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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Body elongate, compressed; anterior profile rounded, the lower jaw slightly the longer, the angle 

 under anterior margin of eye; several rows of small, sharp teeth in each jaw; opercles and preopercles 

 entire; depth of caudal peduncle 2.50 in head; origin of dorsal fin above base of pectorals, its longest 

 spine 1.75 in head, slightly greater than length of fin; base of soft dorsal about equal to its longest 

 ray, 2.50 in head; base of anal 1.75 in head, scarcely equal to its longest ray; the origin of anal much 

 nearer base of caudal than tip of snout; pectoral scarcely equal to head; ventral 1.10 in head; caudal 

 rounded, 1.50 in head. 



Life colors of the type from Apia plain bright red, with a gray spot on back of tail and gray spots 

 on many scales of back and head; fins all bright red. 



Color in spirits yellowish white, the margin of the scales thickly shaded with dusky; lighter 

 below; 3 dark bands across interorbital space; cheek shaded with scattered dark brown dots which 

 take the form of 2 or 3 short stripes down from the eye; snout and lips shaded with brownish; 



Fig. 83. — Trimma cxsiura Jordan &. Seale, new species. Type. 



slightly darker shadings along upper margin of opercle and base of pectoral; scattered over body are 

 a few darker dots of coloring shading into the marginal coloring of the scales; spinous dorsal yellow- 

 ish, with indistinct oblique bands; soft dorsal darker with round, lighter spots; caudal yellowish white 

 with dusky blotches; anal shaded with dusk}' blotches; pectoral and ventral yellowish. 

 One specimen from Apia, no. 31772, TJ. S. National Museum, length 1.26 inches. 



HETERELEOTRIS Sleeker. 



Hetereleotris Bleeker, Arch. Neerl. 1875, 306 (diadematus). 

 This genus contains small eleotrids of elongate form, the body translucent and scaleless. The 

 type species Hetereleotris diademata of the Red Sea is near the species described below. 



1429. Hetereleotris clara Jordan & Seale, new species. Samoa. (PI. xxxvi, fig. 2.) 



Head 4 in length; depth 6.50; eye 4.25 in head; dorsal vi, 13; anal i, 11; snout 5 in head. 

 Body elongate, compressed; lower jaw considerably the longer; the opening to tip of mouth is 

 above the median line of body; the angle of jaws is under the anterior margin of eye; mouth large, 

 with small teeth in jaws, also teeth on the palatines; tube at nostril rather distinct; opercles and pre- 

 opercles not denticulate; depth of caudal peduncle 2.60 in head; origin of spinous dorsal on a line 

 with middle of pectoral rays, its base 1.75 in head, its longest spine 3.50 in head; base of soft dorsal a 

 third longer than head, 2.87 in length without caudal; base of anal longer than head, 3.25 in length 

 without caudal, its origin midway between middle of eye and base of caudal, its longest ray 2.50 in 

 head; pectorals about equal to head; ventrals separate, situated slightly anterior to base of pectorals, 

 the tip a little more than midway to base of anal; caudal rounded, 1.20 in head. 



Life colors of a specimen from Pago Pago creamy white, thickly dotted with dark brown points; 

 on each side a single broad black-brown band extending from tip of snout to tip of caudal; caudal 

 otherwise clear with yellowish suffusion; below dead flesh-white. 



