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of the Sanioan language. Afterwards I supplemented my list b_v additional informa- 

 tion obtained at native feasts and from fishermen returning from the reefs with their 

 spears and nets and from their exciting chase for bonitos in their swift canoes pro- 

 vided with poles and trolling lines. Of course 1 could only record the native names, 

 without attempting to do more than determine the genera or families of the most 

 conspicuous kinds. The present work of Doctor Jordan makes it possible for the 

 first time to identify the species of nearly all of the fishes in ray list. 



In this list there are certain names marked with an interrogation point. These 

 I was unable to check with mj' list or to explain in a satisfactory manner. Some of 

 the names of fishes are primitive, like atu^ pusi^ fai, and are widespread throughout 

 Polynesia; others have a definite significance, such as i^a sitia, white fish; Pu-saiita- 

 mtna, yellow-tail; and others, like the long-beaked aleva, take their names from those 

 of birds or other natural objects. I have included also the principal adjectives, 

 verbs, and nouns from which compound names of fishes have been formed. 



'a'a, n. A snapper, Lutianus argentimaculatun. 



aau, n. A name ajipliedto two lancet-fishes, Hepatus ijnttnlu.i and Clenochaftutt slriatnx. See (in, a sharp 



fish spine, a needle, 

 a'au, n. The coral reef; ukaii (New Zealand), the border of land near the sea. 

 afa, II. A cord, or sinnet, braided from cocoanut-fiber, a string, 

 afa'afa, //. Name applied to a thread-fin, Polydaclylus plebeiuK, a fish with its jiectoral fins modified 



into string-like organs of touch, 

 afo, n. A fishing line. Aho (Hawaii and Tahiti), a line or cord, 

 afolu, n. Name applied to a surmullet, Mulloides mmoensis, a fish with thread-like barbels growing from 



the throat, 

 ago, v. To mark a pattern for tattooing; to mark with charcoal, 

 aimeo, n. Name applied to file-fishes of the genera Holamnthns and Ouillierines. 

 alala, n. Plates or scales of tortoise-shell. 

 alala-saga, n. Name applied to a demoiselle-fish (.-l?)»(/c/(/«/ wyi/CHKli.sv/a^o.s) with tortoise-shell-like 



markings, 

 alalafutu, n. Name applied to a pom pano, Trachinotus omlits, and to <_'aran.v plumheus, fish having the 



first rays of the dorsal fin mf)re or le.*s filamentous, 

 alamu (alamea?), n. Name applied to species of Holacanthus. 

 alamea, n. A many-rayed sea-urchin, 

 alamea, n. A surgeon-fish, llepatus aliala. 

 alati-moana(?), n. Hemi(jiimniix melnpteniK. 



aleva, n. A little file-fish witli 1 .. ik-Iil.c smmt, Oxymonacanthus longirostris. 

 aleva, n. Name of a bird i / ' '- ,,..;.-.■). 



ali, ». A flounder ( i'fa(o/>/i .1/ nain. .i| |. lied also to a flat fish (Zeftrosoma) with a superficial re.sem- 



l)lance to a flounder, 

 ali-palagi, n. Zehrrisoma rliombeum. 

 aloalo, n. The lagoon between the beach and the rv-ef. 

 alogo, /(. A beautifully marked surgeon-fish, llepatus Vnieatm. 

 alomatu, ddj. Partially dry. 



'analagi, 'ana'analagi, n. A mullet-like, spotted fish, Liza aeruleomaculala. 

 anaana (Tahiti), adj. Beaming, shining; kanakana (PaumutuI, bright, radiant; kann (New Zealand), 



the eyeballs. 

 'anae, n. The name of a fish {liza sp. ); kanae (New Zealand), the gray nuillet; anae. (Tahiti ) a mullet; 



(ijiae (Hawaii), a mullet. 

 anefe, n. Name applied to young of lo (Siijiinw< sp. ). 

 'ao, adj. Small, slender. 

 apoa, 11. An eel-like fish with stinging dursal s|iinc, Pliiloniis am/uillari!!. 



