350 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OE FISHERIES. 



Family ZANCLII).^. 

 ZANCLUS (Commerson Ms.) Lac^pfede. 

 Zandm (Commerson Ms.) Lacepede, Hist. Xat. Poiss., iv, 473, 1803 (cornnim). 

 Pomacanthiis L&cC'pede, Hiat. Nat. Poiss., iv, 1H03, 517 {caneitcem, etc.). 

 Z'(?ich<s Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vii, 102, 1831 (cornutus). 

 Oonopterus Gronow, Cat. Fish., ed. Gray, 77, 1854 (mcerens). 

 flnathocenlrum Guichenot, Ann. Maine et Loire, i.t, 1866, 4 (cenlngnathtnn : young). 



1181. Zanclus canescens (Linnseus). Tifitifi; Oahifa. Hawaii; Samoa- I'apua; \Vaii;i\i; Woodlark 



I.; East Indies; Revillagigedo Is. 

 Chxiodon cancsccns Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 272, 17.58, Indies; iitlLT Arleili, youiij 

 Pomacanthus canescens LacSpftde, Hist. Nat. Poiss., iv, 517, 1803. 

 Zandus canesccKS Gunther, Cat., ii, 493, 1860. Bleeker, Adas, 78, tab. v, fig. 3, 1877-8, Celebes, Amboina. Jordai ,i; 



Fowler, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 549, 1902, Misalti (Japan). 

 Chietodon comulus Linnseus, Syst. Nat., ed. x, 273, 1758 after Artedi, adult. LaciJpC'de, Hist. Nut. Poiss., iv, 473. 



1803, pi. 2, flg. 1. Jordan & Evermann, Fish North and Mid. Amer., n, 1687, 1898. 

 Zandus eonnttus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vii, 102, pi. CLXxvii, 1831. Bleeker, Atlas, 77, tab. iv, figs. 



1, 2, 1877-8, Sumatra, Java, Celebes, Ceram, New Guinea. Waigiu, etc. 

 Zandua centrognalhusCu\ieT & Valenciennes, Hi>t N;ii. P.ii^^,. vii, .ij.-*, I<s31, near equator, 75 E. 

 Gonopierus mwrens Gronow, Cat. Fish., ed. Gniv , 77, ]^:.|, India. 

 Cliielodon nudtts Gionow, Cat. Fish.,ed. Gray, 'i.. l^M Man indico. 

 Zandus monirouzieriThioUiire, in Montrouzicr, Fnunu W Hi.ill.iTk, lii.s, is;'i7, Woodlark I. 

 This species is everywhere oonimon througliout the Pacific Ocean, from the off-shore islands of 

 Mexico to Hawaii and southern .Tapan. We have 20 examples from Apia and 3 from Pago Pago. 



Family .\CAXTHURIU.^. 



HEPATUS Gronow, 1763. 



(Teulhis Linnfeus, 1766; //ar/HU'i(« Forster; .Icconurus Gronow, 1854.) 



1182. Hepatus achilles (Shaw). Pone i'umumu. Hawaii; Samoa; Marcus I.; Rarotonga and 



Makatea (Seale). 

 This beautiful fish is rare about Samoa, as aVjout Hawaii. We have two large specimens from 

 Pago Pago and one from Apia. The red tail-patch is very lirilliant in life. 



1183. Hepatus aliala ( Lesson). Alamea mmammu: Loula. Oualan; Samoa; New (iuiiiea; (niam; 



C'lari.jn Is. 



This well-marked species is not rare about Samoa. We liave ten specimens from Apia and Pago 

 Pago. It is found also on the off-shore islands of Mexico. 



Lite colors of a specimen from Apia, called alamea samasama, olive-black; pure black in front; 

 dorsal dusky mottled olive with black and blue edge, and a bright yellow line at base, which widens 

 and covers most of last ray of dorsal; caudal drab gray with a pale violet -gray edge and a golden cres- 

 cent; spine golden; anal like dorsal in color; pectoral and ventral blackish, both edged with grayish 

 blue, edged in front with sky-blue; a whitish patch below eye and a wliite ring around throat l)ehind 

 chin; edge of opercle light golden olive. 



1184. Hepatus olivaceus (Bloch & Schneider). Tahiti; Pamnotu Ii^.; Samoa; Palau Is. ; Hawaii; 



New Guinea; East Indies. 



This species, easily recogiiizcd hy tlic mark at the shoul<ler, is freijuently taken abiuit Hawaii and 

 Samoa. We have 5 examples from Sanma. 



Color in life of a siiecimen from Apia, lemon-yellow, olive-shaded above; fins all yellow with dark 

 edgings; axil and tip of caudal bright orange-yellow; a blackish hrown stripe on pectoral, extending 

 to its middle, without edging in young. Another specimen from Apia was black, with orange-black 

 edged stripe, and a third was bright brownish yellow, the black stripe mesially bright orange. 



1185. Hepatus pyriferus (Kittlitz). Ulea. 



Acantliurus pyri/erus Kittlitz, Senckenberg Museum, i, 193, tat. 12, fig. 2, 1831, Ulea. Gunlher, Fische der Sudsee, 



113. 

 Acantkurus armiger Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., x, 234, 183.5. 



This .species is unknown to us. 



