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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Color in life of a specimen from Apia, translucent, with orange shades on head; fins plain pink, 

 the spinous dorsal dark-edged; no stripes or spots; very deep and much compressed; second dorsal 

 spine filamentous, reaching past middle of soft dorsal. 



A specimen from Pago Pago in life was light pinkish olive; no spot or bar of black; two golden 

 bronze cross-streaks behind head; two on opercle and two or three similar streaks radiating from eye; 

 a streak of dark points along middle line of back; first dorsal dusky, the long whip-like produced 

 spine black; other fins plain pink, the caudal faintly dark-edged. Caudal well forked; preopercle 

 serrate. 



The other specimen from Apia, with body very deep, was translucent olive, paler below, silvery 

 on side; a dark streak along base of dorsal; four vertical bars of bright golden bronze behind eye oh 

 opercle and front of body, these not much above or below level of large eye; upper fins pale orange; 

 lower pale red; pectoral colorless. Scales very large; dorsal filamentous; anal n, 10. 



507. Mionorus waikiki (Jordan & Evermann). Hawaii. 



FOA Jordan & Evermann. Fo. 



Foa Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xxm, 1903 (July 29, 1905), 210 (type 

 Foivleria brachy gramma) . 



This genus is characterized by the entire preopercle, incomplete lateral line and by the presence 

 of teeth on the palatines. The species are all very small in size, and they live in crevices of coral reefs. 



Analysis of species of Foa. 

 a. Opercle without black spot. 



b. Body and fins plain, pale brachygrammd 



bb. Body much mottled; fins mottled. 



c. Head very large; back with broad diffuse dark cross-shades .fo 



cc. Head moderate; no broad blackish cross-bands vaiuix 



508. Foa brachygramma (Jenkins). Hawaii. 



Fig. 4:2. — Foafo Jordan & Seale, new species. Type. 



509. Foa fo Jordan & Seale, new species. Samoa. 



Head 2.20 in length; depth 2.50; eye 3.75 in head; snout 4.75 in head; dorsal vn-i, 9; anal n, 8; 

 scales 1-21-6; lateral line discontinued at the ninth scale from head; interobital equal to snout. 



Body oblong, compressed, rather deep; body, cheeks and opercles sealed; caudal peduncle rather 

 short and strong, its depth 1.50 in its length, which is 1.70 in head; mouth large, the jaws equal; pre- 

 maxillary equal to postocular part of head; bands of minute teeth in jaws, vomer and palatine; opercle 

 entire; preopercle with both limbs very minutely denticulate, the denticulations being hidden under 

 the scales; gillrakers not very sharp, rather strong, 12 on lower limb, the longest less than length of 

 pupil; base of spinous dorsal slightly greater than its height, which is 2 in head; base of soft dorsal 



