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371. Holocentrus binotatus Quoy & Gaimard. Samoa; Guam; Papua; Tonga; Solomon Is. 



This species is rather common about Samoa, where about 30 specimens were taken. U sua lly one 

 or two small dark spots are present on the membranes of the front of the spinous dorsal. There is 

 little doubt that the original II. binotatum is the species called unipunctatum by Giinther. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, very deep red all over, with faint blue-black streaks, about 

 7 in number; head almost plain red, with two faint cheek stripes; fins all deep red, the dorsal with a 

 row of dark spots and dark edges. 



Life colors of a specimen from Pago Pago, very bright red, with streaks of shining golden; fins all 

 deep red, unmarked, the vertical fins a little darker on front edge; a slightly darker spot on mem- 

 branes of first two dorsal spines. 



372. Holocentrus erythraeus Giinther. Hawaii; Samoa; New Hebrides; Tahiti; Harvey Is.; 



Kingsmill; Tahiti; Paumotu Is. ; Johnston I.; Solomon Is. 

 Of this large and handsome species one small specimen was taken by us at Samoa. The fish is 

 rather rare in deeper waters about Hawaii. 



373. Holocentrus furcatus Giinther. South Seas, probably New Hebrides. 



374. Holocentrus xanth.eryth.rus Jordan & Evermann. Hawaii. 



375. Holocentrus tiere Lesson. Samoa; Tahita; Thornton I. 



Holocentrum Here (Lesson), Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 202, 1829, Tahiti. Lesson, Voy. Coquille, 



II, 221, 1S30, Tahiti. Giinther, Cat., I, 45. 

 Holocentrum pacttopterum Bleeker, Kokos-Eilanden, 356. Bleeker, Atlas, Cocos Island. Giinther, Cat., i, 35. 

 Holocentrus polynesiw Fowler, Proe. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1904, 229, Thornton I. 



This species is known when adult and in good condition by the two rows of pale spots on the 

 dorsal fin. It is rather common at Samoa, where about 12 specimens were taken. II. polynesise seems 

 to be based on a specimen in which the dorsal color has faded. Holocentrum tiere must be the same 

 species. The elongate, faintly striped body, the rather large mouth, the ragged suborbital, the low 

 weak dorsal spines, the subequal and strong opercular spines, as shown in Lesson's figure, are all 

 traits of the species called II. pcecilopterns. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, deep crimson red; lower half with bright violet streaks; 

 axil deeper red; dorsal deep red with a row of white spots and tips white; other fins deep red; ventral 

 with paler edge and darker streak, fourth anal spine in a dark streak; pectoral red; head with deeper 

 red blotches, but no white. Another specimen from Apia in life was red, rather bright, the sides 

 silvery; cheek silvery with a red streak; no streaks along scales; dorsal edged with dark red with 

 white spots; red at base; vertical fins red, the edges scarcely darker; ventral pink, axil red; pectoral 

 pink. 



376. Holocentrus tiereoides Bleeker. Marcus I.; New Hebrides; Solomon Is.; Tahiti (Seale); 



Amboina. 

 This species is known to us from the example taken by Bryan and Herre, which agrees well with 

 Bleeker's account. The species is evidently very close to II. tiere, but the scales are much larger 

 (40 instead of 50). 



377. Holocentrus punctatissimus Cuvier & Valenciennes. Malau fahimu. Tahiti; Samoa; Hawaii; 



Strong I.; Guam; Marshall Is. ; Paumotu Is. ; Laysan; Aneiteum; Tabuai; Mangareva;. Raro- 

 tonga; Fate; Makatea and Shortland I. (Seale). 

 Holocentrum punctatissimum Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ill, 215, 1829, Caroline Is. 

 Holocentrum stercus-muscarum Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., vn, 503, 1831. 

 Holocentrum diploxiplms Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, 660. Gunther, Fische der Sudsec, 97, Samoa, Marshall Is., 



Tahiti, Paumotu, Aneiteum. 

 Holocentrus gracilispinis Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1904, 228, Honolulu. 

 Holocentrus gladispinis Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1904, 225, Tahiti. 

 This species is common about Samoa, where about 50 specimens were taken. It is also abundant 

 about Honolulu. The form of the body is characteristic, and the silvery color is usually, but not 

 always, obscured by dark points irregularly scattered, giving the fish a soiled appearance. 



II. gracilispinis, based on our own collections from Honolulu, we can not separate from Samoan 

 specimens. II. gladispinis is based on an examnle from Tahiti with the preopercular spine a little 



