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552. Epinephelus dasmeli (Giinther). 'Vo'uo. Guam; Samoa; Norfolk I.; New Guinea; Solomon 



Is. (Seale); Australia. 



Of this species we have two large specimens from Apia. Life colors of one, very dark olive with 

 many fine brown spots, gray reticulations around them on cheeks and jaws; five black irregular 

 blotches on back, and two below it; one blotch on back of tail; fins all mottled and barred obscurely, 

 reddish brown, olive and black. Ten gill-rakers. 



The other specimen was olive-gray, closely covered with small dark brown spots which are larger 

 below; a large black blotch on back of tail; fins all dusky, all spotted like the body, pectoral paler. 



553. Epinephelus fuscog-uttatus (Forskal). Samoa; Marshall Is.; Tonga; Greenwich Is.; New 



Guinea (Macleay, as Serranus microdon); East Indies. 



Of this species, we have 6 specimens, large and small, from Apia. They agree fairly with 

 Bleeker's plate. 



Life colors of one specimen, olive, rather pale, with round brown spots which are narrower than 

 the interspaces; a dark brown moustache behind the maxillary; upper jaw spotted; a black saddle on 

 caudal peduncle; dorsal, caudal, and head spotted like body; caudal dusky behind with whitish edge; 

 anal similar, less spotted; ventral similar; caudal with smaller spots. Gill-rakers 12; preopercle 

 rounded, feebly notched and spined. 



554. Epinephelus corallicola (Cuvier& Valenciennes). Samoa; Mortlock Is. ; Caroline Is. ; Green- 



wich I.; Rowland I.; New Guinea (Macleay). 



Of this species, we have one example from Apia. It agrees fairly with Giinther's figure of 

 Serranus howlandi. 



Life colors, margin of caudal bright golden yellow, pectoral with margin weakly orange yellow, 

 body with flesh-brown polygonal blotches. 



555. Epinephelus macrocephalus (Lacepede). Kingsmill I.; Mortlock Is.; Ponape: Rodriguez; 



East Indies; New Guinea (Macleay). 



556. Epinephelus maculatus (Bloch). Samoa; Papua; Marshall Is.; Caroline Is. ; Shortland I.; 



Paumotu Is. (Seale). 



Of this well-marked species, we have one young example from Apia. 



557. Epinephelus fasciatus (Forskal). Louisiades; Tahiti; Paumotu Is.; New Britain; Bonham 



I.; New Guinea; Mangareva (Seale); Japan; East Indies. 



558. Epinephelus chlorocephalus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Tonga; East Indies. 



559. Epinephelus australis (Castelnau). New Britain (Boulenger); Australia. 



560. Epinephelus pachycentron (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Louisiades; East Indies. 



561. Epinephelus summana (Forskal). Caroline Is.; New Guinea; Shortland I. (Seale); East 



Indies. 



562. Epinephelus megachir (Richardson). Louisiades; New Guinea (Alleyne & Macleay as 



Sen-anus alatus); East Indies. 



563. Epinephelus sexfasciatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Louisiades; East Indies. 



564. Epinephelus tauvina (Forskal). Louisiades; Ponape; Palauls. ; East Indies. 



565. Epinephelus quernus Seale. Hawaii. 



566. Epinephelus undulosus (Quoy & Gaimard). Misol; Shortland I. (Seale); East Indies. 



567. Epinephelus spinig-er (Giinther). Marcus I. (Bryan & Herre, Bishop Mus., n, 1903, 120). 



568. Epinephelus cseruleopunctatus (Bloch). New Britain (Peters); East Indii ■.-. 



569. Epinephelus socialis (Giinther). Tahiti; Kingsmill I.; Paumotu Is. ; Samoa (Boulenger). 

 We did not find this species, recorded from Samoa by Dr. Boulenger. 



