218 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Life colors of a specimen from Pago Pago, olivaceous, dull and pale, very faint streaks along tin- 

 rows of scales; anal dusky; caudal dull, colorless, with a dark streak along its whole margin abovt-. 

 below and behind. Anal in, 9; scales 32; maxillary uncovered; eye 3.5 to 4 in head, hence smaller 

 than in the descriptions of L. troscheli. 



One specimen from Apia had a slight brassy luster in life, and faint olive lateral stripes. Another 

 was brownish above, the sides silvery, with the barest trace of striations; fins all plain, the caudal 

 dusky at tip. 



This species is very common about Samoa, entering the river mouths and brackish waters. 

 About 30 specimens were taken. 



328. Liza compressa (Giinther). Normanby 1., New (Tuinea (Macleay). 



329. Lizaneocaledonica (Ca,stelnau). New Caledonia. 



Miigil niiiralidmiicus Castelnau, 187S, 110, New Caledonia. 



330. Iiiza waigiensis (Quoy&Gaimard). Waigiu; New Guinea; Bougainville Is. (Peters); Tahiti; 



Guam; Mangareva; New Hebrides; Solomon Is.; Raiatea and Rarotonga (Seale); Ea.«t Indies. 



331. Liza papulosa (Macleay). Normanby I. 



Muffil papillosus Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1883, 270. 



MYXUS Giiiither. 



332. Myxus leuciscus Giinther. Rarotonira, Gook Is.; Makatea (Seale). 



CKffiNOMUGIL Gill. 



333. Chsenomugilcliaptali (Eydoux & Souleyet). Hawaii: Kingsmill; Laysan. 



( Mt/xus parificus Sleindachner, ) 



334. Chsenomugil nauticus Bryan & Herre. Marcus I. 



Chxnomugil nauticus Bryan & Herre, Bishop Museum 1903, 127, Marcus I. 



aUERIMANA Jordan & Swain, 



335. Querimana crenilabis ( Forster) . Taliiti; Tanna; Pauniotu; Kingsmill; Ponape; New Ireland; 



Christmas I.; Red Sea. 



a:SCHRICHTHYS Macleay. 



336. iEschrichthys g-oldiei Macleay. Goldie River, New Guinea. 

 .'Eschrielinnjs goldiei 'Slacleny, Proc. Linn. Soc. N'.S. W. l.^s:;, .=,, Goldie River. 



AGONOSTOMTJS Bennett. 



337. Agonostomus plicatilis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Rivers of New Hebrides; New Caledonia. 



338. Agonostomus loaloa ( ilacdonald) . Fiji. 



Gouotomijxus loaloa Jlacdonald, Proe. Zool. Soc. S. S. W. 1869, 3s, with plate, rivers of Viti Levu i Fiji). 



Family SPHYR.€XID.-E. 

 SPHYR.a:NA Linnaeus. 



339. Sphyrsena obtusata Cuvier & Valencieiine.-. SajMitii. Samoa; Fiji; Guam; New Guinea 



(Macleay); Fate in the New Hebrides (Seale); East Indies. 



One specimen of this species was taken at Apia. It is apparently the species figured liy (iiinther 

 in the Fische der Siidsee. 



Life colors, olive green, below white with bright reflections; sides with two lateral stripes of dark 

 olive, the lower continuous, the upper along lateral line of rounded, confluent blotches; caudal 

 rather bright olive yellow, dusky edged; lower fins white; upper pale olive; snout green. Scales very 

 large, 76. 



