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Of this remarkable species, distinguished by the pike-like prolongation of the snout, we have 3 

 large examples from Apia, one of them 2i feet long. The long snout and comparative slenderness of 

 the teeth define the well-marked genus Lethrinella of Fowler. 



Life colors of a specimen called _/i7oa ra, from Apia, pale grayish olive unmarked; mouth scarlet 

 within; niembrances of upper jaw red; doi-sal, anal, and caudal grayish, mottled olive, edged with 

 dull red: pei'toral dull light olive, ventral dufky gray, 



MONOTAXIS Bennett. 



717. Monotaxis grandoculis (Forskal). Mumu moaga; Lonlia (a Rarotongan word). Hawaii; 



Samoa; Papua; Fiji; East Indies. 



This species is rather common about Samoa, as also at Hawaii. It is valued ag a food fish. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, olive green, with 2 whitish cross-bars; a black crescent at 

 base of pectoral; dorsal brownish, reddish at tip; caudal orange, yellow at base; anal like dorsal; pec- 

 toral and ventral reddish. 



718. Monotaxis euanus ((Jiinther). Tonga Is. 



Spli:n;i:ion ruatiw! Giinther. .inn. Mas. Nut. Hist..iv. IsTa, 137. Eua I Tonga Is. I. 



SPARTIS (Artedii Linnaeus. {Ony-iupiirya Cuvier & Valenciennes. ) 



719. Sparus australis (Giinther). New Hebrides; Australia. 



, 494, rivers of Australia, De Vis, Proc, Linn. Soc, N. S, W. 188J, 4,'i7, Api 



720. Sparus novse-caledoniae (Castelnau). New Caledonia. 



Chrimiifliriif noi:e-caledo7>Lr Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soe, Vict, 1873, 110, New Caledonia, 



721. Sparus berda Forskal. New Guinea (Macleay); Ea«t Indies, 

 (Sparus hasta, Bloch & Schneider,) 



Family KYPHOSID.*:. 

 PACHYMETOPON Giinther, 



722. Pachymetopon squamosum .\lleyne & Macleay, New (niinea, 



Paehijmclopnn squamosum .411eyne & Macleay, Proc. Linn, Soc, N, S, W, 1876, 225, Hall Sound (New Guineai, 



KTPHOSUS Lac^pfede, ( Tahinel Forskal, 177.5. ) 



723. Kjrphosus fuscus (Lacepede). Hawaii; New Hebrides (Seale); East Indies. 



724. Kyphosus lem.bus (Ouvier & Valenciennes). Vanicolo; East Indies. 



725. Kyphosus sandvicensis (Sauvage). Hawaii; Laysan; Marcus I. (Bryan & Herre). 



This species seems to be almost identical with Kyphosus elegans Peters, a species from tlii; west 

 coast rif ^lexico. 



726. Kyphosus waigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard), Vmue; Matu mntu. Waigiu; Papua; Caroline Is. ; 



Samoa; Palauls. ; New Guinea. 

 Three large specimens of this species were taken at Apia. Life color of one called umue, bronze 

 brownish, with a gray s[)Ot on each scale, these forming pale bluish streaks, alternating with darker 

 bronze streaks; no other colors; fins all dusky; pale below eye, a dark streak about it; opercle dark- 

 edged. 



727. Kyphosus tahmel i Forskal). New Guinea (Bleeker); East Indies. 



SECTATOR Jordan & Fesler. 



728. Sectator azureus Ji>rdau it Kvenuaini, Hawaii, 



