278 KXPEDITIOX OF THH " Al.HATHOSS," ISQO-inOO. 



Apogon ceramensis Hi^eeker. 



Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., 1852, 3, p. 250. D.\y, Fishes of India, 1875, p. 65, pi. 17, fig. 6. 

 Amia ceramensis Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., 1876, 7, p. 75, 91; 1877, 8, tab. 336, Perc. 58, fig. 1. 



No. 08902, six specimens I to 1 inch loiiji ami four s])(H'inu'ns, No. ()()()<S3, 

 iSI. C Z. 29517, 1 to if inches lon^- from Moen, Truk (!roup, Caroline Islamls. 

 Six specimens, No. 09049, 2 to 22 inches long from Sviva, Fiji Islands. Five 

 specimens, No. 09073, is to I of an inch long, from Arhno, Marshall Islands. 



Apogon vaiulae (Jordan K- Seale^. 

 Foa vaiulae Jordan & .Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish.. I'.tOG, 25, p. 249, fig, 43. • 



One specimen, No. 09030, if inches long from Suva, Fiji Islands. 



We identify this specimen with ^4. vaiulae after ha\ing' compared it with 

 the type, although it is somewhat deejier and now shows no shoulder spot, 

 otherwise it agrees perfectly. It is hardly jiossible that these slight differences, 

 due to difference in size, are of importance. 



Apogon exostigma (.Iordan & .Starks). 

 Amia exostigma .Iobdax & Starks, Bull. I'. S, Bur. Fish., 1906. 25, ]). 23s, fig. 31. 



No. A87, a specimen 65 inches long from Makemo, Paumotu Islands. 



Head 2.() in length to base of caudal: de])th 2.7; eye in head 3. 84; snout 

 3.12; intcrorbital 4.54; maxillary +premaxillary 2.27; longest dorsal spine 

 (3d) 1.78; ray 1.78; longest anal (2d) 5; dorsal VII, I, 9^; anal II, S^; scales 

 3-25 + 5. 



Preopercle and intraopercle coarsely serrated or toothed; shoulder bone 

 or scale serrated; pectoral and ventral reaching anal; color same as that given 

 by Jordan & Starks. 



Apogon punctulatus !{( im'kli.. 



.Ncui- Wirb. Fi.schc, 1835, p. 88, lab. 22, fig. 4. 



A iM)fjtmichlhy« marmoralioi .h>iw.\s & Seai.k, Hull. Hur. Fish., 19(16, 25, |i. 2."ill, fig. II. 



One specimen. No. 05808, l| inches long from \avau, Tonga Islands. 



