86 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



posteriorly to half the width of the fin. It has a narrow margin of 

 black above this, but it has no colored line at base of dorsal as in 

 M. lituratus. The name "hugupau" is applied also to M. lituratus 

 (Forst.), with the j^ellow coloring of the bases of the caudal plates 

 intermingling - , and with a colored line along the base of the dorsal fin. 

 Another allied species, M. marginatus Cuv '. & Val., is called "tataga." 



Kakaka. Lutianus fulvus ( Bloch) . 



A snapper; pinkish and } T ellowish, with dark tail and yellow pecto- 

 rals and ventrals; dark spot at base of pectorals; upper part of dorsal 

 black with narrow white margin, and narrow white margin on tail. 

 In Samoa allied species called "mu-mea" and " tavai-uliuli " are 

 sometimes poisonous. 



Laiguan. Mugil vxvigiensis Q. & G. 



Mullet; called "lisa"by the Spanish. Head flat; scales large; body 

 silveiy with slight wash of yellow; darker above; pectorals dusky 

 with lower margins yellowish. A favorite food fish. 



Lansi. Apogon fasciatus Q. & G. 



Small; livid flesh-color, striped longitudinally with black from head 

 to tail. Abundant on reefs, associated with cfuetodons and other 

 coral fishes. 



Loro. 



A name applied in Guam to species of Scarus, or parrot-fishes, and 

 to the genus Gomphosus. Scarus celebricus Bloch is a beautiful species 

 of a deep cobalt blue and pink color; scales large. Gomphosus tri- 

 color- Q. & G.: intense dark green and dark blue; snout elongated; 

 a yellow marking as wide as orbit from lower part of pectoral axis to 

 a little above a lateral line on shoulders; pectorals dusky with a deep 

 blue band across posterior third; tail yellow, outer margin blue-green. 

 Allied species (" panuhunuhu ") are sometimes eaten raw by the 

 Hawaiians. 



Maching. Periophthalmus Jcoel renter I (Pallas). 



Mangrove-hopper. A small, brown, flably fish with livid flesh-color 

 markings, its air bladder modified into a breathing organ. It leaves 

 the water and hops about stones and on the mangrove roots and muddy 

 bottom of salt-water mud flats. 



Mafiiti. Lutianus bonhamensis Giinther. 



Pale greenish snapper with pinkish fins and tail, sometimes a black 

 spot on sides; a favorite food fish: can be caught with a hook. Among 

 other species of Lutianus, are the kakaka (Z. fulwus), the buha 

 (Z. monostigma); L. hengalensts (with -± blue-brown edged stripes 

 along the side of the 3 T ellowish body); and Z. erythropterus (yellowish 

 white with wash of reddish brown; doi-sal fin with a fine black margin). 



