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Of this remarkable species, distinguished by the pike-like prolongation of the snout, we have 3 

 large examples from Apia, one of them 21 feet long. The long snout and comparative slenderness of 

 the teeth define the well-marked genus Lelhrinella of Fowler. 



Life colors of a specimen called filoa va, from Apia, pale grayish olive unmarked; mouth scarlet 

 within; membrances of upper jaw red; dorsal, anal, and caudal grayish, mottled olive, edged with 

 dull red; pectoral dull light olive, ventral dusky gray. 



MONOTAXIS Bennett. 



717. Monotaxis grandoculis (Forskal). Mumu inoaga; Loalia (a Rarotongan word). Hawaii; 



Samoa; Papua; Fiji; East Indies. 



This species is rather common about Samoa, as also at Hawaii. It is valued as a food fish. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, olive green, with 2 whitish cross-bars; a black crescent at 

 base of pectoral; dorsal brownish, reddish at tip; caudal orange, yellow at base; anal like dorsal; pec- 

 toral and ventral reddish. 



718. Monotaxis euanus (Gunther). Tonga Is. 



Sphxrodon euanus Gunther, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., iv, 1S79, 137, Eua (Tonga Is.). 



SPARTFS (Artedi) Linnaeus. (Chrysophrys Cuvier & Valenciennes. ) 



719. Sparus australis (Gunther). New Hebrides; Australia. 



Chrysophrys australis Gunther, Cat., I, 494, rivers of Australia. De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1884, 457, Api 

 (New Hebrides). 



720. Sparus novae-caledoniae (Castelnau). New Caledonia. 



Chrysophrys novx-caledonix Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. Vict. 1873, 1 10, New Caledonia. 



721. Sparus berda Forskal. New Guinea (Macleay); East Indies. 

 (Sparus Itasta, Bloch & Schneider.) 



Family KYPHOSIS. 



PACHYMETOPON Gunther. 



722. Pachymetopon squamosum Alleyne & Macleay. New Guinea. 



Pachymetopon squamosum Alleyne & Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1876, 225, Hall Sound (New Guinea). 



KYPHOSUS Lacepede. {Tahmel Forskal, 1775.) 



723. Kyphosus fuscus (Lacepede). Hawaii; New Hebrides (Seale); East Indies. 



724. Kyphosus lembus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Vanicolo; East Indies. 



725. Kyphosus sandvicensis (Sauvage). Hawaii; Laysan; Marcus I. (Bryan & Herre). 



This species seems to be almost identical with Kyjihosus elegans. Peters, a species from the west 

 coast of Mexico. 



726. Kyphosus waigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard). TJmue; Matumutu. Waigiu; Papua; Caroline Is.; 



Samoa; Palauls. ; New Guinea. 

 Three large specimens of this species were taken at Apia. Life color of one called umue, bronze 

 brownish, with a gray spot on each scale, these forming pale bluish streaks, alternating with darker 

 bronze streaks; no other colors; fins all dusky; pale below eye, a dark streak about it; opercle dark- 

 edged. 



727. Kyphosus tahmel (Forskal). New Guinea (Bleeker); East Indies. 



SECTATOE Jordan & Fesler. 



728. Sectator azureus Jordan & Evermann. Hawaii. 



