418 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



(2) From Pago Pago. Rose-pink, with Ijaiuls (jf dark brown-red, and uf wliite; pectoral, dorsal, 

 and caudal barred with dark red-brown. 



(3) From Pago Pago. With mark.s showing through from inside; outside whitish witli abundant 

 black points; transverse blackish bar; pectoral barred. 



(4) From Apia. Bright green, with bronze dote; sides with large white spots; 2 white dots at base 

 of caudal; pectoral banded white and reddish brown; iris golden; upper fin.s pale and dotted; lower 

 darker, the anal dark brown barred with white. 



(5) Less green than the preceding, with traces of a brown lateral band. 



Color in spirits, from yellowish white to light brown with shading of darker brown spots, which 

 in young specimens show a tendency to form vertical irregular bands along sides, this showing only 

 at base of dorsal in type; the distinctive markings found on all specimens are 4 dark bands across the 

 pectoral, and 4 similar bands on the caudal, the 2 near the base the most distinct; dorsal fins also with 

 3 or 4 oblique dark band-like rows of blotches on their spines and rays; a few larger black spots on 

 cheeks and opercles. 



Of this well-marked species we have 15 specimens from Pago Pago and Apia. Type no. 51799, 

 V. S. National Mu.seum, from Apia, length 1.06 inches. 



1576. Emteapterygius tutuilae Jordan ik Scale, new species. Samoa. 



Head 3 in length; depth 4; eye 3.1 in head; dorsal iii-.xii-9; anal 18; scales about 33; lateral line 

 ending under middle of second dorsal. 



Body elongate, compressed, scaled; depth of caudal peduncle equal to eye; lower profile of head 

 [irojecting, the large eyes forming a conve.xity in the jirofile, otherwise the profile somewhat rounded 



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Fig. m.—Em>eiipleri)yhis tutuilx .Tordan & Seale, new species. Type. 



to the mouth, angle of mouth under middle of eye; snout rather pointed; minute teeth in jaws; a 

 short simple tentacle over eye and at nostril; first dorsal fin rather high and distinct, its base in front 

 of posterior margin of opercle; base of second dorsal about equal to head, its longest ray 2.5 in head; 

 base of third dorsal 1.75 in head, its longest ray 2.25 in head; origin of anal under sixth spine of sec- 

 ond dorsal, its base 2.5 in length of fish without caudal; its origin at equal distance between tip of 

 snout and base of caudal; pectoral slightly greater than length of head; caudal rounded, 1.25 in head; 

 ventral situated anterior of pectoral, its length 1.25 in head. 



Life colors of one specimen, greenish pinkish, with about 9 dark cross-bars, which become black- 

 ish bars across base of anal; a green bar between 2 white ones at base of caudal; fins barred with red- 

 dish brown; first and second dorsal blackish; head dotted and mottled with reddish. 



Another specimen was translucent yellow white with many fine pointe, some rose-red, some black- 

 brown, mixed all over body and fins; head darker; the fine spots weakly segregated into transverse 

 bars, more distinct on belly. 



Color in spirits, yellowish white, shaded with black spots tending slightly toward wide band-like 

 arrangements on back; a heart-shaped dusky area on nuchal region; the most conspicuous marking 

 is the 7 distinct vertical black bands of the anal fin; one dark band just in front of lower base of 

 pectoral; a black .spot in front of intromittent organ, 2 or more dark blotches below the eye; a dusky 



