on tail. 

 In Samoa allied species called "mu-mea" and " tavai-uliuli '" are 

 sometimes poisonous. 



Laiguan. Magll vaigiensis Q. & G. 



Mullet; called "lisa" by the Spanish. Head flat; scales large; body 

 silvery with slight wash of axIIow; darker above; pectorals dusk}- 

 with lower margins yellowish. A favorite food fish. 



Lansi. Apogon fasciaius Q. & G. 



Small; liv^id flesh-color, striped longitudinally with black from head 

 to tail. Abundant on reefs, associated with chwtodons and other 

 coral fishes. 



Loro. 



A name applied in Guam to species of Scarus, or parrot-fishes, and 

 to the genus Gomphosus. Scarus celchric'us Bloch is a beautiful species 

 of a deep cobalt blue and pink color; scales large. 6r(mip/tosns tri- 

 color Q. & G.: intense dark green and dark blue; snout elongated; 

 a yellow marking as wide as orbit from lower part of pectoral axis to 

 a little above a lateral line on shoulders; pectorals dusky with a deep 

 ])lue band across posterior third; tail yellow, outer margin blue-green. 

 Allied species ("panuhunuhu") are sometimes eaten raw by the 

 Hawaiians. 



Maching. Periophthahmis koelreiUeri (Pallas). 



Mangrove-hopper. A small, brown, flabby fish with livid flesh-color 

 markings, its air bladder modified into a breathing organ. It leaves 

 the water and hops about stones and on the mangrove roots and muddy 

 bottom of salt-water mud flats. 



Mafuti. Lulianus honhamensis Gi'inther. 



Pale greenish snapper with pinkish fins and tail, sometimes a black 

 spot on sides; a favorite food fish; can be caught with a hook. Among 

 other species of Lutianus, are the kakaka (Z. /u/vi/s)^ the buha 

 (Z. iiionoxfigma); Z. hengcdeii.ns (with 4 blue-brown edged stripes 

 along the side of the j^ellowish bod}^); and Z. erytlircq^terus (yellowish 

 white with wash of reddish brown; doi-sal fin with a fine black margin). 



