244 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



This species is very abundant at \'ivjn I'aL'o an^l ,\i>i:i, and wo have about 100 specimens. Length 

 3.25 inches. We have not seen tin ■ |.l:ii..ii I/^Z/m.^ /■(/■.r/,(///.s, published by John White. From tlic 

 account of Cuvier and Valenciennes lhi> >|.(in>. likf ijunilri/iifciata, has but two black stripes on each 

 side. The present species, Apogonfaxcinlus of most authors, has five (or four) stripes on each side, tun 

 of them converging to meet the middle stripe on the caudal fin. These stripes are relatively narrow , 

 and are again narrowed in two or three places. A black spot at the base of the pectoral is also ver\ 

 constant. 



Concernmg the tvpes of Apogon noiemfasdatus, Dr. Leon Vaillant writes: 



leviensd \ imiii rl d i\ j e is qu on peut regarder comme types primitif-s de Cuvicret Valenciennes; Ce sont 

 cieu\ indiM 1 I raor par Peron, 1' autre de Guam par Quoy et Gaimard. 



Lc r rem dc 60 + 12 = 52 mm. en medioere etat. en grand partie decoloro: tout ce qu' on 



I eut dire \ lent sur la partie basilaire de la caudale (No. 5616) 



L etat 1 1 I t La longueur est de 40 + 12 = 52 mm. Les trois lignes sombres laterales, se 



prolongent \isibltmcnt bur la taud lit la ■^upeneure, et 1' inferieur convergeant nettement, 1' une versl' autre en arricr.' 

 (N-) 853) 



The '-etond of thc-e specimens evidently corresponds to the A mia noremfasciala of the present 

 pajm. .ind the other, which is properly the type of noremfasciatus, is almost certainly a discolored 

 exam] lie of the same species, as the black spots are seen on the base of the caudal fin. In Apaijuti 

 imiiiliinixis of Hombron and Jacquinot the black spots do not encroach on the caudal fin at all. 



491. Amia amboinensis ( Bleeker) . New Guinea (Macleay); Shortland I. (Seale); East Indies. 



492. Amia sang'iensis (Bleeker). Fiji (Giinther); New Guinea (Macleay); Yap (Giinther); Ea>t 



493. Amia fleurieu (Lacepede). New Guinea (Macleay); East Indies 



I t'isfin-fiiiichtis jlcuruti Lact^^pt-de; Ceutropomus aureus Lac(5pede; Apogon aiui.Jaris Riijipell; Apinjnn rnscfpiiinis 

 cnvierA Viileneiennes.) 



494. Amia tsenioptera (Bennett). New Guinea (Macleay) ; East Indies. 

 49.5. Amia buruensis (Bleeker). Normanbyl.; New Guinea (Macleay) 

 496. Amia trimaculata (Cuvier & Valenciennes). New Guinea; East Indies. 



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Fig. ■M.—Amiafusca (Quoy & Gaimard). 



497. Amia fusca (Quoy & Gaimard). Samoa. 



Al«j,m,ifii.ieus Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, Zool., 345, 1S24. Guam. 



Head 2.h:5 in length; depth 3; eye 2.75 in head; snout 4.80; dorsal vi-i, 8; anal n, 8; scales 2-23-6; 

 interorbital equal to snout. 



Body oblong, compressed, head and body scaled; caudal peduncle long, 3.10 in length of fish, its 

 depth 2..55 in head; jaws even; maxillary 1.95 in head, its distal end under jiosterior margin of pupil; 



