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the hrowii dots, especially on the cheek, belly, and thorax are luoditied into distiiu-t ocidli, the center 

 l]i'iiiir a liUuk dot with the surrounding ring of brown; the cheek and a line to tip of snout are deep 

 hlack; no dark bands on the body, but traces of about 5 indistinct whitish blotches; dorsal fins 

 slightly sha<led with 5 dark dots without lines; pectoral and caudal very dark, without bars or spots; 

 anal also thickly dotted with fine black specks, l>ut not so dark as caudal or pectoral; eye golden with 

 one dark line through its Jength. 



Thiss{)eciesis very near T. /wirrfoc/i/randanexaniinatinn of a series may prove them to be identical. 



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Fig. 9~.—Eniirniil(r!i!i!ii>: tiisiluhr .lordan & .«ealp. new spei-ie-s. Typo. 



We have about 10 specimens from the reef at Apia. Type no. 51800, 1'. S. National Musaum, 

 from Pago Pago, length 0.85 inch. Named for the "tnsitala" (story-teller) of Samoa, Robert Louis 

 Stevenson. 

 1575. Enneapteryg^ius pardocliir Jordan & Seale, new species. Samoa. 



Head 3.5 in length; dejitli 4.14; eye 3.1 in head; snout 4.5 in head; interorhital narrow, one-half 

 as wide as eye; dorsal in-.\i-9; anal 18; scales 33; lateral line short, ending under posterior third of 

 second dorsal. 



Body elongate, compressed, scaled; depth of caudal peduncle 3 in head; the lower anterior profile 

 nf head alightlv produced- angle of mouth under anterior third of eve- «nout rather pointed and beak- 



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Fin. \)8.—Enncaptcrtj;/iiis panlochir Jordan & Scale, iK-w spei'ies. Type. 



like; minute teeth in jaws; a minute simple tentacle over eye and at nostril; middle of first dorsal over 

 the posterior margin of opercles; base of second dorsal slightly greater than length of head, its longest 

 spine 1.9 in head; 2 rowd of scales between the second and third dorsal; base of third dorsal 1.4 in 

 head, its longest ray 2 in head, its distal en<l some distance from the caudal; a very prominent anal 

 papilla modified into an intromittent organ in males; anal fin rather long, its base 2.5 in length of fish, 

 its origin under the base of the sixth spine of second dorsal and its distal end on a line with end 

 of soft dorsal, the origin of the fin nearer tip of snout than base of caudal; pectoral equal to length of 

 head, its tip under the ninth spine of second dorsal; ventral 1.5 in head, its origin anterior to base of 

 pectoral; caudal rounded, 1.5 in head. 



Life colors of various specimens were as follows: 



(1) From Apia. Cherry-red with darker bars, most distinct anil paired alongside; iris scarlet; 

 fins all reddish, barred wifl/brown: a black dot surrouiuled hv iinle at base of caudal. 



