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LEIOGNATHUS Lacepede. 



739. Leiognathus fasciatus (Lacepede). Samoa; Fiji (Giinther); New Britain (Peters); East 



Indies. 



This species is common at Samoa, numerous specimens being taken about Apia and Pago Pago in 

 the seine. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia, spots on sides and dorsal bars dull brassy; axil brassy and 

 brassy shades on dorsal and anal fins. 



Another specimen from Apia was silvery, faintly streaked and barred above. Dorsal spine not 

 reaching tip of last spine in specimen 3 inches long. Young. 



740. Leiognathus obscurus (Seale). Guam. 

 Leiognathus obscurus Seale, Bishop Mus. 1901, 74, Guam. 



741. Leiognathus equula (Forskal). New Caledonia; East Indies. 



Equula caballa (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. Victoria, 1873, 114, New Caledonia. 



742. Leiognathus dussumieri (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Tahiti (Kner, Novara Fische, 167); East 



Indies. 



743. Leiognathus edentulus Lacepede. New Guinea (Macleay); East Indies. 



744. Leiognathus smithursti (Ramsay & Ogilby). New Guinea. 

 Equula smithursti Ramsay & Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1886, 11. 



GAZZA Cuvier. 



745. Gazza minuta (Bloch). New Guinea; New Britain (Peters); Tahiti (Kner); East Indies. 



746. Gazza equulseformis (Riippell). Solomon Is. ; East Indies. 



747. Gazza argentaria (Forster). Tanna; New Hebrides; East Indies. 



Family MVIUDJE. 

 UPENEUS Cuvier. ( Upeneoides Bleeker. ) 



748. Upeneus vittatus (Forskal). Yete. Tahiti; Samoa; Papua; Borabora; Fiji; Marquesas Is. 



(Seale); East Indies. 



This species is rather common about Samoa, where about a dozen specimens were taken. In life 

 the belly is a bright sulphur-yellow. The number of bands on the caudal fin is fewer than in Upeneus 

 arge, one of those on the lower lobe being very broad and black. 



Life colors of a specimen called uete, olive, sides silvery, no red except on iris and sides of snout, 

 side with 5 golden bands, fourth the brightest and broadest; belly bright, sulphur yellow, in a broad 

 stripe; barbels white; first dorsal black at tip, with 2 white and 2 brassy bands, one of the latter at 

 base; second dorsal with 4 white and 4 olive oblique bands; fourth and fifth lateral bands converging 

 on tail; upper lobe also with 3 dark oblique bands and 4 white bands; lower with 3 white and 2 dark 

 bands, the outer one very broad, nearly as broad as eye, and black with yellow edge, twice the width 

 of upper outer band. 



749. Upeneus arge Jordan & Evermann. Hawaii. 



This large species is common about Hawaii, but has not been seen elsewhere. It has the belly 

 silvery white in life and the caudal bands are more numerous and more even than in Upeneus vittatus. 



750. Upeneus teeniopterus (Cuvier & VaLenciennes). Hawaii (Steindachner); Ceylon. 



751. Upeneus tragula Richardson. New Guinea (Macleay) ; East Indies; China. 



PSEUDUPENEUS Bleeker. 

 ( Upeneus, Pseudupeneus, and Parupeneus, all of Bleeker.) 



752. Pseudupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy & Gaimard). Hawaii. 



This species is very common about Hawaii, where it replaces the P. moana of the islands of Poly- 

 nesia. In the former species the bright red area among the bands on the side is behind the pectoral. 

 In Pseudupeneus moana the bright yellow area is under the soft dorsal. 



