THE FISHES OF SAMOA. 



159. Brachysomophi 



160. Brachysomophi 



BEACHYSOMOPHIS Kaup. 

 henshawi Jnrdan A Snyder. Honolulu, 

 crocodolinus I r.cnni'tt I. Taliiti; ^Mauritius. 



161. Myrichthys stypurus Sinitl 



162. Myrichthys magniflcus i .\l 



MYRICHTHYS Girard. 



Swain. Johnston I. 



CHLEVASTES Jo 



ian & Snyder, 

 (inani: Kast Indies. 



163. Chlevastes colubrinus (BoddaiTt 1. Samoa: 

 .\ few siuM-iniens from Samoa. 



164. Chlevastes fasciatus (Ahl). Samoa; Kast Indies. 

 Murxnafasciata Ahl, De Murxna et Ophichtho, 1789, 9, East Indies. 

 Ophichthijscolubrinus/asciatus Giinther, Cat., viii, 81, 1870, Borneo. 

 Ophichthys naja De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soe. N. S. W. 1884, 4.55, South Seas. 



This species seems to us distinct from Chlevastes colubrinus. The head is shorter, 9 to 11 times in 

 the length of the trunk (7 to 8 in Chlevastes colubrinus). The black cross-bands are less regularly 



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formed, having backward projeetioni^, and there is in the pale interspace usually a large rounded 

 black spot or ocellus. 



We have two large example.s from the coral reef at Apia. 



Family MORI.\T.UII).-E. 

 MORINGUA Gray. ( Including ApliOudmh-hlhijs Kaui).) 



165. Moringua hawaiiensis Snyder. Honolulu. 



166. Moringua macrocephala Bleeker. Samoa; East Indies. 



Of this rare species, distinguished by its long head, we have one fine specimen from the harbor of 

 Pago Pago. Depth4inhead; head9in totallength; pectoral minute, scale-like; gill-openings separate. 



Life colors light pinkish brown, nearly uniform; head very clear translucent rosy red; caudal more 

 orange. 



This specimen was taken in salt water at the mouth of a little brook and was very tenacious of life. 



167. Moringua javanica (Kaup). Fiji; Moluccas. 



