BULLETIN OF THK BUREAU 



CHORISTISTIUM Poey. 



This genus has liecii hithi'rto known from a single species taken by Poey in C'lilta, and named 

 VlKiriMiMium rubrum. The discovery of a second species is most interesting. 



535. Chorististium susumi Jordan & Seale, new species. Susuumi. Samoa. 



Head 2.55 in length; depth 3.40; eye 4.50 in head; dorsal vi-i, 10; anal in, .S; scales :-!-49-ll; inter- 

 orbital equal to eye. 



Body elongate, compressed; scales of moderate size, striated and ciliateil, entirely covering head 

 and body; lateral line strongly curved, the straight portion 2 in curved; .«nout rather wide but acute; 

 the lowrr j:n\ sli-htly the longer; maxillary 2.40 in head, extending to posterior third of eye; a distinct 

 jjiipiiliiii. iiUil Ixiiic; mouth large, with broad bands of villiform teeth in jaws, vomer and palatines, tin- 

 inner rn\v in jaws slightly longer and depressible; no teeth on tongue; gillrakers equal to one-half eye, 

 y.i on lower limb; longe.st si)ine of dorsal 2.75 in head; distance between last dorsal spine and origin 

 ..f soft dor.sal 4.50 in head; base of soft dorsal equal to depth of caudal peduncle, its margin somewhat 

 rounded, its longest ray 2 in head; caudal bilobed, its longest ray 2 in head; base of anal equal to 





jrdan & Seale, new species. Type. 



longest (2nd) anal spine; its longest ray 2.10 in head; pectoral equal to distance from middle of eye to 

 posterior margin of opercle; ventrals inserted directly below the base of pectorals, their length 1.55 

 in head; opercle armed with three flat spines, the two lower ones closest together; preopercle slightly 

 serrate. 



Color in spirits, light brown, with seven longitudinal lines of deeper brown on sides; four of these 

 lines arise from posterior margin of orbit and extend to or near base of caudal; the remaining three 

 seem to arise at margin of opercles and extend about to a line with axis of soft dorsal; fins all uniform 

 yellowish white. 



Life colors of one specimen Iroin Apia, dark brow'ii suffused with red, redder below and behind; 

 about seven olive-red stripes, very dark on boily, these not extending much on head; fins all plain 

 bright cherry red. 



Two specimens from the reef at .\pia. The Ivjie is no. 517.i8, I'. .S. National Museum, .!. 10 inches 

 long. 



CENTROGENYS Richardson. 



536. Centrogenys -waig-iensis (Quoy tV; (iaimard ). New (lumea; Australia; Kast Indies. 



PARACANTHISTITJS Sleeker. 

 ( I'lifinipoiiKi lioulenger, not les Plectropomes of Cuvier = Plectropumus Oken. ) 



537. Paracanthistius maculatus (Bloch). Samoa, Louisiades; Fiji; Palau Js.; New Guinea 



(IMacleay); Fat(5 (Seale). 

 One large examjile taken at Apia. It belongs to the form called leopardus, the body covered with 

 round blue dark-edged spots, none of them elongate. This is apparently not specifically distinct from 

 the true mdciildliis, in which these spots are larger, some ot them oblong or elongate. 



538. Paracanthistius ollgacantlius (Bleeker). Caroline Is. ; East Indies. 



