212 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



F;imilv MACU(IRH.\MPH()SIU.€. 

 MACROEHAMPHOSUS Lac^pede. 



281. Macrorhamphosus brevispinis ( Kner & Steindachner). Samoa. 



Tliis sjiecifs, rcciircU'il innii Sam<i:i, wuk not seen by us. 



282. Macrorhampliosus finschi (Hilgendorf). New Britain. 

 Cenlri.iriif jiiifi-hi HilgL-ndorf, Niil. Freunde, 1x84, 52, New Britain. 



283. Macrorhamphosus hawaiiensis Gilbert. Hawaii. 



Faniilv CEXTKISCID.^. 

 CENTEISCUS Linnaeus. 



284. Centriscus komis (Mallear) . Palau Is. 



a:OLISCTJS Jordan & Starks. 



285. JEoliscus strigatus (Giinther I. New ( iuinea (.Macleay) ; East Imlie.s. 



Famil.v S0LE.\0ST0M1I)/E. 

 SOLENOSTOMUS Lac^pede. 



286. Solenostomus cyanopterus lUeeker. Hawaii: New (iuinea; East Indies. 



Family SYN(',XATHID.€. 

 COKYTHROICHTHYS Kaup. 



287. Corythroichthys waitei Jordan & f^eale, new species. Samoa. 



Rings 17-^-:>'); ilorsal 29 or 30, situated on the first 6 caudal rings; snout slend 



ive its edges parallel to the eyes, whei'e the head is abrnjil 



r, as ■ 

 h widened; length of 



iewed from 

 snout 1.2 ill 



head; eyes large, produced above profile, 4.5 in head; a sharp semiconnected ridge extending from 

 liehind eyes to just behind jjectoral base, three lobed, the first lobe on occiput, the other two on Ijody 

 plates; a sharp ridge cxfcii'lio'j }K<rk from supraorbital crest across parietal region; top of snout with 

 a thin, low ridge; suiMii.ir iln.rncir ridge not continuous with superior caudal ridge, but the former 

 extending above the brgiiming df the latter for 3 or 4 rings; trnnk contained 1.5 in caudal portion of 

 the body; color very light, made slightly dusky by a network of fine lines along the sides, these inter- 

 rupted by diffused light cross-bars on every fifth ring, just anterior to which the network of dark lines 

 is more conspicuous and extends across the back; dark lines irregularly connected with each other, 

 extending more or less horizdiitiilly Lark tniin tliicye. In life snont;:ose-red, head with black stripe; 

 general color pale yellowish; caudal lniLilit lo-c-ivd, its upper and lower margins pale. 



The ty_i.ie is no. 51723, V. S. Xational MiiHimi, :;4 inches in length. This species is named for Mr. 

 Edgar R. Waite, the accomplished curator of the Australian Museum, now of the Canterbury IMnseum 

 of Christchurch, New Zealand. 



