268 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



671. Plectorhynchus papuensis (Macleay). New Guinea. 

 Diagramma papuensis Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1883, 237. 



672. Plectorhynchus hsematochir (Bleeker) . New Guinea (Macleay); East Indies. 

 {Plectorhynchus goldmanni Bleeker.) 



SPILOTICHTHYS Fowler. 



673. Spilotichthys centurio (Cuvier & Valenciennes). New Guinea (Macleay); Seychelles. 



674. Spilotichthys pictus (Thunberg). New Guinea (Bleeker); Fiji (Giinther); East Indies; 



Japan. 



EUELATICHTHYS Fowler. 



675. Euelatichthys crassispinus (Riippell). Misimisi. Samoa; East Indies. 



Diagramma crassispinum Riippell. Neue Wirbelthiere, Fische, 125, taf. 30, fig. 4, 1835, Red Sea. Giinther, Cat., 

 1, 319. 



Diagramma gibbosus Honibron & Jacquinot, Voy. Sud Pole, 46, pi. 5, fig. 5, 1854. Giinther, Cat., I, 319. Giin- 

 ther, Fische der Siidsee, 26. 



Diagramma affinc Giinther, Cat., I, 319, Australia, Moluccas, Amboina, Madras, China. 



Of this species we have three large examples and one small one from Apia. The small specimen 

 has the caudal tin gray. In the others this fin is black. The small specimen and two of the large 

 ones have the soft dorsal covered with small blackish spots, Some of these spots are seen on the 

 caudal fin. In one specimen there are no distinct spots on the dorsal, and one faint one only at base 

 of caudal. These specimens certainly belong to the same species, and we see no reason for separating 

 the nominal species affine and gibbosus from it, although P. gibbosus, originally described from Samoa, 

 is said to have 13 spines. This may be an individual variation or an error in counting. 



Life colors of a specimen from river mouth at Apia, blackish; caudal abruptly pale gray; round 

 black spots on dorsal, anal, and base of caudal; body unspotted; fins else blackish. 



Another specimen from Apia, called misi rnisi, was dark olive, each scale with darker edge; pre- 

 opercle and opercle black-edged; fins all plain dusky, the edges blacker; a few small black spots on 

 second dorsal; no red or yellow. 



676. Euelatichthys crassilabris ( Alleyne & Macleay) . New Guinea. 



Diagramma crassilabris Alleyne & Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1876, 271, Hall Sound (New Guinea). 

 This species must be very close to P. crassispinus. 



677. Euelatichthys obscurus (Giinther). Fiji. 

 Diagramma obscurum Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1871, 657, Fiji. 



This species is not known to us. It resembles P. crassispinus, but the second anal spine is much 

 smaller than in the latter. 



678. Euelatichthys unicolor ( Macleay) . New Guinea. 



Diagramma unicolor Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1876, 261, China Straits, New Guinea. 



POMADASIS Lacepede 1804. 



679. Pomadasis hasta (Bloeh). New Britain (Peters); East Indies; New Guinea (Macleay). 



SYMPHYSANODON Bleeker. 



680. Syinphysanodon typus Bleeker. New Guinea. 

 Symphysanodon typus Bleeker, Arch. Neerl. Ind. 1878, 61. 



SC0L0PSIS Cuvier. (Ghanan Forskal.) 



681. Scolopsis trilineata Kner. Taiva tusi. Samoa; Fiji; New Guinea; New Hebrides (Seale). 

 Scolopsis trilineata Kner, Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wi'en 1868, 301, Samoa. Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, 31, taf. 25, fig. a, 



Samoa, Fiji. 

 This species is one of the most tastefully colored of the coral-reef fishes of Samoa. About 20 

 specimens were obtained at Apia and Pago Pago. 



