THE FISHES OF SAMOA. 195 



BRACHYSOMOPHIS Kaup. 



159. Brachysomophis henshawi Jordan & Snyder. Honolulu. 



160. Brachysomophis crocodolinus (Bennett). Tahiti; Mauritius. 



MYRICHTHYS Girard. 



161. Myrichthys stypurus Smith & Swain. Johnston I. 



162. Myrichthys niagnificus (Abbott). Hawaii. 



CHLEVASTES Jordan & Snyder. 



163. Chlevastes colubrinus (Boddaert). Sa a; Guam; East Indies. 



A few specimens from Samoa. 



164. Chlevastes fasciatus (Ahl). Samoa; East Indies. 



Muricna fasciata Ahl, De Mursena et Ophichtho, 1789, 9, East Indies. 

 OphiclUhys colubrinus fasciatus Gunther, Cat., vnr, 81, 1870, Borneo. 

 Ophichthys naja De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1884, 155, South Seas. 



This species seems to us distinct from Chlevastes colubrinus. The head is shorter, 9 to 11 times in 

 the length of the trunk (7 to 8 in Chlevastes colubrinus). The black cross-bands are less regularly 



Fig. 5. — Chlevastes fasciatus (Ahl). 



formed, having backward projections, and there is in the pale interspace usually a large rounded 

 black spot or ocellus. 



We have two large examples from the coral reef at Apia. 



Family MORINGUID.-E. 

 MORINGUA Gray. (Including Aphthalrnichthys Kaup.) 



165. Moringua hawaiiensis Snyder. Honolulu. 



166. Moringua macrocephala Bleeker. Samoa; East Indies. 



Of this rare species, distinguished by its long head, we have one fine specimen from the harlmr of 

 Pago Pago. Depth 4 in head; head 9 in total length; pectoral minute, scale-like; gill-openings separate. 



Life colors light pinkish brown, nearly uniform; head very clear translucent rosy red; caudal more 

 orange. 



This specimen was taken in salt water at the mouth of a little brook and was very tenacious of life. 



167. Moringua javanica (Kaup). Fiji; Moluccas. 



