THE FISHES OF SAMOA. 



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WAITEA Jordan & Seale, new genus. 



Waitea Jordan & Seale, new genus of Gobiida; (type Gobius mystacina). 

 This genus, of which Gobius mystacina is the type, is close to Gobionellus, but it has the niaxillaries 

 produced backward after the fashion of Opislhognathus. It is named for Mr. Edgar R. Waite, of 

 Sydney, the excellent curator of fishes in the Australian Museum (now at the Museum of Christchurch, 

 New Zealand) . 



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Fig. 91. — Wnitm mudnciim [Cuvier *fc Valenciennes). 



1478. Waitea mystacina (Cuvier & Valenciennes) . Samoa; Java. 

 Color nearly plain olive-green. 



GOBIICHTHYS Klunzinger. 



This genus has the elongate body and sharp caudal fin of Gobionellus, but the upper teeth are in 

 one series. 



1479. Gobiichthys lonchotus (Jenkins I. Hawaii. 



1480. Gobiichthys papuensis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). New Guinea; East Indies. 



GOBIONELLUS Girard. 



This genus contains elongate species with the caudal fin produced, the lower jaw flat, and the 

 teeth small, in bands. 



1481. Gobionellus atriclypeus (Garman). Fiji. 



Gobius atriclypeus Garman. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 1903, 233, xxxix. with plate, Fiji. 

 This species, from Fiji, is unknown to us. From the slender form and acuminate caudal and the 

 teeth in hands we refer it to Gobionellus. 



GOBIOPTERUS Bleeker. 



Gobioplerus Bleeker, Arch. Neerl. 1875, 311 (brachyplerus). 

 This genus differs from Apocryptes in the large scales and short dorsal and anal. 



1482. Gobiopterus farcimen Jordan & Evermann. Hawaii. 



AP0CRYPT0D0N Bleeker. 

 Scales about 50. 



1483. Apocryptodon fasciatus (Marleay). New Guinea (Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 1884, 268). 



PSEUDAPOCRYPTES Bleeker. 



Pseudapocryptes Bleeker, Arch. Neerl. 1875, 327 (lanceolatus). 

 This genus is said to differ from Apocryptes (bato) in the tumid teeth and the minute scales. 



1484. Pseudapocryptes lanceolatus (Bloch & Schneider). Tahiti (Kner, Novara Fische, ISO);. 



East Indies. 



