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(2) From Pago Pago. Rose-pink, with bands of dark brown-red, and of white; pectoral, dorsal, 

 and caudal barred with dark red-brown. 



(3) From Pago Pago. With marks showing through from inside; outside whitish with abundant 

 black points; transverse blackish bar; pectoral barred. 



(4) From Apia. Bright green, with bronze dots; sides with large white spots; 2 white dots at base 

 of caudal; pectoral banded white and reddish brown; iris golden; upper fins pale and dotted; lower 

 darker, the anal dark brown barred with white. 



(5) Less green than the preceding, with traces of a brown lateral band. 



Color in spirits, from yellowish white to light brown with shading of darker brown spots, which 

 in young specimens show a tendency to form vertical irregular bands along sides, this showing only 

 at base of dorsal in type; the distinctive markings found on all specimens are 4 dark bands across the 

 pectoral, and 4 similar bands on the caudal, the 2 near the base the most distinct; dorsal fins also with 

 3 or 4 oblique dark band-like rows of blotches on their spines and rays; a few larger black spots on 

 cheeks and opercles. 



Of this well-marked species we have 15 specimens from Pago Pago and Apia. Type no. 51799, 

 U. S. National Museum, from Apia, length 1.06 inches. 



1576. Enneapterygius tutuilae Jordan & Seale, new species. Samoa. 



Head 3 in length; depth 4; eye 3.1 in head; dorsal in-xii-9; anal 18; scales about 33; lateral line 

 ending under middle of second dorsal. 



Body elongate, compressed, scaled; depth of caudal peduncle equal to eye; lower profile of head 

 projecting, the large eyes forming a convexity in the profile, otherwise the profile somewhat rounded 



Fig. 99. — Enneoplert/gius tutuila Jordan & Seale, new species. Type. 



to the mouth, angle of mouth under middle of eye; snout rather pointed; minute teeth in jaws; a 

 short simple tentacle over eye and at nostril; first dorsal fin rather high and distinct, its base in front 

 of posterior margin of opercle; base of second dorsal about equal to head, its longest ray 2.5 in head; 

 base of third dorsal 1.75 in head, its longest ray 2.25 in head; origin of anal under sixth spine of sec- 

 ond dorsal, its base 2.5 in length of fish without caudal; its origin at equal distance between tip of 

 snout and base of caudal; pectoral slightly greater than length of head; caudal rounded, 1.25 in head; 

 ventral situated anterior of pectoral, its length 1.25 in head. 



Life colors of one specimen, greenish pinkish, with about 9 dark cross-bars, which become black- 

 ish bars across base of anal; a green bar between 2 white ones at base of caudal; fins barred with red- 

 dish brown; first and second dorsal blackish; head dotted and mottled with reddish. 



Another specimen was translucent yellow white with many fine points, some rose-red, some black- 

 brown, mixed all over body and fins; head darker; the fine spots weakly segregated into transverse 

 bars, more distinct on belly. 



Color in spirits, yellowish white, shaded with black spots tending slightly toward wide band-like 

 arrangements on back; a heart-shaped dusky area on nuchal region; the most conspicuous marking 

 is the 7 distinct vertical black bands of the anal fin; one dark band just in front of lower base of 

 pectoral; a black spot in front of intromittent organ, 2 or more dark blotches below the eye; a dusky 



