THE FISHES OF SAMOA. 



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Himantura I'ai. 

 Gymuothorax talofa. 

 Echidna trossula. 

 Anarchias allardicei. 

 Anarchias kuighti. 

 Rhinamuriiena eritiina. 

 Zenarchopterus vaisiganij- 

 Anchovia evermaniii. 

 Aiichovia apiensis. 

 Myripristis sanguineus. 

 Corythroichthys sealei. 

 Corythroic'hthys waitei. 

 Corythroiclithys mataafii . 

 Microphis torrentius. 

 Atherina uisila. 

 Decap)terus lundini. 

 Caranx gilberti. 

 Amia exostigma. 

 Araia doryssa. 

 Foa vaiulw. 

 Foa )o. 



Apogonichthys isostigma. 

 Ambassis vaivasensis. 

 Ambassis lafa. 

 Pseudupeneus moana. 

 Cluorististium susunii. 

 Pomacentrus eclipticus. 

 Poinacentrus vaiuli. 

 Abudefduf taupou. 

 Abudefduf metallicus. 



uIST OF 92 SAMOAN SPECIES BELIEVED TO BE NEW. 



Triiuma 



Chroinis iomelas. 

 Ilalifhu'res diedalma. 

 Platygloff-us flos-corallis. 

 Callyoilon fumifrons. 

 Callyodon kelloggi. 

 Callyodon maorit-us. 

 Callyodon iiyrrliurus. 

 t'all\-n.!(iii nilicrriniua. 

 tally. i^Mii ciytluicus. 



Callyodon zcjnularis. 

 Callyodon abaourus. 

 Callyodon latax. 

 Callyodon cyanograminus. 

 Callyodon ultramarinus. 

 Callyodon lazulinus. 



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us saiisaulele. 

 Sebastaiiistes la.itak'. 

 iSynchii'oims lili. 

 Eviota afelei. 

 Eviota suiaragdus. 

 Eviota sebreei. 

 Eviota pruinosa. 

 Eviota zonura. 

 Eviota distigma. 

 Eviota prasites. 

 Eviota lierrei. 

 Drombus tutuihf. 

 Valenciennea violilera. 



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 Glossogobius v 

 Vailima stevensoni. 

 Vaiinosa tVmtinalis. 



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I!liiiiog,,l,ius,'orallinnf.. 

 Rhiuogobius muscaruni. 

 Cha'iiogobius erythrops. 

 Vitivola saLiitta. 

 Kclli.-L'i'lla I'anlinalis. 

 1 lil.TclcniiiH phaenna. 



Sicyoplerus taua/. 

 Hypleurochilus vaillanti. 

 Alticnw evennanni. 

 Alii. -us iiinsilM. 

 Ahi.-nstl.ala-luus. 

 .Malarias alkinsoiii. 

 Salarias garmani. 

 Salarias sindonis. 

 Salarias bryani. 

 Blennins tonganus. 

 Petrosdrtes azureus. 

 Petroscirtes xestus. 

 Enneapterygius hudsoni. 

 Enneapterygius pardochir. 

 Enneapterygius tusitalfe. 

 Enneapterygius tutuiki?. 

 Enneapterygius cerasinum. 



All of the specimens are from the reefw; we had no means of fishing in the open 

 sea. In general, we had four methods of collecting: First, the use of dynamite, by 

 which nearly all our large fish were taken. Second, the use of poison in the pools 

 on the reef at low tide; the poisons used were commercial chloride of lime and 

 sulphate of copper, the first much to be preferred, and thus were obtained hundreds 

 of small fishes, notably Pomacentridte, Gobiida;, Blenniidre, and eels. Third, the 

 use of the seine along the shores, whereby the herring and other shore fishes were 

 taken. Fourth, the employment of divers to liring up coral heads, which when 

 l)roken yield many specimens of Eiuota, Enneapte'rygiux^ and the smaller eels. The 

 larger fishes, Callyodon excepted, have been described long since, but most of the 

 little fi.shes taken from the corals arc new. This method of collecting has never been 

 practiced by other naturalists in this region. 



In the present paper are given the field notes of Professors -Jordan and Kellogg, 

 the descriptions of new species, with other notes, and enough of sjmonymy to 

 complete the references given by Dr. Giinther in his '"Catalogue of Fishes of the 

 British Museum" and his "Fische der Siidsee", and those given by Dr. Boulenger 

 in volume i of his edition of the British Museum Catalogue; and of those given by 

 Jordan and Evermann and by Dr. Gilbert in their recent reviews of the fishes of 

 Hawaii. Synonymy is given in general only when our studies have added .something 

 to the record given by these authorities. Type localities are shown in the synonymy 

 in heavy-face type. 



