72 Dh-cfiof's A mm a I Report. 



trals; two rows of scales between the two dorsal fins. Body oblong, 

 compressed, the upper profile quite convex. Teeth in a siugle row 

 in jaws, no teeth on vomer or palatines. A small opercular spine. 

 Fins: Posterior ra^'S of soft dorsal prolonged, i .66 into head. Third 

 dorsal spine the longest, i .50 into laead. The pecftorals and ventrals 

 are about equal in length. Color in spirits: Upper color brownish, 

 with indication of purple. A brown line down snout through eye. 

 A broad saddle of black on the caudal peduncle ; another broad 

 black band descends from the anterior half of soft dorsal. There 

 are also indications of two or three more or less amalgamated broad 

 black bands in front of this. Under surface yellowish white. Spin- 

 ous dorsal dusky. Inner half of soft dorsal black, outer half marked 

 with two or three longitudinal pale bluish lines. Pe(5t orals cadmium 

 yellow. Ventrals with external rays bluish, inner ones yellow. Anal 

 bluish with 4 or 5 lighter longitudinal lines. Caudal dusky. One 

 specimen. L,engtli 8 inches. Guam, July 19, 1900. Hab. Seas 

 of India, Malay Archipelago, Polynesia, Marianas. 



80. Upeneus safFordi* sp. nov. Salmoneti. 



Head 3; depth 3.25; eye 5.66; interorbital 4; maxillary 2.50, 

 its width at end equal to e3'e. Scales 2-30-7; D. viii, i 8; V. i 5. 

 Barbules long, reaching to base of ventral fins. Body oblong, 

 compressed, the upper profile quite concave. Snout rather sharp- 

 pointed. The distance from the anterior margin of orbit to tip of 

 snout 1.86 into head. Teeth in a single row in each jaw, no teeth 

 on vomer or palatine. Three series of scales between the two dor- 

 sal fins. A small preopercular .spine. Fins: Spinous dorsal and 

 ventrals of about equal length, 1.25 into head. Second ray of soft 

 dorsal 2 into head, equal in length to base of fin. Base of anal 2.50. 

 Pe(5lorals 1.60 into head, their base equal to shortest ray, their tip 

 reaching to a line with the tenth scale of lateral line. Caudal well 

 forked, the longest ray 1.25 into head. The posterior rays of the 

 anal or dorsal are not prolonged. Color in life: Uniform cadmium 

 yellow, with a saddle of bright yellow extending over the upper 

 part of caudal peduncle and down to the lateral line, with two dis- 

 tinct bluish lines from eye, two-thirds of the distance down sides 

 of snout. Color in spirits: Uniform yellowish white, a whitish 

 saddle over top of caudal peduncle down to lateral line, a dusky 

 reddish splotch covering sides of snout. Fins all uniform light 

 chrome; iris bright yellow. The ^-oung are similarly colored, but 

 without the 3'ellow marking on caudal peduncle so distinct. Two 

 specimens. Length 6.50-3.00 Agana, Guam, July 14, 1900. 



81. Upeneus trifasciatus Lacep. 



Head 3.20; depth 3.20; eye 4.50; maxillary 3.66 into head. 

 Scales 2-30-6; D. viii, 9; A. 7; snout blunt. Teeth in a single row 



*Named in honor of Lieutenant-Governor W. E). Safford, U. S. N., of Guam, in recognition 

 of his interest and work in Polynesian natural history. 



