FISHES. 87 



Magahan. Scarus cerebricus (Bloch). 



A deep green-blue parrot-fish, with large scales and parrot-like 

 beak; resembling the dafa (8. cypho), but smaller. 

 Manahag. Siganas manahak Q. & G. 



Fish which appear at intervals in great numbers; dried and pre- 

 served by natives. Probably the "young of Sigan-as marmorata Q. & 

 G., and Siganas hexagonata Giinth. 



Nufu. Synanceia thersites Seale. 



A hideous toadfish with poisonous dorsal spines; brownish with 

 mottlings of dark brown; covered with warts; mouth directed upward. 

 Much dreaded by the natives, in Samoa an allied species is called 

 *' nofu," or " ngofu." 



Pipupu. Perds cephalopunctatus Seale. 



A fish belonging to the Agonidae, or sea-poachers, marked with 

 vertical, snake-like bands of brown. In spirits, upper surface green- 

 ish, with 9 indistinct darker lines over the back; below axis the color 

 is yellowish white with 9 greenish bands; the upper parts of these 

 bands are all united by a narrow greenish line on the axis, extending 

 from axis of pectoral to lower part of caudal fin; just above this line 

 and alternating with green bands of lower half are 9 greenish spots 

 with yellowish white margins from pectoral fin to caudal. 



Poldnon. Amanses sandivichensis Gray. (Susada, Spanish.) 



A black file-fish with yellowish fins; body elevated and compressed; 

 teeth like those of a sheep; 4 spines each side of tail and 1 on back; 

 youngest individuals without the spines on the tail. 

 Pulan. Kuhlia rupestris (Lacepede. ). 



A dark silvery fish, bluish above. Lives in fresh-water streams. 

 In Hawaii allied species are called "aholehole;" in Samoa "sesele." 



Piilus. Tylosurns giganteus Schlegel. 



A garfish; long beak. It is identical with the Hawaiian " au-au." 



Sagamelong. Myripristis murdjan (Forskal.). 



A squirrel-fish of a beautiful deep rose color; gill-openings and 

 axillae of pectoral fins black; eyes large. In Hawaii this species is 

 ca.led u u~u;" in Samoa allied species called u malau." 



Sagsag. 



A red fish with large eyes; probably a species of Holocentrus; 

 edible. 



Salmonete. Vpeneus saffordi Seale. 



A fish belonging to the Mullidae, or surmullets, having 2 long bar- 

 bules growing from throat extending back as far as base of ventral 

 fins; scales large; pinkish yellow, with bright }^ellow fins; yellow 

 stripe down side; saddle of bright yellow extending over the upper 

 part of caudal peduncle and down the lateral line, with 2 distinct bluish 



