90 THE SHORE FISHES. 
HOLOCENTRIDAE. 
Mpripristis occidentalis (Git). 
JorpAN & EvERMANN, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1896, pt. 1, p. 847. 
Myriopristis occidentalis Gruu, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil., 1863, p. 87. 
Plate 2, fig. 1. 
Ten specimens 4} to 6 inches long and eighteen specimens 23 to 2, from 
Acapulco. M. C. Z. 29709 (5 specimens). ? 
Two specimens 3 and 3 inches long from Station 4615, Lat. 9°, 7’ N.;_ 
Long. 85°, 11’ W. 
Mpripristis microphthalmus BLEEKER. 
Verh. Bat. Genoot, 1852, 24, p.261. Atlas Ichth., 1877, 9, tab. 358, Trachichth., 4, fig. 2. 
Three specimens, Nos. 3305, 3306, 3307, M. C. Z. 29670, 5g to 61s inches 
long from Rikitea, Manga Reva. 
One specimen 533 inches long from Manga Reva, February 1, 1905, coral. 
These agree with specimens from Samoa, identified as this species by Jordan 
and Seale. 
Measurements. 
No. 3305 No. 3306 No. 3307 Manga Reva 
Total length in inches 5té 6y5 5} 5t4 
Head in length without caudal 3.05 SLT 3.02 3.08 
Depth in length without caudal 2.20 2.24 2.22 1.96 
Eye in head 2.29 2.27 2.29 2.31 
Interorbital in head 3.71 3.72 3.54 3.70 
Scales 33-28+4-53 | 33-28+4-5} | 34-28+4-5} | 34-28+44-53 
Dorsal X-i, 16 X-i, 16 X-l, 16 X-1,16 — 
Anal IV, 14 IV, 14 IV, 14 IV, 14 
Maxillary denticulations none present none R. none 
L. 4 large 
blunt. 
Edge of opercle | dusky not dusky dusky dusky 
Axil pectoral black black black black 
Mpripristis pralinius Cuvier & VALENCIENNES. 
Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1829, 3, p. 127 (170). Jorpan & Seauz, Bull. U. 8. Bur. Fish., 1906, 26, p. 222. 
Eight specimens, Nos. 3188-95, 6% to 9 inches long from Cook Bay, Easter 
Island No. 3193, M. C. Z. 29624, No. 3194, M. C. Z. 29625, No. 3195, M. C. Z. 
29620. 
The description and figure of M. sanguineus given by Jordan and Seale is 
erroneous. We have examined and measured the Type, U. 8. Nat. Mus. No. 
