THE FISHES OF SAMOA. 



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Color in life of a specimen from Apia, olivacemis, the liands blai-k, converging on caudal; space 

 anteriorly before pectoral silvery white, with liright luster; the streaks on head above very white; fin 

 all brick-red. 





rcm/asctata ( Cuvier tt V: 



Another specimen has the stripes darker olive, almost black, on whiter grcjimd; a black bar across 

 axil, and a black spot in front of it; a stripe from angle of mouth to ventrals; fins all pale red, in 

 younger individuals orange yellow; no black marks, except dusky streak at liase of second dorsal and 

 anal, which runs obliquely up and back; black bands convergent on caudal, the outer margin pale; 

 first dorsal all pale. 



.\ third specimen liom thesime localit\ has a deeper bod\, the black stripes more olive, none 

 Ueliiw le\( 1 ot pectoral no bUck bar across axil, a blatkish spot on lower part of opercle; fins dull 



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red; both dorsals and anal with an oblique black cross-band; stripes on caudal less distinctly con- 

 verging, the outer margin lilack; first dorsal all black. The.se specimens differ rather markedly from 

 the ordinary ones and may represent a distinct species, but, except in color, we find no tangilile 

 characters. 



