Fishes of the South Pacific. 35 
Cephalopholis miniatus (Ruppell). 
Two specimens, Nos. 1244 and 1265 B. M., from Shortland 
Id., Solomons. 
Color in life, red, with blue spots; dorsal, anal and caudal 
red, with blue dots; eyes red. 
Variola louti (Forskal). 
One specimen, No. 843* B. M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 
Paracanthistius maculatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
One specimen, No. 844* B. M. (a head). The fish was 24 in. 
Giiength; D. vit, 11; A. 111, 8. 
Color brownish, with ocelli showing darker edges. Fate, 
New Hebrides. 
Epinephelus merra (Bloch). 
Four specimens from Tahiti, Society Ids., Nos. 1344, 1381, 
1382 and 1383 B. M. 
Four specimens, from Mangareva (Gambier Ids.), Nos. 796 
797, 798 and 799* B. M. 
Color in life, brown, with hexagonal spots and lines, usually 
without distinct markings on pectoral or ventral fins, markings on 
ventral surface not distinct. 
Epinephelus corallicola (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
One specimen, No. 1602 B. M., from Raiatea, Society Ids. 
Five specimens from Tahiti, Society Ids., Nos. 1350, 1351, 
1494, 1495, 1496 B. M. 
Six specimens from Shortland, Solomon Ids., Nos. 1217, 1237, 
1259, 1260, 1261 and 1308 B. M. 
Two specimens from Makatea, Society Ids., Nos. 2468* and 
2469* B. M. 
Three specimens from Rarotonga, Cook Ids., Nos. 1982-1984 
BAM. 
One specimen, No. 848 B. M., from Faté, New Hebrides. 
Color in life is brown, with distinct hexagonal lines which 
cover the entire fish, including all the fins. 
Epinephelus undulosus (Quoy & Gaimard). 
One specimen, No. 1257 B. M., from Shortland Ids., Solomons. 
Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch). 
One specimen, No. 1249* B. M., from Shortland, Solomons. 
One specimen, No. 2473* B. M., from Makatea, Paumotu Ids. 
Color in life is a fine dark brown, with four distinct white 
lines along each side of body, and one on the median line of belly; 
