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340. Sphyrsena forsteri Cuvier & Valenciennes. Samoa; Tahiti; Vavau; New Guinea. 



Of this species, we have one specimen from Apia. It agrees fairly with Dr. Gunther's figure in 

 the Fische der Siidsee. The Sphyrsena forsteri of Steindachner from Mexico is a very distinct species, 

 Sphyrsena ensis Jordan & Gilbert. 



Life colors of the specimen from Apia: Oblique blotch on opercle and base of pectoral; black blotch 

 on dorsal and anal; caudal largely blackish; ventral and pectoral pale; obscure dark, short bars along 

 sides. Scales 94; pectoral not reaching quite to dorsal; ventral farther. 



341. Sphyraena helleri Jenkins. Hawaii. 



This is the offshore small-scaled species, known in Hawaii as kawalea. 



342. Sphyraana snodgrassi Jenkins. Hawaii. 



This is the large-scaled species, known as l-aku in Honolulu. 



343. Sphyraena grandisquaniis Steindachner. Pacific Ocean, exact locality unknown. 

 Sphyrxna r/randisquamis Steindachner. Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien 1866. 446. 



344. Sphyraana megalolepis Peters. New Ireland. 

 Sphyrsena megctfotepis Peters, Bed. Mon. 1876. 842, New Ireland. 



345. Sphyraena kenie Klunzinger. Bougainville Is. ; Red Sea. 



Sphyrxna kcnic Klunzinger, Synopsis, 1, 823, 1870, Red Sea. Klunzinger, Roth. Meer, 129. Peters, Berl. Mon. 1876. 

 842, Bougainville Is. 



Family P0LYNEMID.4:. 



POLYDACTYLUS Rafinesque. 



346. Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet). Umiumia. Tahiti; Samoa; Solomon Is. ; New Britain; 



Tahiti and Nukahiva (Seale) ; East Indies. 

 Polyncmus plebeius Broussonet, Ich. Decas., fig. 309, 17S8, Tahiti. 

 Polynemus lineatus Laeepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., V, pi. 13, fig. 2, 1803, He de France. Gunther, Cat., n, 227, Samoa, 



Solomon Is., Amboyna. 

 Polynemus plebeius Peters, Berl. Mod. 1876, 835, New Britain. 



Polyncmus plebeius Gunther, Fische der Siidsee, 103, pi. lxxvi, fig. a, Amboina; not of Gunther, Cat., n, 329. 

 Polynemus txniatus Gunther, Cat., II, 526, 1860, Amboina and Guadalcanar, Solomon Is. 



This is evidently the original Polynemus plebeius of Broussonet, which has been much confused by 

 subsequent authors. It was well described by Gunther under the name of Polynemus lineatus, and 

 earlier described by Laeepede under the same name. It is common at Apia, where 6 specimens were 

 taken with the hook in the ship channel, and is valued as a food fish. Scales 55; 5 pectoral filaments. 



The adults are very sharply striped, the dark lines along the rows of scales being conspicuous. 

 Young examples do not show these lines clearly, and these accord better with the figure given by 

 Broussonet. An adult example from Apia in life wa3 white with streaks of olive brown. A -young 

 example from Pago Pago in life was entirely silvery, the fins pale with dark dots, pectoral a little 

 more yellowish, no dark spot on base of lateral line. 



347. Polydactylus sexfilis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Hawaii; Johnston I.; East Indies. 



Family BERYCID^. 



MELAMPHAES Gunther. 



348. Melamphaes unicornis Gilbert. Deep seas of Hawaii. 



CAT/LOLEPIS Gill. 



349. Caulolepis longidens Gilbert. Deep seas of Hawaii. 



Family POLYMIXIID^i. 

 P0LYMIXIA Lowe. 



350. Polymixia berndti Gilbert. Deep seas of Hawaii. 



