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BULLETIN OF THE BUKEAU OF FISHERIES. 



The colored plates are in some cases a revision of field sketches by Dr. Jordan: 

 the others were made from specimens that had not faded. Some of the sketches an- 

 not quite accurate in certain details of scales and tin rays, but the shades of coloration 

 are very well shown." 



The area represented in this list comprises Hawaii, Polynesia, Melanesia, and 

 Micronesia. It excludes New Zealand, Torres Straits, the Arafura Sea, and the 

 islands to the westward of Waigiu and to the southward of the Louisiades: but the 

 eastern coast of New Guinea is included. All the species we find recorded from 

 these regions are embraced in the list. There are doubtless numerous omissions, 

 and there are man}' nominal species which will be eliminated when the region is 

 full}' explored. 



Of these regions, the fauna of Hawaii is nmch the most distinct from that of 

 Samoa. With most of the same genera, the species of shore fishes in Hawaii ar( 

 very largelj' distinct from those of Polynesia. This is due to the long separation nl 

 Hawaii, and perhaps to the westward direction of her ocean currents, while those of 

 Samoa and Tahiti trend eastward. The very extensive fauna of Melanesia is 

 essentially that of the East Indies, with the loss of some species, and the incursion 

 of ver}' man}' others from Australia. The fauna of Micronesia differs little from 

 that of Polynesia. 



The islands whose fish fauna is considered may be classified as follows: 



;Molok 

 Maui. 

 Lanai. 



French Frigate Shoal. 



Laysan. 



Midway. 



Johnston. 



Fanning It^lands: 



Palmyra. 



Christmas. 



Thornton. 

 Marquesas Islands: 



Nukahiva. 

 Paumotu Islands: 



Gambier Islands (Mantra 



Pitcairn. 

 Tahiti, or Society 



Tahiti (Otaheite) 



Eaiatea (Ulietea) 



Huahine. 



Billingshausen. 

 Cook Islands: 



Rarotonga. 

 Anstral Islands: 



Tubuai. 



Samoa, or Navigator Islands: 



Savaii. 



Upolu. 



Tntnila. 



:\Iarina. 



Rose. 

 Tonga, or Friendly Islands: 



Tonga tabu. 



Kermadec Islands: 



Raoul, or Sunday. 

 Fiji Islands: 



Viti Levu. 



Vanua Levu. 



Ovalau. 



Levuka. 



Kandavu. 



Kanathia. 



a The colored drawings for the most part were made by Kako Morita; the uneolored sketches are the work of Chloe 

 Leslie Starks, W. S. Atkinson, R. L. Hudson, and Sekko Shimada. 



The authors express their indebtedness to Dr. Charles H. Gilbert for assistance of various sorts, and to Mr. Albert C. 

 Herre, of Stanford University, for help in sorting and determining various fishes; to Mr. William E. Safford.of the U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, for aid in the determination of the native names; and to Dr. Barton Warren Evermann for 

 assistance of various kinds, especially in proof reading and in seeing these pages through the press. 



