THE SHOUK FISIIHS. 263 



toral, llic eye is reri/ hiryc, therefore it would seem that if the name of C'uvier tt 

 Valenciennes is used it must be applied to a large-ej-ed species, such as S. J'or- 

 steri of Bleeker, and of Giinther Catalogue 2, and it will include »S. toxeunid 

 Fowler. But it is not S. forsteri of Gihither's Siidsee, with its small eye, accord- 

 ingly the latter must be identified with scniie other species or be given a new name. 

 It may be Sj>hyr(icna jello C'uvier & Valenciennes, with Day's description of 

 which the figure agrees fairly well. 



Sphyracna forsteri of Jordan it Seale, Fishes of Samoa is specifically identical 

 \\'ith the form that we have identified with *S'. obtusata. 



POLYNEMIDAE. 



Polydactylus kuru (Hleeker). 

 Polynciiins kiir^i Hleeker, Nat. Tijds. N'cd. Ind., 1S.")1, 2, p. IKK). (iu.N'THER, Cal., ISOU, 2, p. 32.5. 



Twenty-three specimens, No. Uo83(), M. ('. Z. 29779, 2j to 8 inches long 

 from Nukuhiva, iMarciuesas Islands. Dorsal VIII-I, 13; anal III, 11; scales 

 about 60; pectoral filaments 6; caudal long, upper lobe 3.33 in total length. 



FISTULARIDAE. 



Fistularia petimba LA(£i'f:DE. 



Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1803, 5, p. 3-19, 350. 



Fistularia depressa GuNTHER, Fischc dcr SiULsci', ISSl, 7, j). 221. 



Twenty specimens (young), from Papeete, Tahiti, Society Islands. Two 

 specimens, No. 09074 (small, dried up), from .Vrhno .\toll, Marshall Islands. 

 One specimen. No. 08900, 82 inches long from Moen, Truk (irouj), Caroline 

 Islands. No. 05810, 14? inches long from Vavau, Tonga Islands. No. 05812, 

 A\ inches long from Suva, Fiji Islands. Three specimens from the Paumotu 

 Islands as follows: Nos. .\07, M. C. Z. 29724, 26 inches long, and A64, 2(5 inches 

 long from Makemo; and 05811, IO5 inches long from Fakarava. 



