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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



At the time of our visit at Samoa the following species. Itj4 in mini})er. wcr 

 known from the Samoan Islands; about six were not taken by us; and in i'e<;iird to ; 

 few there is some question of correctness of identification. The nomenclature in tlii 

 list is that adopted in the present 



LIST OF SPECIES KNOWN FKOM SAMOA PKIOR TO 1902 



Fistularia petimba. 

 Macrorhainpliosus brevispinii 

 Liza cajruleomaoulata. 

 Liza troscheli. 

 Polydactylus plebeius. 

 Holotrachys lima. 

 Holoceiitrus ruber. 

 Holocentrus punctatissimus. 

 Holocentrus diadema. 

 Holocentrus microstomus. 

 Holocentrus opercularis. 

 Holocentrus la'vis. 

 Megalaspis ci>rdyla. 

 Caranx forstcri. 

 Scomberoides sanctijietri. 

 TrachinotuB ovatus. 

 Trachinotus bailloni. 

 Pempheris oualensis. 

 Epinephelus merra. 

 Epinephelus fuscoguttatus. 

 Epinephelus socialis. 

 Epinephelus sonnerati. 

 Cephalopholis argus. 

 Cephalopholis miniatus. 

 Variola louti. 



Paracanthistius ruaculatus. 

 Kuhlia marginata. 

 Amia novemfasciatii. 

 Amia savayensis. ' 

 Mionorus grreffei. 

 Apogonichthys variegatus. 



^sispinus. 

 iagranima. 

 ■iuntalis. 

 tatiis. 



Euelatichtl 



PlrrtnHiyn 

 Plertorhyil. 



Priacaulliu. 

 Scolopsis trilineata. 

 Scolopsis lineata. 

 Xystiema gigas. 

 Gnathodentex aurolineat 

 Terapon jarbua. 

 Monotaxis grandoculis. 

 Kyphosus waigiensis. 

 Lethrinella miniata. 

 Lethrinus mu;usi. 



Lethrinus ramak. 



Pharopteryx melas. 



Pharopteryx nigricans. 



Ujjeneus vittatus. 



Mulloides samoensis. 



Pseudupeneus barberinus. 



Pseudupeneus indicus. 



Pseudupeneus nioana. 



Poraacentrus nigricans. 



Pomacentrus lividus. 



Chromis c<eruleus. 



Dascyllus aruanus. 



Abudefduf sordidus. 



Abudof.luf.licki. 



Alui.l.-f.lul nniucellatus. 



Ahiidcfdnt nmabilia. 



Abudefduf leucopomus. 



Abudefduf zonatus. 



Abudefduf bonang. 

 Labrichthys cyanotsenia. 



Labroides diniidiatus. 



Cheilinus digraunnus. 



Cheilinus trilobatus. 



Pseudocheilinus hexatrenia. 

 Hemigymnus melapterus. 

 Anampses melanurus. 

 Anampses diadematus. 

 Stethojulis casturi. 

 Stethojulis renardi. 

 Stethojulis strigiventer. 

 ThalasBoma schwanefeldi. 

 JMonodactylus argenteus. 

 •Platax orbicularis. 

 Cha'todon ulietensis. 

 C'lKi'tddonlineolatus. 

 ('h:rt..d,,ncitrinenus. 

 Cli,rt..d,,nsenieion. 

 Cli.itiMidu unimaculatus. 

 t'li.i tiiilon quadrimaculatus. 

 Ili-iiinrhus monoceros. 



Holocanthus diacanthus. 

 Holocanthus bicolor. 

 Holocanthus nicobariensis. 

 Siganus marinoratus. 



Hepatus matoides.^ 

 Hepatus aterrinms. 

 Hepatus lineatus. • 

 Hepatus nigricans. 

 Hepatus achilles. 

 Hepatus guttatus. 

 Zebrasoraa veliferum. 

 Ostracion punctatum. 

 Balistapus aculeatus. 

 Platycephalus variolosus. 

 Sebastopsis guamensis. 

 Scorpsenopsis gibbosa. 

 Pterois radiata. 

 Deudrochirus brachypterus. 

 Mapo fuscus. 

 RhinogobiuB neophytus. 

 Awaous geni vittatus. 

 Awaous ocellaris. 

 Zonogobius semidoliatus. 

 Paragobiodon echinocephalus 

 Amblygobius phahena. 

 Valenciennea violifera. 

 Asterropterix semipunctatus. 

 Klcntris fusca. 

 H>pseleotris guntiieri. 

 Psi'udogobiodon citrinus. 

 Gobiodon ceramensis. 

 Periophthalmus barbarus. 

 Soleichthys heterorhinos. 

 Parapercis tetracanthus. 

 Enneapterygius minutus. 

 Enneapterygius hemimelas. 

 Petrc iscirtes tapeinosomus. 

 Petniscirtes atrodorsalia. 

 Petroscirtes longifilis. 

 Alticus evermanni. 

 Alticus sebje. 

 Alticus variolosus. 

 Alticus alboguttatus. 

 Alticus periophthalmus. 

 Salarias edentulus. 

 Salarias fasciatus. 

 Exallias brevis. 

 Antennarius drombus. 



The fish fauna of the Samoan Islands is one of the richest on the globe. In oiii 

 short stay we obtained 475 species, of which 'J2 seem to be new to science. Tht 

 following is a list of these new forms. 



