THE FISHES OF SAMOA. 



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LIST OF 92 SAMCMN SPECIES BELIEVED TO BE NEW. 



Himantura fai. 

 Gyinnothorax talofa. 

 Echidna trossula. 

 Anarchias allardicei. 

 Anarchias knighti. 

 BJainamursena eritima. 

 Zenarchopterus vaisiganis. 

 Anchovia evermanni. 

 Anchovia apiensis. 

 Myripristis sanguineus. 

 Corythroichthys sealei. 

 Corythroichthys waitei. 

 Corythroichthys mataafs 

 Microphis torrentius. 

 Atherina uisila. 

 Decapterus lundini. 

 Caranx gilberti. 

 Amia exostigma. 

 Amia doryssa. 

 Foa vaiulse. 

 Foa fo. 



Apogonichthys isostigma. 

 Ambassis vaivasensis. 

 Anibassis lata. ■ 

 Pseudupeneus moana. 

 Chorististium susumi. 

 Pomacentrus eclipticus. 

 Pomacentrus vaiuli. 

 Abudefduf taupou. 

 Abudefduf metalli'cus. 



Chromis iomelas. 

 Halicho;res dsedalma. 

 Platyglossus fios-corallis. 

 Callyodon fumifrons. 

 Callyodon kelloggi. 

 Callyodon niaoricus. 

 Callyodon pyrrhurus. 

 Callyodon ruberrimus. 

 Callyodon erythacus. 

 Callyodon upolensis. 

 Callyodon zonularis. 

 Callyodon abacurus. 

 Callyodon latax. 

 Callyodon eyanogrammus. 

 Callyodon ultramarinus. 

 Callyodon lazulinus. 

 Hepatus aquilinus. 

 Dendrochirus savisaulele. 

 Sebatstapistes laotale. 

 Synchiropus lili. 

 Eviota afelei. 

 Eviota smaragdus. 

 Eviota sebreei. 

 Eviota pruinosa. 

 Eviota zonura. 

 Eviota distigma. 

 Eviota prasites. 

 Eviota herrei. 

 Drombus tutuilae. 

 Valenciennea violifera. 



Trimma ctesiura. 

 Glossogobius vaisiganis. 

 Vailima stevensoni. 

 Vaimosa fontinalis. 

 Mapo crassiceps. 

 Mars strigllliceps. 

 Khinogobius corallinus. 

 Rhinogobius muscarum. 

 Ctuenogobius erythrops. 

 Vitreola Bagitta. 

 Kelloggella cardinalis. 

 Hetereleotris phaenna. 

 Hetereleotris clara. 

 Sicyopterus tau;c. 

 II y pleuroch i 1 us vaillanti. 

 Alticus evermanni. 

 Alticua musilse. 

 Alticus thalassinus. 

 Salarias atkinsoni. 

 Salarias garmani. 

 Salarias sindonis. 

 Salarias bryani. 

 Blennius tonganus. 

 Petroscirtes azureus. 

 Petroscirtes xestus. 

 Enneapterygius hudsoni. 

 Enneapterygius pardochir. 

 Enneapterygius tusitalse. 

 Enneapterygius tutuilaj. 

 Enneapterygius cerasinum. 



All of the specimens are from the reefs; we had no means of fishing- in the open 

 sea. In general, we had four methods of collecting: First, the use of dynamite, by 

 which nearly all our large fish were taken. Second, the use of poison in the pools 

 on the reef at low tide; the poisons used were commercial chloride of lime and 

 sulphate of copper, the first much to be preferred, and thus were obtained hundreds 

 of small fishes, notably PomacentrkUe, Qobiidse, Blenniidse, and eels. Third, the 

 use of the seine along the shores, whereby the herring and other shore fishes were 

 taken. Fourth, the employment of divers to bring up coral heads, which when 

 broken yield many specimens of Eviota, Enneapterygius, and the smaller eels. The 

 larger fishes, Callyodon excepted, have been described long since, but most of the 

 little fishes taken from the corals are new. This method of collecting has never been 

 practiced hy other naturalists in this region. 



In the present paper are given the. field notes of Professors .Jordan and Kellogg, 

 the descriptions of new species, with other notes, and enough of synonymy to 

 complete the references given by Dr. Giinther in his ■"Catalogue of Fishes of the 

 British Museum" and his "Fische der Siidsee ? ", and those given by Dr. Boulenger 

 in volume I of his edition of the British Museum Catalogue; and of those given by 

 Jordan and Evermann and by Dr. Gilbert in their recent reviews of the fishes of 

 Hawaii. Synonymy is given in general only when our studies have added something 

 to the record given by these authorities. Type localities are shown in the synunvnn 

 in heavy-face type. 



