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Recorded by Giinther from Fiji. The species is very close to Valenciennea inuralu, with which 

 it is identified by Jordan it Snyder (Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, 42) from the Riukiu Islands. Dr. 

 Itiinther, however, regards it as distinct. 



1400. Valenciennea strig-ata (Broussouct 1. Tahiti; Fiji; Samoa (Giinther); J<:ast Indies. 

 (iohlus strigatus Broussonet, Iclilh., Dec. 1, ]'l. 1, 17s2. Tahiti. 



Ekutris strigata, Gunther, Fische dcr Sudsee. 190, taf. Ill, flg. K, Fiji, Samoa, Taliili. 

 The species was not taken Ijy'us at Samoa. It is easily recognized by tin- imu-li longer dorsal and 

 anal fins. Dorsal vi, i, 18; anal i, 16. 



1401. Valenciennea violifera Jordan & Seale, new .species. Ta'olti. Samoa. (PI. i.ii, fig. 2.) 

 Head 3.4.5 in length; depth 5; eye .5 in head; dorsal vi-i, 12; anal i, 12; scales 7.5; interorbital 



5..50; snout 3.10. 



Body elongate, compressed; snout rounded; mouth large, lips rather thick, the angle of the jaw s 

 under middle of eye; jaws with 2 rows of small, curved, sharp-pointed teeth; opercle and preoper- 

 cle entire; gillrakers short, soft, with elongate point on lower limb; caudal peduncle strong, its deptli 

 2.50 in head; origin of spinous dorsal on line with base of ventrals; third and fourth spines of first 

 dorsal slightly elongate, 1.14 in head; base of soft dorsal equal to head, its longest ray about 2 in head; 

 base of anal 1.20 in liead, its longest ray 1.25 in base, its origin midway between base of caudal and 

 posterior margin of eye; pectoral 1.30 in head; ventral 1.90 in head; caudal rounded, equal to head. 



Life colors of a specimen from .\pia ( verj' young) , very pale olive, with two faint livid blue lateral 

 streaks connected with cross lines of the same color; fins all pale; dorsal tipped with black. 



An adult specimen from Pago Pago was light olive, mottled with pale pinkish brown; a pinkish 

 brown stripe from lower pectoral axil straight to base of caudal; six violet spots darker edged, on side 

 of head; one on base of pectoral; dorsal light reddish, a jet black spot edged with white on the tips 

 of the longest spines; caudal pale, mottled light green and pink at base; the larger examjiles have a 

 black spot on upper part of caudal; blue spots plainer; anal light yellow; pink brown at base and dark- 

 edged, often pink at base and edge; ventral and pectoral pale; pectoral without dark in axil. 



Color in spirits dull yellowish white with tint of brown; some specimens show traces of 7 dusky 

 blotches along back; five or six bluish white spots on opercle and cheek; an indistinct brownish line 

 from axil of pectoral to caudal; belly and chin bluish white; third and fourth spines of dorsal tipped 

 with black; spinous and soft dorsal with indistinct blue lines; caudal (except in young) with a black 

 blotch on its upper middle portion; anal with narrow dark line at margin and another near tiie ba,se; 

 some s]ic'iiiii(ii^ >Imi\\ a dusky tip to caudal; iicrtoiul and ventral unmarked. 



Tlii> li iii^l-.iMH' -|.ccies is common in till- i r<'\'i.is of tln' coral reefs about Apia and fago Pago. 

 It seeni,< to !«■ .li-tinrt from the two spei-iis iinirnh:-: and tuMjiitlnta of the western Pacific. It has the 

 head markings of the latter with the body markings iif the former. 



Seven specimens from Pago Pago and 23 from Apia. Specimens also from the island of Negros, 

 P. I., collected by Dr. Bashford Dean. 



The type is no. 51771, U. S. National Museum, 4.60 inches long, from ,\.pia. 



ELEOTBIS (Gronow) Bloch & Schneider. 



1402. Eleotrisfusca (Bloch & Schneider). Pa'ofu. Samoa; Tahiti; Oualan; Fiji; Guam; Waigiu; 



Vanicolo; Aneiteum; Solomon Is.; New Hebrides; Borabora; Tubuai and Nukahiva (Seale); 

 Ivist Indies. 

 Fifty-three specimens from the lower course of Vaisigano River at Apia and from Gasegase River 

 in the neighboring village of Vaimosa; 15 specimens from brackish water at Pago Pago. 



This species is widely distributed through the South Seas. It is common in the sluggish waters 

 of the lower reaches of the V'aisigano and other streams. 



E'eolris mndwichensis of Hawaii, a species entirely similar in size, ap]iearance, and lialiit, differs in 

 having larger scales. 



1403. Eleotris sandwichensis Vaillant & Sauvage. Streams of Hawaii. 



