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HOLOCENTRUM DIPLOXIPHUS, Gunther. 



Holocentrum diploxiphus, Giinther, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1871, p. 660, 

 pi. Ix. 



This species is also known from several of the Polynesian 

 Islands, and as Gunther remarks, apparently remains of small 

 size : the only example brought home measures 144 millim. in 

 length. 



It is called " Boutularu " on the island of Funafuti. 



* TEUTHID.3S. 



TEUTHIS, Linnaeus. 

 TEUTHIS ROSTRATA, Cuv. & Val. 



Teuthis rostrata, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat., x., p. 158 ; Playfair, 

 Fishes of Zanzibar, p. 50, pi. x., fig. 2. 



As the descriptions of the various species are for the most part 

 little more than a notice of the colour-pattern, and as this 

 usually fades on contact with spirit, the determination of the 

 species cannot be satisfactory without a good series of the genus. 

 Our two examples I determine as Teuthis rostratus, and a com- 

 parison with Playfair's description and figure largely removes 

 any doubt as to their identity. Gunther has identified the 

 species from the Society, Pelew, and Gilbert Islands, so that its 

 occurrence in Funafuti is merely an extension of the known 

 range. 



Known to the natives as " Mai'ava " or " Meia." 

 ACRONURID.^. 



ACANTHURUS, Block. 



ACANTHURUS TRiosTEGUS, Linn. 



Acanthurus triostegus, Linn., Syst. Nat., i., p. 463; Bennett, 

 Fishes of Ceylon, p. 11., pi. xi. 



One would scarcely expect to receive even a very small col- 

 lection of fishes from the Pacific Islands without this ubiquitous 

 species being included. Of three examples the largest measures 

 158, the smallest 54 millim. 



The native name in Funafuti is " Manini," and its universal 

 application is noteworthy. Gunther remarks : " Throughout 

 the whole of Polynesia it is called ' Manini.' " 



For paper on the Teuthidoidea, see Gill, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vii., 

 1885, p. 276. 



