416 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



white bands; spinous dorsal brown, the base black, with 4 distinct black ocelli on upper half of fin. 

 posterior to which are 4 vertical blue lines; soft dorsal with about 4 irrejrular oblique dusky bam l.^^; 

 caudal with a broad black band near middle, and a half band on upper posterior part; anal dusky, 

 with narrow white tip, a broad black intramarginal area and some narrow oblique blue lines; pectoral 

 clear yellow; ventral blackish with white band near middle, and a white margin. 



Life colors, black mottled with dark gray; pectoral yellow, edged broadly with golden. 



Two specimens from Apia. Type no. 51762, U. S. National Museum, length 1.35 inches. 



Family B.VIRACHOIDIU.-E. 

 OPSANUS Rafinesque. 



1568. Opsanus dubius (White). New Guinea (Macleay): Australia. 



MARCGRAVIA Jordan. 



1569. Marcgravia grunuiens Linna-us. New Guinea (Macleay) ; East Indies. 



1570. Marcgravia diemensis (Richard.son). New Guinea (Giinther, Challenger Rept. ISSO, 39); 



Australia. 



Family BLENNIID^. 



ENNEAPTERYGIUS Riippell. (Enneanecles Jordan; G)«;«.< Evermann & Marsh.) 



This genus as understood by us includes most of the Pacific sj^ecies referred to Tripterygion. It 

 differs from Tripterygion as typified by the Mediterranean species, T. tripterygion, in the shorter jaws, 

 the presence of a cirrus above the orbit, and in the larger scales. The lateral line is always incomplete. 

 The species found in coral heads in Samoa are all minute, similar in size and habit to the sjiecies of 

 Eviota, but those found on the coast of Japan are much larger. 



1571. Enneapterygius minutus (Giinther). Samoa. 



Tn'iilcriiriiiim viiniiliim Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, 211, ta£. 118. fig. v, l.iTij, Apia. 

 Described from a specimen an inch long taken at Apia, from which place we have a similar 

 example. Apparently the fin rays were wrongly counted by Giinther, as ours has the dorsal rays 

 iii-xi, 10. 



1572. Enneapterygius atriceps (Jenkins). Hawaii. 



1573. Enneapterygius hemimelas (Kner & Steindachner). Samoa. 



Tripleriioiiim linniiiidas Kner & Steindachner. Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Liv, ISCB, 372, Samoa. Giinther, Fist-he 

 der .Siidsee. 210. 1876, Samoa. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, deep red mottled with dusky; posterior half of head blackish 

 olive above and below; posterior half of trunk abruptly black, with 3 white rings; fins all cherry-red, 

 the caudal abruptly pale red. 



Another specimen from this locality had the middle third of body strongly rosy, also pectoral, 

 ventral, and anal, and head in front of eyes; behind eyes and in front of pectoral greenish with yel- 

 low spots and rosy and black points; hinder third greenish yellow and brownish bands alternately; 

 caudal clear with slight rosy tinge. 



Five specimens from Apia and one from Pago Pago. 



1574. Enneapterygius tusitalse Jordan & Seale, new species. Samoa. 



Head 3.30 in length; depth 5.20; eye 3.10 in head; dorsal m-xi-9; anal 17; scales 29, 9 in the lateral 

 line. Another specimen had dorsal iii-.xi-8; anal 16. 



Body elongate, compressed, largest at shoulder-girdle; snout pointed, the angle of mouth under 

 the anterior margin of eye; minute teeth in jaws; middle of first dorsal fin over the posterior tip of 

 opercle; base of second dorsal equal to head, its longest spine 2 in head; base of third dorsal 2 in head; 

 base of anal 2.4 in length of fish without caudal, the origin nearer tip of snout than base of caudal; 

 pectorals long, 2.75 in fish without caudal, the tips under the posteri.ir third of second dorsal; ventrals 

 2.1 in head, situated anterior to base of pectorals; caudal rounded, 1.14 in head. 



Color greenish in life, the fins dark. In spirits, owing to the thick dots of brown all over the 

 body, this fish has a dusky appearance, but the ground color is really dull yellowish white, luauy of 



