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This species is rather common in tlie Vaisigaiio, Vaivafo, and other streams of I'pohi. 

 Thirty-one specimens from Apia, Samoa. Tlie type is no. .■>1819, U. S. National Mnsenni. fniia 

 Vaivase River, Apia; length 2.50 inches. 



521. Ambassis miops Giinther. Rarotonga. 



A'libassis miops Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1871. 655, streams of Rarotonga. 



522. Ambassis gigas (Ramsay & Ogilby). Streams of New (ininea. 

 Amhnssis ffigas Ramsey <Si Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1.S86, ',i, New Guinea. 



523. Ambassis macracanthus (Bloeker). Streams of New Guhiea (.Macleay) ; .Java. 



PRIOPIS Kuhl & Van Hasselt. 



524. Priopis papueusis (Alleyne & Macleay). Streams of New (iiiinea. 

 Amtiassis jiaptimsis Alleyne & Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. \V. 1876, 267. 



525. Priopis agrammus (Gunther). New Guinea (Ramsay ct Ogilljy); North Australia. 

 Amliassisiifframmus Ciinthor, .\nn. .Mag. Nat. Hist. 1S67, .57, Cape York. 



TETKACENTRUM Macleay. 



Dorsal lin coiitiiiuims; anal spines four. Otherwise resembhng ,1mm {Apogon). 



526. Tetracentrum apogonoides Macleay. Streams of New tiuinea. 

 Tclraecntriim apot/ouoides Macleay, Proc. Linn. 8oc. .\. S. W. 18S:i, •.',56, Goldie R. i.New Guinea i. 



Family KUHLI1D.€. 



KUHLIA Gill. 



527. Kuhlia rupestris (Lacepede). Seseli'. Sanma; Guam; Vanicolo; Fiji; Tonga; RodrigUfz: 



Futuna; New Hebrides; Molicolo; New Guinea; Solomon Is.; Caroline Is.; Palau Is.; New 

 Caledonia; East Indies. 



This species, which closely resembles the American black bass in form and habits, is very common 

 in all the rivers of Samoa, where it reaches a weight of 5 or 6 pounds. Many specimens were taken, 

 most of them from the deep swimming-pool in the Vaisigano River above Apia. 



528. Ktihlia marginata (Cuvier & Valenciennes). SaMi: Fiji; Tahiti; Samoa; GillxTt Is.; 



Papua; Bonham I.; Misol; East Indies. 

 This species is found in the river mouths of Samoa, about a liozen specimens, mostly small, being 

 taken in the Vaisigano River at Apia. 



529. Kulilia urvillii Boulenger. South Pacific; locality unknown. 



530. Kuhlia male (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Hawaii; Tahiti; Tubuai; Paumotu Is. (Scale); Fiji; 



Rodriguez; Laysan. 



531. Kuhlia tseniura (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Safole. Samoa; Johnston I.; Marcus L; Tubuai; 



Paumotu Is.; and Tahiti (Scale); East Indies; Galapagos Is. 

 This species, unlike the others of the genus, never enters fresh water, nor is it found about the 

 reefs. It frequents the "iron-bound," or lava, coast in rather deep water. Our specimens, about a 

 dozen in number, were taken on the northwest shore of Tutuila, opposite Pago Pago. 



532. Kuhlia caudovittata (Lacepede). Tahiti. 



•Family SEKKAMI>.-E. 

 PLECTROPOMDS (Cuvier) Oken. (ImUs Cawkt &. Valenciennes.) 



533. Plectropom".s calearifer I'.lochi. Now Guinea (Macleay); Australia. 



PIKEA Steindachner. 



534. Pikea aurora .Jordan i>i Kvermann. Hawaii. 



