278 BULLETIN (IK THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Family CIKKHITIU.^. 

 CHEILODACTYLTIS Cavier. 



788. Cheilodactylus vittatus (iarrett. Hawaii. 



CIEEHITUS Lac^pede. 



789. Cirrhitus marmoratus Lacepede. Polali. Hawaii; Rarotonga; Samoa. 



This species, very common at Hawaii, is not rare about the reefs of Samoa. Six specimens w^ere 

 taken at Apia. 



790. Cirrhitus oxycephalus J'.eiinett. Bonliam I.; Marshall group; F-ast Indies. 



PARACIREHITES Bleeker. 



791. Paracirrliites forsteri (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Hawaii; Marquesas Is. (Seale). 



792. Paracirrhites arcatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Hawaii; New Ciuinea. 



793. Paraoirrhites cinctus (Giinther). Hnvaii. 



794. Paraoirrhites hemistictus (Giinther). Kingsniill I.; Tahiti. 

 Cirrhilcs hcmislictus Giinther, Fische der Sudsee. 69, taf. .50, tig. B, Kingsmill, Tahiti. 



795. Paracirrhites polystictus (Giinther). Tahiti; Kingsmill I. 

 Cirrhites pulystictus GuTtther, Fische der Stidsee, 70, taf. .50. fig. a, Kingsmill, Tahiti. 



796. Paraoirrhites melanotus (Giinther). Tahiti; Raiatea. 



ai rhiles mclanotus GiiiitheT, Fische der Siidsee, 72, taf. 82, fig. c, 1873, Tahiti, Raiatea. 



797. Paraoirrhites punctatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Savaii (Kner, Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien 1868, 



16).. 

 This species, obtained at Samoa l)y Kner, was not seen by us. 

 CIRRHITOIDEA Jenkins. 



798. Cirrhitoidea bimacula Jenkins. Hawaii. 



Family P(IMACE.\TRII).€. 

 PREMNAS Cuvier. 



799. Premnas biaculeatus (IMoch). New Guinea (^lacleay ); East Indies. 



AMFHIPRION Bloch & Schneider. 



800. Amphiprion melanopus Bleeker. Samoa; Tonga; Ponape; Solomon Is.; Guam; Wood- 



lark I.: New (h.iiiea; East Indies; D'Entrecasteaux Is. (Macleay.) 

 Ami>liipno}i mehuwpiis Bleeker, Amboina, Nat. Tijds. Ind., in, 561, Amboma. Gunther, Cat., iv, 8. 

 Prochilus melanopus Bleeker. Atlas, Pomacentridse, 26, tab. cccci, tig. 7, 1877, Singapore. Ceram, Ternate, Amboini 



Solnr. New Guinea. 

 Amphi]"i">' t,,if,i,i,i„m Gunther, Fische der Sudsee, 225, Tonga, Samoa, Ponape, Solomon Is. Seale, Bishop 



Mn- 1-1 -' '.n„m, not of Bloch. 



AmpI,,. ' ,. rhloUiire, Fauna Woodlark, 198, 1857, Woodlark I. 



Of this ^1M ' I. - 1 ill I I Kcimens were taken by us at Apia, and one at Pago Pago. The specimens 

 agree well with lileeker's plate and with each other, and the species is no doubt a valid one. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, deep reddish brown, the caudal peduncle bright brownish, 

 tfie anterior region deep orange brown or cinnamon; a pale violet strijie across head edged before and 

 behind with indigo-blue; ventral and anal black; dorsal reddish brown; paler behind; pectoral deep 

 cinnamon brown; caudal pale brownish yellow. 



801. Amphiprion arion De Vis. South Seas. 



Ampluprion arion De Vis, Proe. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1884. 4.50. South Seas. 



802. Amphiprion polymnus (Bloch). Palau Is. ; Ponape; East Indies; Japan. 



According to Giinther this species, with melanopus, tricolo ■, chrysoplerus, and xanthurus, is based 

 on variants of Amphiprion ephippium. Tliis view is open to question. 



