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Color in spirits, yellowish with 7 rather broad bands of brownish over the back and down ou side 

 to a little below median line, the posterior one being at base of caudal and forming a complete dusky 

 ring around caudal base; a row of about 10 small dark sjiots along base of soft dorsal; a dusky line at 

 base of anal; sides and tap of head somewhat shaded with minute dark dots; flns without dit^tinct 

 markings, a dark spot between eye and angle of mouth. 



One specimen, type no. 51786, U. S. National Museum, from Vaisigano River, Apia; length 1.85 

 inches. It is named for Taua, a Earotonga man, the most skillful of the fishermen of Apia. 

 MICSOSICYDITJM Bleeker. 

 Microsicydium Bleeker,. Arch. Neerl. 1875, 315 {gi/mnaurhen). 

 This genus may be provisionally distinguished from Siciiopterus by the large scales, 30 to 40. 



1504. Microsicydiuni elegans (Steindachner). Tonga. 

 Sici/dium ekgam Steiudaehner, Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wieu 1879, 162, Tonga. 



This strikingly colored species is well distinguished by its large scales (32). It was not taken 

 by us. 



LENTIPES Gunther. 

 Body naked, or nearly so. 



1505. lientipes concolor (Gill). Rivers of Hilo, Hawaii. 



1506. lientipes seminudus Giinther. Rivers of Hilo, Hawaii. 



This species, which we have not seen, may be the type of a distinct genus. 

 GOBIOIBES Lac^pede. 



1507. Gobioides totoyensis Garman. Fiji. 



Gobioides totoyensis Garman, Bull. Mus. Comp, Zool.. vol. .xxxi.x, uo. 8, 1901, 2:!.'), Totoya (Fiji Is.). 



Family ECHENEIDID^ 

 PHTHEIBICHTHYS Gill. 



1508. Phtheirichtliys lineatus (Menzies). Pacitic Ocean (Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, 156); 



tropical Atlantic (as a parasite on barracudas). 



LEPTECHENEIS Gill. 



1509. Iieptecheneis naucrates (Linuaus). TaUlalhdi. Samoa; Hawaii; New Guinea; warm seas 



generally. 



One very large specimen of this common fish was Uiken at .ipia. Dorsal xxiv, 37. 

 Life color, all dark brown; lateral band obscure. 



ECHENEIS (Artedi) Linnsus. (Remora Gill.) 



1510. Echeneis remora Linmeus. Hawaii; warm seas generally. 



