'236 BULLETIN OF THK BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



I'aniih IC()STi;il).€. 

 SCHEDOPHILUS Cuvier. 



466. Schedophilus medusophagvis ('(n-co. OffSannia (( nintlier). 



I'amih STU()MATi;iI).+:. 



LEIRUS Lowe. 



467. Leirus maculatus (Giinther). iSouth Sea><. 



468. Leirus paucidens Giinther. Between New Guinea and .Ta|)an. 



Lints paucidrns Gunther, Pelagic Fishes Challenger, lss8, 11, open sea north of New Guinea. 



Family R.\CHYCEXTKID,i:. 

 RACHYCENTKON Kaup, {Elacaie Ca\\er.) 



469. Rachycentrou pondicerrianum Cuvier & Valenciennes. Vanicolo; East Indies, 



Family ANOMALOPIU^. 

 ANOMALOPS Kner, [HdempWudmus Bleeker,) 



470. Anomalops palpebratus Knir. Fiji; Paumotuls. ; Celebe.s. 



Family PEMPHERID^. 



PEMPHERIS Cuvier. 



471. Pempheris oualensis C'uvier & A'alenciennes. Miiniji; Fn a'ao. Oualan, or Strong Islaml; 



Tahiti; Guam; Vanicolo; Samoa; Kingsmill I. ; Caroline Is. ; New Guinea (Macleay). 

 Panijluiis oualensis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poi.ss., vii, 299, 1831, Oualan. 



Prmplicrls okillcnsls Cuvier & Valenciennes, op cit., vn, 304, 1831, Tahiti. Giinther, Cat., n, 568, China, .^mhoyiiM. 

 Kner. Novara FLsche, 171, Java. Gunther, Fisehe der Siidsee, 102. Seale, Bishop Museum 1901, 74. Guam. 

 Siiuvage, Poiss. Madagascar, 286, Tahiti. 

 Pimphrrls mimgtlla Gunther, Fisehe der Sudsee, 102, taf. 59, fig. b, Samoa. Vanicolo, Kingsmill I.. Caroline Is., 

 Tahiti; ntit of Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 Of tills species, sliarply distinguished by the presence of a large black spot on the base of tlu' 

 pectoral, we have about a dozen fine specimens from Samoa. Life colors of a specimen from Apia, 

 dirty olive, sides silvery; dorsal dirty olive, its anterior rays black; caudal pale within, the outer ra\> 

 dirty dull red; anal gray, its base blackish; pectoral reddish, .the anterior rays quite red, its liase jit 

 black; ventral gray; axil jet black; body with some violet luster. 



472. Penipheris vanicolensis Cuvier & Valenciennes. Pula. Vanicolo; Samoa: He <le France. 

 Pfra,.'. ' iivier & Valencienne.s, Hi,st. Nat. Poi.ss., vii, 305, 1.S31, Vanicolo. 



Pcniph i iivier& Valenciennes, op. cit., VII, 306, 1831, He de France. 



Three speciiuen.H taken in the .seine at Apia. _This species is well distinguished by the entire 

 absence of black on the base of the pectoral. Depth 2.2 in length. We see no reason for supposing 

 this species to be identical with the Indian species Pempheris mangiila. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, coppery black; dorsal and anal pale, the lobes tipped with 

 jet black; pectoral golden; ventral orange, blackish at base; no spot at base of pectoral. 



Family SCORPID.^. 



MONODACTYLTIS Lacepede. 



i/onododi/Zu."! Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iii, 131, 1802 (falciformis). 

 Centmpodus Lacepede, op. cit., ni, 303, 1802 {rhombeus=argenteus). 

 Acanthopoclus Lacepede, op. cit., iv, 558, 1803 (argenteus) . 

 PseUnx Cuvier (argenteus). 

 This genus is distinguished from P.ietlias Jordan, new genus (seft.r) by the rounded outline ni the 

 body, which is not deeper than long. In Psetlias it is very much deeper than lone. 



