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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Life colors of one from Apia; brown anteriorly, olive-yellow behind; anterior parts to vent sharply 

 marked by blunt gray cross-bars, each darker edged; fins dull olive-yellow, the. dorsals with a pale 

 and a dark band; the ventrals with a dusky center. 



A specimen from Pago Pago was clear olive, paler behind; anterior parts to middle of soft dorsal 

 with seven bluish white dark-edged cross-bands, the one behind eye forking above, the next forking 

 below; both dorsals finely checked, bluish and pale orange; anal dark, pale edged; caudal yellowish; 

 ventral mesially dusky; ventral and pectoral pale olive. The first dorsal of this specimen is 

 filamentous. 



Another specimen from Apia was greenish, with orange stripes alternating with bluish ones; fins 

 dull golden. 



VAILIMA Jordan & Seale, new genus. 



Vailima Jordan & Seale, new genus of Gobiid;e (stevensoni). 

 This genus consists of gobies allied to Rliwogobius with long bodies, depressed head and. 

 peculiar physiognomy, the ventral fins short and rounded. It is near lihinogobius, but is 

 distinguished by the more elongate body, the low mouth with two small canines, and the short, 

 cup-shaped ventrals. Scales large; head scaled above only; dorsal vi, 10; anal 11. 



1448. Vailima stevensoni Jordan & Seale, new species. Pa'ofu. Samoa. 



Head 4.50 in length; depth 5.75; eye 3.50 in head; dorsal vi, 10; anal I, 10; scales 34 from 

 posterior margin of opercles; snout 3; interorbital concave, 3.20 in head. 



Fig. S7. — Vailima stevensoni Jordan & Scale, new species. Type. 



Body elongate, compressed; anterior of head rounded; the upper part of snout and interorbital 

 taken up by a broad concave groove, which extends to base of spinous dorsal; head and nape 

 depressed, with small scales; mouth rather small, the angle under anterior margin of eye; lips broad; 

 a row of small, sharp-pointed teeth in jaws, none on vomer or palatines; opercles and preopercles 

 entire; gillrakers very small; depth of caudal peduncle 2 in head; origin of spinous dorsal over 

 axis of ventrals, the third and fourth spines elongate, the fourth about a third longer than head; 

 base of soft dorsal 3.75 in length of fish without the caudal, the posterior ray longest, 1.30 in base of 

 fin; base of anal and its rays about equal to soft dorsal; pectorals 1.18 in head, their tips undA the 

 last spine of first dorsal; ventrals united, disk-like, short, 1.50 in head; diameter of disk about 2 in 

 head; caudal large, rounded, its length 3.75 in length without caudal. 



Life colors of a specimen from Gasegase River at Tambiyou, near Apia, olive-green; scales mottled 

 golden and black; a black lateral band, interrupted by grayish spots; first dorsal cherry-red; spines 

 with black spots; second dorsal reddish with dark checkers; caudal clear yellow above, then a median 

 dash of cherry reddish, the lower half yellowish; all but upper edge closely reticulated, dark around 

 pale spots; anal dark; ventral dirty yellow; pectoral yellow, checked with black; head with an olive 

 lateral band. 



Other specimens (female) with less red and yellow; 2 lateral bands, very distinct on head, the 

 lowest broken into 3 dark cross-bars; anal dotted with black. 



