352 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



1191. Hepatus atramentatus Jordan & Evermann. Hawaii; Samoa; Lay san ; Marcus I.; Tahiti. 



Acantkurus lineolatus Giinther, Fische der Sudsee, 112, taf. 73, fig. a, Tahiti; not' of Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Steindachner, Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien 1900, 493, Honolulu. 

 Teuthis atramentatus (by misprint atrimentatus) Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xxn, 1902 (1903), 198, 



Hawaii. Snyder, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., XXII, 1902 (1903), 533, Laysan. Bryan & Herre, Bishop Museum 



1903, 133, Marcus I. 



Of this species, rather common at Hawaii, we found but one specimen in Samoa. The body is 

 striped with blue, as in Hepatus dusswnieri, but there is an ink-like spot at the base of the last dorsal 

 and anal rays. 



1192. Hepatus elongatus Cuvier & Valenciennes. TJnavau. Hawaii; Samoa; New Hebrides; 



Palau; Tahiti; Marcus I.; Guam; Fate, and Tubuai (Seale). 

 Chsetodtm elongatus Lac<5pede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., IV, 471, pi. 6, fig. 2, 1S03. Pacific Ocean. 

 Acantkurus nigroris Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., x, 208, 1835, Hawaii. 

 Acantkurus bipunctatus Giinther, Cat., in, 331, Sea of China, Fiji Is. Steindachner, Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien 1900, 



494. Honolulu. 

 Acantkurus nigros Giinther, Cat., m, 332, New Hebrides. Giinther, Fische der Sudsee, 110, New Hebrides, Palau, 



Tahiti. 

 Teuthis bipunctatus Jordan & Fowler, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1901,554, Riukiu Is., Kotosho, Formosa. Bryan & Herre, 



Bishop Museum 1903, 134, Marcus I. 

 Teuthis mata Seale, Bishop Museum, 1901, 107, Guam; not of Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



This species is common about Samoa, and also about Hawaii. It is often distinguishable by the 

 black blotch at base of soft dorsal and anal, but in dark colored examples, as most of ours are, this spot is 

 inseparable from the black ground-color of the fins. The body is very dark brown, without stripes. 

 Hepatus mala Cuvier & Valenciennes of India, has the same color but the profile is straight and not 

 so steep. 



Of the various names given to fishes of this sort we have chosen as earliest the name elongatus of 

 Lacepikle. While his description amounts to Httle, and that of Cuvier & Valenciennes is scarcely 

 better, his figure represents this species, which differs from all others in being plain blackish brown 

 on body and fins, the black spot on last rays of dorsal and anal distinct only in paler specimens. 



In this species the body is uniform brown; the caudal has usually a narrow pale edge and the 

 snout is usually dusky. 



1193. Hepatus fuliginosus (Lesson). Oualan, or Strong I. 

 Acantkurus fuliginosus Lesson, Voy. Coquille, n, 149, pi. 27, fig. 2, 1S30, Oualan. 



This species is said to have the lips blue, the body brownish with faint bluish streaks, and but 20 

 soft rays in the anal. We have not seen it. It may be identical with Hepatus elongatus. 



1194. Hepatus bariene (Lesson). Waigiu. 

 Acantkurus bariene Lesson, Voy. Coquille, II, 149, 1830, Waigiu. 



Acantkurus nummlfer Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., x, 234, 1835, 'Waigiu; same type. 



1195. Hepatus celebicus (Bleeker). Tahiti; Solomon Is.; East Indies. 



Acantkurus celebicus Bleeker, 1852, 761, Celebes, Ternate. Giinther, Fische der Sudsee, 115, taf. 73, fig. B, Solomon 

 Is., Tahiti. 



1196. Hepatus leucopareius (Jenkins). Hawaii. 



Teuthis leucopareius Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Coram., xxn, 1902 (1903), 476, fig. 28, Honolulu. 



1197. Hepatus rnatoides (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Umelei. Hawaii; Samoa; Fiji; Oualan; 



Bougainville I.; New Guinea; East Indies. 

 Acantkurus rnatoides Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., x, 204, 1S35, Oualan. Sauvage, Poiss. Madagascar, 



340; same type. Peters, Berl. Mon. 1876, 835, Bougainville I. 

 Acantkurus annularis Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., x, 209, 1835, He de France. 

 Acantkurus blochii Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., x, 239, 1835, He de France, Seychelles. 

 Acantkurus xantkopter us Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., x, 215, 1835, Seychelles. 

 Acantkurus lamarrii Cuvier & Valenciennes, op. cit., x, 236, 1835, He de France. 

 Teuthis guntheri Jenkins, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm!, xxn, 1902 (1903), 477, pi. 29, Hawaii. 



This species is characterized by the pale ring at the base of the caudal, the body being plain brown 

 or nearly so, and the vertical fins with a few distinct stripes. Taking the account given by Sauvage 

 as authentic, we are unable to separate the species called xanthopterin, blochi, and guntheri from the 

 scantily described rnatoides. 



