THE FISHES OP SAMOA. 



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Color in spirits, gray'sh mottled with brown, which takes somewhat the form of 6 irregular cross- 

 bands, the first of which encircles the sides and upper part of head at eye, and the last one encircles 

 the base of caudal fin; each side of lower jaw marked with about 6 alternating white and brown spots; 

 a similar marking shown on upper jaw; dorsal fin with oblique brown bands, caudal with a wide brown 

 band near the middle and tipped with white, and with about 5 dusky bands; ventral with 3 dusky 

 bands; pectoral spotted with dusky black at the base, caudal with a wide* brownish area near the 

 middle. 



This species is common in the tide-pools of the coral reefs of Samoa with Sebastopsis scabra and 

 Sebastopsis guamensis, as described by Klunzinger. It differs from Sebastapistes trktU in the absence of 

 orbital cirrus. Otherwise it agrees very closely with that species, but not one of our examples shows 

 any trace of the orbital cirrus, which is well developed in .S'. tristis. 



Many specimens from .Apia. The type is no. 51761, U. S. National Museum, length 2 inches. 



Fig. 72. — Sebastapistes laotale Jordan & Seale, new species. Type. 



1349. Sebastapistes tristis (Klunzinger). Guam; Red Sea; Philippines. 



Scorpasna tristis Klunzinger, Syn.Fische Rothen Meeres, 802, 1870, Red Sea. 



Scorpsena bakeri Seale, Bishop Museum 1901, 126, Honolulu; op. cit., vol. I, no. 3,120, Guam. 



This species, distinguished by its orbital cirrus and by the blackish cross bands on the lower jaw, 

 was not taken by us. Seale's description of Scorpicna bakeri agrees well with Klunzinger's account, 

 and may be the same fish. Giinther's Scorpana tristis is said to have not "Hautlappchen." This 

 may be our Sebastapistes laotali. We have examples of S. tristis from the Philippines, with the orbital 

 cirrus well developed. 



1350. Sebastapistes laniarius (Cuvier & Valenciennes). Guam. 



1351. Sebastapistes nuchalis (Giinther). Rarotonga. 

 Scorpxna nuchalis Giinther, Fisehe der Siidsee, 76, 1873, Rarotonga. 



SETARCHES Giinther. 



1352. Setarch.es remig-er (Gilbert & Cramer). Deep seas of Hawaii. 



1353. Setarch.es fidjiensis (Giinther). Fiji. 

 Setarckes Jidjicnsis Gunther, Challenger Fishes, 87, 19, Fiji. 



■ PONTINTJS Poey. 



1354. Pontinus spilistius (iilbert. Deep seas of Hawaii. 



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