THE FISHES OF SAMOA. 217 



Family MUGILIDvE. 



MTJGIL Linnaeus. 



315. Mugil cephalus Linna?us. Hawaii; Raiatea: Tahiti; New Guinea (.Macleay); Xukahiva and 



Solomon Is. (Seale) ; Mediterranean; Atlantic coasts of United States; Panama; southern 

 California; Japan; Red Sea. 

 (Mugil wur Forskal; Mugil cephalotus < liivier A: Valenciennes.) 



316. Mugil caldwelli Fowler. Samoa. 



Mugil caldwelli Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 524, Samoa. 



This species, not recognized by us in Samoa, is probably based on the young of some other species, 

 perhaps the common mullet of Oceania, which we have been unable to separate from the European 

 Mugil cephalus or the Asiatic Mugil ceur. 



317. Mugil broussoneti Cuvier & Valenciennes. Cook Ts. 



318. Mugil tongse Giinther. Tonga. 



319. Mugil planiceps Cuvier & Valenciennes. Guam; Must Indies. 



320. Mugil kelaarti Giinther. Tahiti; Raiatea (Seale); East Indies. 



321. Mugil kandavensis Giinther. Kandavu; Fiji. 



322. Mugil perusi Cuvier & Valenciennes. Vanicolo. 



323. Mugil argenteus Quoy & Gaimard. Samoa (Giinther); Australia. 

 This species, recorded from Samoa, was not seen by us. 



324. Mugil sundanensis Bleeker. New Guinea (Macleay ); East Indies. 



XIZA Jordan & Swain. 



325. Liza melinoptera (Cuvier & Valenciennes). A/a; Fue'afa. Vanicolo; Tonga; Samoa. 



This mullet, known by the honey-colored (/(E/\zs) caudal fin and by the black pectoral, is very 

 abundant about Samoa, and reaches a large size. About 20 specimens were taken. The name?neKn- 

 optera (not melanoptera) refers to the yellow vertical fins, not to the black pectoral. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia 15 inches long: Very pale olive, silvery below; faint narrow 

 lines along series of scales; lips pale; first dorsal palegray, the spines dark; soft dorsal dusky, yellowish 

 at tip; caudai pale soiled yellow; anal blackish, yellowish at tip, the last rays colorless; ventral pure 

 whitish; pectoral mostly deep sooty black, the lower rays grayish. 



Another specimen from Apia, young, with scales 26-10, anal III, 9, had first dorsal, second dorsal, 

 and most of pectoral jet black; ventral blackish at base, edge yellowish; caudal and anal blackish 

 washed with deep yellow, edge blackish; iris dark brown. Life colors of young specimens (scales 26) 

 from Pago Pago, back with two or three yellowish cross blotches; pectoral black: caudal bright yellow, 

 even in very young examples; anal yellow; ventral tipped with pale yellow. 



326. Liza cseruleomaculata Lacepede. Anae; ' Ana' analagi. Guam; New Guinea; Samoa; East 



Indies. 



Mugil cseruleomaculatus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 385, 1803, Mauritius. 



Mugil axillaris Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xi, 131, 1836, Mauritius, New Guinea. Giinther, Cat., 

 in, 441. Scale Bishop Mus. 1901, OS, Guam. Giinther, Fisehe der Siidsec, 2li:, taf. cxx. lit;, b, Samoa, Red Sea, 

 Seychelles. Agonostomus dotsalis Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., vu, 102. Is77. Samoa: very young. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, silvery, darker above; no stripes; fins pale; caudal dark at 

 tip; a dark axillary spot; pe toral dull yellowish; iris silvery brownish. Scales oil; anal in, 9. 



This is a large mullet, recognizable by the blue spot at the base of the pectoral. It is common 

 about Samoa, where about 25 specimens were preserved. 



327. Liza troscheli (Bleeker). Aua. Samoa; New" Guinea: East Indies. 

 Mugil troschelii Bleeker, Nat. Tijd., xvi, 277. Java. Giinther, Cat., m. lis. Ceylon, Bor 



Mugil borneertsU Bleeker. Nat. Tijd., n, 1851, 201, East Indies. Kner, Novara Fisehe, 228, Tahiti. Giinther, Cat.. 



in, 148. Giinther, Fisrhc der Siidsee, -is Tahiti. 

 Mugil comprcssm, Giinther, Fisehe der Siidsee. 217, taf. exxm, lig. a, Samoa; not type. 



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