THE FISHES OF SAMOA. 235 



ALECTIS Rafinesque. 



454. Alectis ciliaris (Bloch). Hawaii; Samoa; New Ireland (Peters) ; Tahiti; Palau Is. ; Kingsmill 



I.; New Guinea; Solomon Is. 

 Of this widely distributed species, we have several small specimens from Apia. 



TRACHINOTTTS Lacepede. 



455. Trachinotus ovatus (Linnseus). Aldlafulu. Samoa; New Hebrides; New Guinea (Macleay). 

 Of this widely diffused species, we have three examples from Apia, one very large, nearly 2 feet 



in length. Life colors of one of these specimens gray, back tinged with creamy bronze; dorsal dark, 

 the lobe largely covered with creamy bronze; ventral, anal, belly, and lips still more orange; tail 

 black. Specimen from Pago Pagoj lobes of dorsal, anal, and caudal black, washed with creamy 

 orange; ventral and anal lobe largely orange. 



456. Trachinotus bailloni Lacepede. Samoa (Gunther); New Hebrides; Tahiti; New Britain 



(Peters); New Guinea (Macleay). 

 This species, recorded from Samoa with the preceding, was not taken by us. 



457. Trachinotus russelli Cuvier & Valenciennes. New Guinea; East Indies. 

 Trachynotus cuppingeri Gunther, Zool. Alert, 1884, 29, Percy I. (New Guinea), in Cloudy Bay. 



Family CORYPH^NID^E. 

 CORYPH.ENA Linnaeus. 



458. Coryphsena hippurus Linnseus. Hawaii; warm seas. 



459. Coryphsena equisetis Linincus. Between Tahiti and Hawaii; warm seas. 



Family BRAMID£. 

 TARACTES Lowe. 



460. Taractes orcini (Cuvier & Valenciennes). South seas; Indian Ocean. 



COLLYBTJS Snyder. 



461. Collybus drachme Snyder. Off Hawaii. 



Family PSENID^E. 



PSENES Cuvier. 



462. Psenes javanicus Cuvier & Valenciennes. Guam; East Indies. 

 (Pseties guamenms Gunther.) 



CUBICEPS Lowe. 



463. Cubiceps pauciradiatus Gunther. Misol. 



Cubiceps pauciradiatus Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1872, 42:1, Misol. Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 1902, 123. 



ARIOMMA Jordan & Evermann. 



464. Ariomma lurida Jordan & Evermann. Hawaii. 



465. Ariomma evermanni Jordan & Snyder. Hawaii. 



