60 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OP FISHERIES. 



42. Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier & Valenciennes. Dumbusan. 



One specimen from Bulan (no. 3411; length 7.5 in.). Head 3.1 in length; depth 6.1; eye 4.5 in head; 

 snout 2.34. 



Sphyrasna obtusata Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 258 (350), Pondicherry; Gunther, Cat., ii, 339; Day, Fishes 

 India, 343, pi. Lxxi, fllg. 5. 



43. Sphyrsena langsar Bleeker. Domosot. 



One specimen from Bulan (no. 3412; length 8 in.), one from Bacon (no. 3942; length 5.5 in.), and 3 from 

 San Fabian (no. 3677 and 4022; length 2.75 to 4.75 in.). These each have 75 scales in lateral line. This 

 species is distinguished from S. obtusata by the longer snout and smaller scales. 

 SphyrnTia langsar Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., vii, 367, Batjan; Gilnther, Cat., u, 340. 



Family HOLOCENTRID^. 



44. Myripristis pralinius Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Two specimens from Bacon (no. 3223 and 3228; length 6.1 and 6.2 in.). These specimens show 6 indistinct 

 yellowish longitudinal stripes below the lateral line. Depth 2.45 in length; head 3.25; eye 2 in head; snout 

 6.75; scales 4-38-6; dorsal x-i, 15; anal iv, 14; eye 6.1 in head; snout 3.5 in eye; large blunt projecting teeth 

 in each jaw. 



Mliriprisiis pralinius Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in, 127 (170) and vii, 366 (486), New Ireland. 

 Myripristis bleekeri Gflnther, Cat., i, 20, 1859, Sea of Banda Neira; not M. pralinius of Giinther. 



45. Myripristis microphthalmus Bleeker. 



Two specimens from Bacon (no. 3250 and 3723; length 7.25 and 7.5 in.) and one from Bulan (no. 3966; 

 length 5 in.). 



Head 3.25 in length; depth 2.45; eye 7 in head; scales 4-29-6; dorsal x-i, 14; anal iv, 12. These speci- 

 mens agree well with others from Samoa. 



Myripristis microphthalmus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., in, 261, 1852, Amboyna; Atlas, ix, pi. ccclviii, fig. 2; Giinther, 

 Cat., I, 24. 



46. Myripristis murdjan (ForskS-1). 



Three specimens from Bacon (no. 3235, 3227 and 3637; length 6.25 to 8 in.), agreeing with Hawaiian 

 specimens. 



Scixna murdjan Forsk&l, Descr. Anim., 48, 1775, Djidda, Red Sea.. 



Myripristis murdjan, Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., xxiii, pt. 1, 1903 (1905), 157, pi. v (Honolulu, Hilo, Kailua, 

 Laysan, and Samoa) . 



47. Myripristis macrolepis Bleeker. Baga-baga. 



One specimen (no. 3363; length 5.75 in.), from Zamboanga. 



Head 3 in length; depth 2.3, eye 2.01 in head; snout 3 in eye; interorbital 3.75 in head; dorsal x-i, 15; 

 anal iv, 12; scales 3-29-5, 6 scales in front of dorsal; maxillary 1.75 in head, its distal end under posterior 

 margin of pupil. 



Myripristis macrolepis Bleeker, Atlas, ix, pi. ccclix, flg. 3. 



48. Holoceutrus comutus Bleeker. 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 6919; length 5.25 in.) and one from Bulan (no. 692S; length 6.75 in.). 



Head 3.2 in length; depth 2.S: eye 2.55 in head; snout 1.5; maxillary 3; mandible 2; scales 3-37-5; 

 dorsal xi, 13; anal iv, 9, the fourth spine very long, nearly equal to head. 



Color in spirits, yellowish, with dark longitudinal lines, the third from dorsal terminating in a dark caudal 

 spot; membranes of spinous dorsal dark, first webs of anal black; outer margins of caudal dark. 

 Eolocentrum cornutum Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., v, 240, Ceram; Giinther, Cat., i, 46. 



