192 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Family ANGU1LUD£. 



ANGUILLA Thunberg. Tuna. 



124. Anguilla mauritiana Bennett. Tuna tafa' i-lautalo; Tuna gala/a. Waigiu; Tahiti; Samoa, in 



rivers; Johanna I.; Levuka and Ovalau; Fiji (Giintber); East Indies. 



Anguilla mauritiana Bennett, Proe. Coram. Zool. Soc. 1831, 128, Mauritius. Gunther, Cat., vm 26, Amboina, 

 Ceylon, Philippines, Formosa, Almorab, Johanna I. Gunther, Shore Fishes, Challenger, 1880, 58, Lake 

 Waiheira (Tahiti). 



Anguilla marmorata Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Uranie, 1824, 241, Waigiu. 



Murxna marmorata Kner, Novara Fische, 369, Tahiti, Hongkong. 



Anguilla tabrosa Riehardson, Voy. Erebus and Terror, 113, 1846, South Seas. 



Murxna maculata Bleeker, Atlas, JIurrenidre, 9, tab. i, tig. 2, East Indies; not of Lacepede. 



Anguilla johannx Gunther, Fish. Zanzibar, 124, Johanna I. 



This species is the commonest eel of the Samoan Islands, abounding in quiet waters in all the 

 streams, and reaching a considerable size. We have about 20 specimens, mostly from Vaisigano River. 

 The species varies considerably in the insertion of the dorsal, which is always well forward, however. 

 The body is always finely mottled or marbled, hence the vernacular name of tuga tafailotalo, or 

 "eel colored like [boiled] taro." 



Life colors of one specimen from Apia, dark brown, everywhere reticulate with darker. Another 

 was mottled olive and black; dorsal and anal edged with pale. 



125. Anguilla fidjiensis Gunther. Rivers of Fiji. 



Anguilla fidjiensis Gunther, Cat., vm, 26, 1870, Kandavu and Nairi (Fiji). 

 This species, which we have not seen, is very close to Anguilla mauritiana, and seems within 

 the limits of variation of that species. 



126. Anguilla obscura Gunther. Fiji. 



Anguilla obscura Gunther, Proe. Zool. Soc.'Vict. 1871, C73, Fiji. 



127. Anguilla otaheitensis Kaup. Tahiti. 

 Anguilla otaheitensis Kaup, Aale Hamb. Mus. 17, Tahiti. 



128. Anguilla megastoma Kaup. Tuna mea. Mangareva; Aneiteum; Tahiti; Samoa; Rarotonga; 



Tubuai; Austral Is.; Nukahiva, Marquesas Is. (Seale). 

 Anguilla megastoma Kaup, Apodes 30, Megar-eva. 



Anguilla aneitensis Gunther, Cat., vm, 34, 1870, Aneiteum. Gunther, Shore Fishes, Challenger, 1880, 58, Lake 

 Waiheira (Tahiti). 



This species is uniformly colored above, pale below, with the dorsal well forward, though less 

 advanced than in Anguilla mauritiana; the teeth in very broad bands, the vomerine band narrower 

 than the maxillary bands. We have two specimens from the Vaisigano River at Apia. Kaup's 

 type is said to come from Megarava, which is evidently a misprint for Mangareva, one of the 

 Gambier Islands. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, yellow brown, belly and dorsal yellow; fine yellow dots on 

 lateral line. Much paler and more yellow than Anguilla australis. Dorsal fin more advanced. 



129. Anguilla sidat Bleeker. Samoa; New Zealand. 



The species seems to differ from Anguilla australis in having the maxillary extending beyond the 

 eye, the vomerine teeth also extending backward almost as far as the maxillary teeth. We have one 

 large specimen from Samoa answering to the description of this species. Were it not for the much 

 longer maxillary we should think this the adult of Anguilla australis. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, plain dark brown, yellow below; dorsal grayish dusky. Dor- 

 sal posterior. 



130. Anguilla australis Richardson. Samoa; New Zealand; East Indies. 



Of this species we have half a dozen young from the streams (Vaisigono, Gasegase) about Apia. 

 They seem to agree perfectly with Anguilla australis, having the dorsal inserted a little before vent and 

 the vomerine band of teeth considerably shorter than the maxillary band. 



