88 USEFUL PLANTS OF GUAM. 



lines from eve two-thirds of distance down sides of snout; iris bright 

 yellow. The name salmonete is also applied to other Mullidae, or goat- 

 fishes, one of which, Mulloides flavolineatus Lacep., has a yellowish 

 stripe down the side and a dusky back. In Samoa allied species called 

 "i'a-sina" (white fish); in Hawaii "weke." 



Sapisapi. Pempheris otaitensis (Cuv. & Val.). 



A small fish of a beautiful glossy rose purple; eyes large; snout 

 blunt; back straight; belly curved. Belongs to the Pempheridae. 



Sesiog. Holocentrus unipunetatus Giinther. 



A squirrel-fish of a beautiful crimson color, with a .number of lines of 

 darker red. This color fades in spirits, thcfish becoming a grayish 

 white, except a small blotch of black between the first and second dor- 

 sal spines near the base. 



Sesyan, Siyan, or Sidyan. Siganas marmorata (Q. & G.). 



Blackish purple; mackerel-shaped; head and back covered with ver- 

 miculated lines, which are wavy and longitudinal on sides. Belongs 

 to the Teuthidae or lancet-fishes. Edible. The young are called 

 "manahag." 



Sihig-. Scolopsis lineatus Q. & G. 



Greenish and pink; head curved; eyes large; an indistinct line from 

 snout to first dorsal spine; 2 distinct lines from above the orbit to 

 sixth and seventh rays of soft dorsal; a third line wider anteriorly 

 and more or less broken from upper third of eye to just abaft the after 

 margin of the dorsal fin; a fourth line forms the boundary of the col- 

 oring along the median line from eye to caudal; 6 to 7.50 inches long. 

 The vernacular name taken from that of the Guam kingfisher, Halcyon 

 cinnamominus Swainson, which is greenish blue and cinnamon-colored. 

 Tampat. Platophrys pavo Q. & G. 



A flounder; good food fish. In Samoa allied species called "ali." 



Tarakito. Carangus ascensionis (Forster. ). 



A pompano; silvery, with wash of yellow; pectorals yellow; dorsal 

 and anal bluish (in spirits); a favorite food fish; caught by hook; usu- 

 ally tiao used for bait. In Samoa and Hawaii allied species called 

 "ulua." 



Tataga. Monoceros marginaius Cuv. & Val. 



A black fish with a spur on its forehead and two sharp bony plates 

 on peduncle of tail; in younger specimens spur shorter; in youngest 

 spur and tail plates absent; in spirits of a dirty olive, slight^ lighter 

 below. 

 Tatalun. Anampses coeruleopunctatus (Rvippell). 



Brown, reddish on belly; bright blue spots and 8 to 10 blue lines 

 marking the head; most of them radiating from the e} T e; pectorals 

 yellow, their bases black; ventrals dusky, the first rays blue; caudal 

 dusky, with numerous blue spots; dorsal and anal with 2 or 3 rows of 



