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distinct, forming 8 spots, the last a speck at upper base of caudal, above sixth on body in the second 

 band; dorsal green with a black spot behind first spine and three in a triangle at first soft ray; fins 

 otherwise all pale green; no axil spot and no dark shade on pectoral. 



(4) Bluish below, green on sides and dorsum, with pronounced rose-pink blotches and bars, 

 darker above; pectoral with rose-pink axil; greenish yellow outside at base of pectoral and a small 

 greenish yellow blotch on pectoral itself near base; dorsal green with dark rose-pink median line; 

 anal with rose-pink line along base; caudal blue green with narrow pink blotches and greenish yellow 

 margin. 



984. Thalassoma genivittatum (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Marcus Island (Bryan & Herre, Bishop 



Museum, 1903, it, 131) ; East Indies. 



985. Thalassoma dorsale (Quoy &Gaimard). Sugalesei; Sugale pulepule; Sugale fa' a'.ele' ele. Samoa; 



Fiji; Aneiteum; New Ireland; New Guinea; Marcus I.; Shortland I. (Seale); East Indies. 



This species is common in the East Indies, Indian Ocean, and South Seas. We have 12 specimens 

 from Pago Pago, and 16 from Apia. 



Life colors of specimens called sugale sei, from Apia, dark green; 5 indigo blue black crossbars; 

 a bright red lateral streak posteriorly, a fainter one above it, blue below this; 5 broad greenish coppery 

 red bands radiating from eye, the broader anteriorly blue; a black spot before and across base of 

 pectoral; a blue- black spot on base of tail in larger one; chin and lower part of head dark blue (males 

 with a large black green-edged spot above pectoral); sides mottled with red; dorsal blue black; the soft 

 dorsal broadly golden at tip, a bluish streak below the golden; a pale streak across base of spinous 

 dorsal and pale tips; caudal translucent yellowish green, a red streak on each lobe, and a light green 

 edge above and below; anal pale yellow with a black spot anteriorly; ventrals yellowish; pectoral 

 yellowish; a deep blue-black stripe the whole length of dorsal, pale below, yellowish above. 



986. Thalassoma scrrwanefeldi (Bleeker). Tubuai; Austral I. (Seale); East Indies. 



987. Thalassoma janseni (Bleeker). New Guinea (Macleay); Aneiteum (Gunther); East Indies. 



988. Thalassoma aneitense Gunther. Hawaii; Aneiteum; Guam; Nukahiva (Seale). 



989. Thalassoma mertensi (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Ulea. 



This species, very imperfectly described from a drawing, we do not recognize. It may be the 

 young of Thalassoma lunare. 



GOMPHOSUS Lace'pede. 



990. Gomphosus varius (Lacepede). Hawaii; Samoa; Guam; Fanning Is. (Streets); New Guinea 



(Macleay); East Indies. 



This species is rather common about the Hawaiian Islands, as also about Samoa. We have 5 

 examples from Apia. 



We are not altogether certain that the Hawaiian species, Gomphosus pectoralis, is fully identical 

 with the East Indian Gomphosus varius, but the evidence points in that direction. Apparently Gom- 

 phosus undulalus and Gomphosus pacificus are color variations of this species. 



991. Gomphosus undulatus Streets. Fanning Is. 



Gomjjhosus undulalus Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., vir, S5, 1877, Fanning Is. 

 This species, doubtfully separable from Gomphosus varius, is unknown to us. 



992. Gomphosus pacificus Seale. Guam. 

 Gomphosus pacificus Seale, Bishop Museum 1901, 94, Guam. 



This species is probably a color variant of Gomphosus varius. 



993. Gomphosus tricolor Quoy & Gaimard. Sugale. Hawaii; Samoa; Tahiti; Caroline Is.; New 



Guinea (Macleay); Rarotonga; Makatea and Mangareva (Seale); East Indies. 



This singular and beautifully colored fish is common about the Hawaiian Islands and occurs 

 throughout the South Seas. We have two specimens from Apia and one from Pago Pago. 



Life colors of a specimen from Apia called sugale, deep greenish black, indigo blue on head, each 

 scale of body with a violet bar and an olive wash; a bright yellowish green bar above axil, which is 

 black; dorsal and anal light clear green, bluish at tip; caudal blue black on edges, pale behind, mesially 



