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the figure agrees in its serrations with A. frenatus, but not in its color: and in 

 the description of A. fasciatus lioth the serrations and color certainly indicate a 

 different sj^ecies. 



Bleeker figures a species which he calls .4. iiieldiiorhyuchus: the figure agrees 

 with our specimens in serrations and color, but his description does not agree 

 in the serrations. In the synonymy of this si:)ecies he places Apogon (Pristi- 

 apogon) frenatus Klunzinger, and says " /tulandrhytichus, sometimes confounded 

 with/;-c/ia/a, appears to me that it ought to be considered as a distinct species 

 with a chunkier body and with the intramarginal preojiercular crest smooth 

 and the shoulder bone toothed and the Apogon frenato of Kliinzirigcr from the 

 Kgd Sea ought probably to be reported as mclaiuvhynchus." But his figure 

 shows .4. melanorhynchus with intramarginal ]jreopercular crest toothed as in 

 A. frenatus of ^'alenciennes, and the shoulder hone toothed; in A. frenatus the 

 shoulder bone is said to be smooth. 



In his discussion of the genus Apogon, Day says "It seems also questionable 

 whethei' any considerable value can i)e placed upon the serrations about the 

 bones of the head, especially of the orbits, as such appear to be more distinct 

 in some specimens than in others, and many vary with age." 



In the seven specimens of .4. snyderi in tlie V. S. Bur. Fish, reserve series, 

 varying in size from 2g to 4| inches, the serrations of the preopercular mar- 

 gins and orbit ai'e constantly present, but vary somewhat in amount in orbit. 

 In some sjiecimens the shoulder bone is serrated and in some it is not. We 

 judge from this that the sei'ration of the sujirascapular or shoulder bone is 

 without value. 



Apogon orbicularis Kriii. & \'an Hasselt. 



CrviEU & Valenciennes, Hist. N'at. Poiss., 1828, 2, p. 11.') ll.').")l. Gcxther, Fischo dcf Siidscc, 

 1873, 1. p. 22, Inf. 20, fig. D. D.«% Fishes of India, 187.5, p. ().'), pi. 17, iin. 7. 



Seven specimens. No. 09080, 1 to I5 inches long, and No. 081)09, M. C. Z. 

 29533 six specimens 1 inch long, from Moen. Truk ( !rou]). Caroline Islands. 



Apogon savayensis (Cii nthkk). 



Proc. Zool. .S()i-. Loud. 1871, p. lioO. Fisi-lir dcr .Siidscc, 187:5, 1, ]). 21, taf. li>, fig. H. Dav, 

 Fishes of India, 187.5, p. (id, 1)1. 1(3, tig. 5. 



Two specimens. No. 08942, M. C. Z. 29503 (1 .specimen; 2? inches long, 



Kusaie, Caroline Lslands. 



