3^8 BULLETIN OF THE BITREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Life colors of one from Apia; brown anteriorly, olive-yelluw iK-hin.l: anterior parts to vent sliarply 

 marked by blunt gray cross-bars, each darker edged; fins dull ..li\i' yill.iw, the dorsals with a pale 

 and a dark band; the ventrals with a dusky center. 



A specimen from Pago Pago was clear olive, paler behind; anterior parts to middle of soft dorsal 

 with seven bluish white dark-edged cross-bands, the one behind eye forking above, the next forking 

 below; both, dorsals finely checked, bluish and pale orange; anal dark, pale edged; caudal yellowish; 

 ventral niesially dusky; ventral and pectoral pale olive. The iirst dorsal of this specimen is 

 filamentous. 



Another specimen from Apia was ^rreenish, with orange stripes alternating with l)luish ones; tins 

 dull golden. 



VAILIMA Jordan & Seale, new genus. 



]'aUinta Jordan & Seale, new genus of Gobiidie {slercnxoni }. 

 Tliis genus consists of gobies allied to Rhinogohms with long bodies, depressed head and 

 peculiar physiognomy, the ventral fins short and rounded. It is near Rhmmjohius, but is 

 distinguisheil by the more elongate body, the low mouth with two small canines, and the short, 

 cup-shupeil ventrals. Scales large; head scaled above only; dorsal vi, 10; anal 11. 



1448. Vailima stevensoni Jordan & Seale, new species. I'u'ofn. Samoa. 



Head 4.50 in length; depth 5.7.5; eye 3.50 in head; dor.-al vi, 10; anal i, 10; .scales :!4 fmm 

 j)osterior margin of opercles; snout 3; interorbital concave, 3.20 in head. 



Body elongate, compressed; anterior of head rounded; the upper part of snout and iiitcrorbital 

 taken up by a broad concave groove, which extends to base of spinous dorsal; head and najie 

 depressed, with small scales; mouth rather small, the angle under anterior margin of eye; lips broad; 

 a row of small, sharji-pointed teeth in jaws, none on vomer or palatines; opercles and preopercles 

 entire; gillrakers very small; depth of caudal peduncle 2 in head; origin of spinous dorsal over 

 axis of ventrals, the tlnrd and fourth spines elongate, the fourth about a third longer than head; 

 base of soft dorsal 3.75 in length of fish without the caudal, the posterior ray longest, 1.30 in base of 

 fin; base of anal and its rays about equal to soft dorsal; pectorals 1.18 in head, their tips under the 

 last spine of first dorsal; ventrals united, disk-like, short, 1.50 in head; cliameter of disk abnut 2 in 

 head; caudal large, rounded, its length 3.75 in length without caudal. 



Life colors of a specimen from < Jasegase River at Tambiyou, near Apia, olive-green; scales mottled 

 golden and black; a black lateral band, interrupted by grayish spots; first dorsal cherry-red; spines 

 with black spots; second dorsal reddish with dark checkers; caudal clear yellow above, then a median 

 dash of cherry reddish, the lower half yellowish; all but upper edge closely reticulated, dark around 

 pale spots; anal dark; ventral dirty yellow; pectoral yellovi', checked with black; head with an olive 

 lateral band. 



Other specimens (female) with less red and yellow; 1' lateral bands, very distinct on head, the 

 lowest broken into 3 dark cross-bars; anal dotted with lilaik. 



