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two-thirds and posterior base is black; soft dorsal shaded slightly with dusky; caudal with indications 

 of many narrow vertical lines, the fins white. 



Of this species we have 16 specimens from Apia and 28 from Pago Pago. The type is no. 51776, 

 U. S. National Museum, seven-eighteenths of an inch in total length. 



1421. Eviota prasites Jordan <& Seale, new species. Lilt. Samoa. 



Head 3.20 in length; depth 4; eye 3.50 in head; dorsal vi, 9; anal 9; scales 22. 



Body elongate, compressed; caudal peduncle 2 in head; mouth of moderate size, the lower jaw 

 slightly protruding; angle of jaw under anterior of pupil; small, sharp-pointed teeth in jaws; intro- 

 mittant organ of males prominent; distance from origin of spinous dorsal to snout 2.75 in length of 

 fish without caudal; anterior dorsal spines more or less elongate, sometimes very much longer than 

 head, this elongation perhaps confined to the males, as in others the spines are shorter; base of soft 

 dorsal about equal to its longest rays; pectoral slightly longer than head; ventral of equal length or 

 less than pectoral, its origin posterior to origin of pectoral; caudal rounded, about 1.50 in head. 



Life colors of a specimen from Pago Pago called lili, translucent yellowish white with brown 

 pink points (under microscope rose red spots with brown pigment specks) arranged along dorsum and 



Fig. 76. — Eviota prasites Jordan & Seale, new species. Type. 



very weakly in narrow transverse bars on sides; all lins rosy; eye with two greenish yellow longitudi- 

 nal bands, dorsal one continued on forehead. Another specimen from this locality was very pale 

 grayish with dark specks and markings. 



Color in spirits, yellowish white, the margin of the scales shaded with fine black dots; a distinct 

 black spot on lower posterior portion of caudal peduncle at base of caudal; usually a more or less 

 distinct dusky blotch above this spot on the upper base of the caudal; a black stripe from upper pos- 

 terior part of opercle through the eye and around snout; another black stripe around lower lip; a 

 dusky blotch in upper axil of pectoral; darker shadings along the back, taking the form of more or less 

 regular black spots along base of the dorsal; six indistinct dark band-like spots along the base of anal 

 and under part of caudal peduncle; all the fins excepting the pectoral, which is white, have a dusky 

 shading of fine dots; the spinous and soft dorsal have dark spots arranged in regular longitudinal lines, 

 about four of these lines on the soft dorsal; caudal with five bands of dusky formed by separated dusky 

 spots. 



Five specimens from Pago Pago. The type is no. 51768, U. S. National Museum, length 1 inch. 



1422. Eviota afelei Jordan & Seale, new species. Samoa. 



Head 3.20 in length; depth 4.20; eye 3.40 in head; scales 27; dorsal vi, 10; anal 8. 



Body elongate, compressed, the anterior profile rounded, the jaws equal; depth of caudal peduncle 

 2 in head; angle of jaws under middle of eye; sharp-pointed teeth in jaws; the inner row of lower jaw 

 seems to have enlarged, curved canine-like teeth; nasal tubule distinct; origin of spinous dorsal slightly 

 posterior to line with origin of ventrals, its longest spine 1.50 in head; the base is greater than the 



