Uropterygius marmoratus (Lacepede, 1803). 



Uropterygius marmoratus — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 Uropterygius micropterus (Bleeker, 1852). Pusi-sutalulu. 



Uropterygius macrocephalus — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 Uropterygius necturus (Jordan and Gilbert, 1882). 



Anarchias knighti — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



As Uropterygius reidi, Schultz, 1943. McCosker has found that 



knighti is a junior synonym. 

 Uropterygius polyspilus (Regan, 1909). 



Uropterygius polyspilus — Schultz, 1943. 

 Uropterygius supraforatus (Regan, 1909). Pusi-le'a. 



U. dentatus is a junior synonym. 

 Uropterygius tigrinus (Lesson, 1829). Pusi-sola.su lu. 



Gymnomuraena tigrina — Schmeltz, 1869. 



As Scuticaria tigrina, Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 Uropterygius xanthopterus Bleeker, 1859. 



Uropterygius xanthopterus — Schultz, 1943. 



Congridae (Conger and Garden Eels) 



Ariosoma scheelei (Stromman, 1896). 

 (CAS 44193.) 



Conger cinereus Riippell, 1828. I'aui, pusi-solasulu. 



Leptocephalus marginatus — Jordan and Evermann, 1905. 

 As Congrellus guttulatus and Leptocephalus marginatus, Jor- 

 dan and Seale, 1906 and as Conger noordzeike, Schultz, 1943. 



Conger sp. 



One specimen, 839 mm TL; caught at 440 m. Pectoral' 19; 36 

 lateral line pores anterior to anus. Dorsal origin slightly anterior 

 to pectoral tip; pupil centered over rictus. Measurements ex- 

 pressed in thousandths of TL: head 168, tip of snout to origin 

 of dorsal 232, tip of snout to anus 393, snout 42, diameter of 

 eye 23, length of pectoral 62. David G. Smith examined the 

 specimen but was unable to identify it. (ANSP 146127.) 



Gorgasia naeocepaea (Bohlke, 1951). 

 (BPBM 17457.) 



Heteroconger hassi (Klausewitz and Eibl-Eibesfeldt, 1959). 

 (BPBM 17456.) 



Muraenichthys gymnotus Bleeker, 1864. 



Muraenichthys fowleri— Schultz, 1943. 

 Muraenichthys laticaudata (Ogilby, 1897). 



Muraenichthys laticaudata — Schultz, 1943. 

 Muraenichthys macropterus Bleeker, 1857. 



Muraenichthys macropterus — Seale, 1935. 

 Muraenichthys macrostomus Bleeker, 1864. 

 Muraenichthys schultzei Bleeker, 1857. 



Muraenichthys schultzei — Helfrich et al. 1975. 

 Muraenichthys sibogae Weber and deBeaufort, 1916. 



Muraenichthys cookei — Helfrich et al. 1975. 

 Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781). Gatainea. 



Leiuranus colubrinus — Schmeltz, 1866. 



As Chlevastes colubrinus and C. fasciatus, Jordan and Seale, 



1906. 

 Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier, 1817). 



Myrichthys maculosus — Schultz, 1943. 

 Myrophis uropterus (Temminck and Schlegel, 1842). 



(CAS 38565.) 

 Ophichthus melanochir Bleeker, 1864. 



Collected from Aunu 'u Island by John E. Randall. (BPBM 



16794.) 

 Phyllophichthus xenodontus Gosline 1951. 

 * Pisodonophis cancrivorus (Richardson, 1844). 



Ophichthys cancrivorus — Giinther, 1910. 

 Schismorhynchus labialis (Seale, 1917). 

 Schultzidia johnstonensis (Schultz and Woods, 1949). 

 Yirrkala sp. 



McCosker plans to describe the single Samoan specimen of this 



striped species as new. (CAS 46677.) 



Clupeidae (Herrings) 



Members of this family are known generally as pelupelu. Peter 

 J. Whitehead provided synonymies and confirmed identifications. 

 He indicates that the four species listed with an asterisk may all be 

 valid records. 



Ophichthidae (Snake Eels) 



Again, John E. McCosker provided identifications and un- 

 published synonymies for several of the species listed below. 



*Bascanichthys filaria (Giinther, 1872). 



Ophichthys filaria— Giinther, 1910. 

 * Brachysomophis crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833). 



Ophichthys crocodilinus— Giinther, 1910. 

 Brachysomophis sauropsis Schultz, 1943. Ati ati, i aui. 



Brachysomophis sauropsis — Schultz, 1943. 

 Callechelys marmorata (Bleeker, 1853). 



Callechelys marmoratus — Schultz, 1943. 

 Ichthyapus vulturis (Weber and deBeaufort, 1916). 

 Glenoglossa wassi McCosker, 1982. 



Glenoglossa wassi— McCosker, 1982. 



(CAS 47048, 47049.) 

 * Lamnostoma polyophthalma (Bleeker, 1853). 



Ophichthys punctulatus—Gunther, 1910. 

 Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay and Bennett, 1839). Gatauli. 



Sphagebranchus longipinnis — Schmeltz, 1866. 



As Dalophis longipinnis and Leiuranus semicinctus, Jordan 



and Seale, 1906. 



*Dussumieria acuta Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 



1847. 



Dussumieria acuta — Seale, 1935. 



Seale's specimens of acuta were never cataloged so the author 



was unable to confirm this record. 

 Herklotsichthys quadrimaculatus (Riippell, 1837). 



Herklotsichthys punctata — Fowler, 1932. 



Whitehead writes that his student, Thosaporn Wongratana, 



has found punctatus to be restricted to the Red Sea and that the 



widespread species hitherto called by this name (Whitehead 



1972) is quadrimaculatus. 

 *Sardinella albella (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 



1847). 



Clupea zunasi — Schmeltz, 1879. 



* Sardinella fimbriata (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 



1847). 



Spratella fimbriata — Schmeltz, 1 865 . 



* Sardinella gibbosa (Bleeker, 1849). 



Clupea gibbosa— Giinther, 1909. 

 Sardinella melanura (Cuvier in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1829). 

 Salala, pua. 



Clupeonia commersoni — Schmeltz, 1865. 

 As Harengula commersoni, Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



