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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



At the time of our visit at Samoa the following species, 164 in number, were 

 known from the Samoan Islands; about six were not taken by us; and in regard to a 

 few there is some question of correctness of identification. The nomenclature in this 

 list is that adopted in the present paper. 



LIST OF SPECIES KNOWN FROM SAMOA PEIOR TO 1902. 



Fistularia petirnba. 

 Macro rhamphosus brevispinis. 

 Liza cseruleomaculata. 

 Liza troscheli. 

 Polydactylus plebeius. 

 Holotrachys lima. 

 Holocentrus ruber. 

 Holocentrus punctatissiruus. 

 Holocentrus diadema. 

 Holocentrus microstornus. 

 Holocentrus opercularis. 

 Holocentrus la?vis. 

 Megalaspis cordyla. 

 Caranx forsteri. 

 Sconiberoides sanctipetri. 

 Trachinotus ovatus. 

 Trachinotus bailloni. 

 Pempheris oualensis. 

 Epinephelua merra. 

 Epinephelus fuscoguttatus. 

 Epinephelus socialis. 

 Epinephelus sonnerati. 

 Cephalopholis argus. 

 Cephalopholis miniatus. 

 Variola louti. 



Paracanthistius maculatus. 

 Kuhlia marginata. 

 Ainia novemfasciata. 

 Amia savayensis. 

 Mionorus grEeffei. 

 Apogonichthys variegatus. 

 Euelatichthys crassispinus. 

 Plectorhynchus diagramma. 

 Plectorhynchus orientalis. 

 Priacanthus cruentatus. 

 Scolopsis trilineata. 

 Scolopsis lineata. 

 Xystsema gigas. 

 Gnathodentex aurolineatus. 

 Terapon jarbua. 

 Moriotaxis grandoculis. 

 Kyphosus waigiensis. 

 Lethrinella miniata. 

 Lethrinus mcensi. 



Lethrinus raruak. 

 Pharopteryx melas. 

 Pharopteryx nigricans. 

 Upeneus vittatus. 

 Mulloides samoensis. 

 Pseudupeneus barberinus. 

 Pseudupeneus indicus. 

 Pseudupeneus nioana. 

 Pomacentrus nigricans. 

 Poniacentrus lividus. 

 Chromis ca?ruleus. 

 Hascyllus aruanus. 

 Abudefduf sordidus. 

 Abudefduf dicki. 

 Abudefduf uniocellatus. 

 Abudefduf amabilis. 

 Abudefduf leucopornus. 

 Abudefduf zonatus. 

 Abudefduf bonang. 

 Labriehthys cyanotsenia. 

 Labroides dimidiatus. 

 Cheilinus digrammus. 

 Cheilinus trilobatus. 

 Pseudocheilinus hexata;nia. 

 Heniigymnus melapterus. 

 Ananipses melanurus. 

 Anampses, diadematus. 

 Stethojulis casturi. 

 Stethojulis renardi. 

 Stethojulis strigiventer. 

 Thalassoma schwanefeldi. 

 Monodactylus argenteus. 

 Platax orbicularis. 

 Cha?todon ulietensis. 

 Chaetodon lineolatus. 

 Chretodon citrinellus. 

 Cha?todon semeion. 

 Chretodon unimaculatus. 

 Chretodon cpuadrimaculatus. 

 Heniochus monoceros. 

 Holocanthus diacanthus. 

 Holocanthus bicolor. 

 Holocanthus nicobariensis. 

 Siganus marmoratus. 



Hepatus matoides/^ 

 Hepatus aterrimus. 

 Hepatus lineatus. 

 Hepatus nigricans. 

 Hepatus achilles. 

 Hepatus guttatus. 

 Zebrasoma veliferum. 

 Ostracion punctatum. 

 Balistapus aculeatus. 

 Platycephalus variolosus. 

 Sebastopsis guamensis. 

 Scorprenopsis gibbosa. 

 Pterois radiata. 

 Dendrochirus brachypterus. 

 Mapo fuscus. 

 Rhinogobius neophytus. 

 Awaous genivittatus. 

 Awaous ocellaris. 

 Zonogobius semidoliatus. 

 Paragobiodon echinocephalus. 

 Amblygobius phaltena. 

 Valenciennea violifera. 

 Asterropterix semipunctatus. 

 Eleotris fusca. 

 Hypseleotris guntheri. 

 Pseudogobiodon citrinus. 

 Gobiodon ceramensis. 

 Periophthalmus barbarus. 

 Soleichthys heterorhinos. 

 Parapercis tetracanthus. 

 Enneapterygius minutus. 

 Enneapterygius hemimelas. 

 Petroscirtes tapeinosomus. 

 Petroscirtes atrodorsalis. 

 Petroscirtes longifilis. 

 Alticus evermanni. 

 Alticus seba?. 

 Alticus variolosus. 

 Alticus alboguttatus. 

 Alticus periophthalmus. 

 Salarias edentulus. 

 Salarias fasciatus. 

 Exallias brevis. 

 Antennarius drombus. 



The fish fauna of the Samoan Islands is one of the richest on the globe. In our 

 short stay we obtained 475 species, of which 92 seem to be new to science. The 

 following- is a list of these new forms. 



