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552. Epinephelus daemeli ((Tunther). 'Uo'uo. Guam; SaiiKia: .N'nrfnlkl.; New (iiiinea; Sciluiiniii 



Is. (Si-alf); Australia. 



Of this species we liave two large specimens from Apia. Life colors of one, very dark olive with 

 many fine brown spots, gray reticulations around them on cheeks and jaws; five black irregular 

 l)lotches on back, and two balow it; one blotch on back of tail; fins all mottled and barred obscurely, 

 reddish brown, olive and black. Ten gill-raker.s. 



The other specimen was olive-gray, closely covered with small dark brown spots which arc larjror 

 l)clow; a large black blotch on back of tail; fins all dusky, all spotted like the body, pectoral paler. 



553. Epinephelus fuscoguttatus (Forskal). Samoa; .Marshall Is.; Tonga; (Ireeinvieh Is.; Xew 



(iuinea (^Macleay, as Sermnus microdon); East Indies. 



Of this species, we have 6 specimens, large and small, from .\pia. They agree fairly with 

 Rleeker's plate. 



Life colors of one specimen, olive, rather ]ial<', with rouml lirown spots which are narrower than 

 the interspaces; a dark brown nioustaelie liehind the maxillary; upper Jaw spotted; a black saddle cm 

 caudal peduncle; dorsal, caudal, and Ik i^l ~|i..tt.d like body; caudal dusky behind with whitish eilge; 

 anal similar, le.ss spotted; ventral siniiiar; caudal with smaller spots. Gill-rakers 12; preopercle 

 roundeil, feebly notched and sjiined. 



554. Epinephelus corallicola (CuvierA Valenciennes). Samoa; ilortlock Is.; Caroline Is.; (ireen- 



wich I.; Howland I.; New Guinea (Macleay). 



Of this species, we have one example from Apia. It agrees fairly with (niiither's tigure of 

 Serranus hmvkmdi. 



Life colors, margin of caudal bright golden yellow, pectoral with margin weakly orange yellow, 

 liody with flesh-brown polygonal blotches. 



555. Epinephelus macrocephalus (Lacepcde). Kingsmill I.; Mortlock Ls. ; I'onape: Rodriguez; 



East Indies; New (iuinea (Macleay). 



556. Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch). Samoa; Papua; Marshall Is.; Caroline Is.; Shorthiud I.; 



Paumotu Is. (Scale). 



Of this well-marked species, we have one young example from Apia. 



557. Epinephelus fasciatus (Forskal). Louisiades; Tahiti; Paumotu Is.; New Britain; Ponhani 



I.; New Guinea; Mangareva (Seale) ; Japan; East Indies. 



558. Epinephelus chlorocephalus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Tonga; East Indies. 



559. Epinephelus australis (Castelnau). New Britain (Boulenger) ; Australia. 



560. Epinephelus pachycentron (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Louisiailes; East Indies. 



561. Epinephelus summana (Forskal). Caroline Is.; New Guinea; Shortland I. (Seale); East 



Indies. 



562. Epinephelus megachir (Richardson). Louisiades; New (Juinea (.Vlleyne & Macleav as 



Srrrinmn alatuK); East Indies. 



563. Epinephelus sexfasciatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Louisiades; East Indies. 



564. Epinephelus tauvina (Forskal). Louisiades; Ponape; Palauls. ; East Indies. 



565. Epinephelus quernus Seale. Hawaii. 



566. Epinephelus undulosus ((juoy & Gaimard). Misol; Shortland I. (Seale); East Indies. 



567. Epinephelus spiniger (Giinther). Marcus I. (Bryan efe Herre, Bishop Mus., ii, IDO.S, 129). 



568. Epinephelus cseruleopunctatus (ISloih). New Britain (Peters); East Indies. 



569. Epinephelus socialis (Giinther). Tahiti; Kingsmill I.; Paumotu Is. ; Samoa (Boulenger). 

 We did not tind this species, recorded from Samoa by Dr. Boulenger. 



