Carapus parvipinnis (Kaup, 1856). 



Fierasfer parvipinnis — Schmeltz, 1874. 

 Encheliophus gracilis (Bleeker, 1856). 



Jordanicus gracilis — Giinther, 1909. 



As Jordanicus gracilis, Schultz, 1943. 



Samoan specimens were taken from the body cavities of 



Bohadschia argus. 

 Onuxodon margaritiferae (Rendahl, 1921). 



Samoan specimens were collected from the jewelbox clam 



Spondylus sp. 



Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes) 



The Samoan name for flyingfishes is malolo. Only four species 

 were collected by the author. However, N.V. Parin, who has been 

 engaged in revisional studies of the family for the past 20 yr, has 

 kindly listed the following as occuring in the vicinity of Samoa. 



Cheilopogon atrisignis (Jenkins, 1904). 



Cheilopogon nigricans (Bennett, 1840). 



Parin ;onsiders nigricans as a species group of which at least 

 two species are represented in the vicinity of Samoa. 



Cheilopogon spilonotopterus (Bleeker, 1866). 



Cypselurus quindecimradiatus — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 As Cypsilurus spilonopterus, Schultz, 1943. 



Cheilopogon spilopterus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valencien- 

 nes, 1846). 



Cheilopogon suttoni (Whitley and Colefax, 1938). 



Cheilopogon unicolor (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valencien- 

 nes, 1846). 

 Cypselurus unicolor — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



Cypselurus angusticeps Nichols and Breder, 1935. 



Cypselurus poeciloplerus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valencien- 

 nes, 1846). 



Cypselurus poeciloplerus — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 As Cypsilurus poecilopterus, Schultz, 1943. 



Exocoetus monocirrhus Richardson, 1846. 



Exocoetus obtusirostris Giinther, 1866. 



Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758. 

 Exocoetus evolans — Giinther, 1909. 



Hirundichthys albimaculatus (Fowler, 1934). 

 Danichthys gilberti — Schultz, 1943. 



Hirundichthys speculiger (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valencien- 

 nes, 1846). 

 Exocoetus speculiger — Giinther, 1909. 



Parexocoetus brachypterus (Richardson, 1846). 



Prognichthys sealei Abe, 1955. 



Hemiramphus lutkei— Parin, Collette and Shcherbachev, 1980. 

 Hyporhamphus acutus acutus (Giinther, 1871). 



Odontorhamphus chancellor! — Schultz, 1943. 

 Hyporhamphus a/finis (Giinther, 1866). 



Most of the published records of this species are misidentifica- 



tions of Hyporhamphus dussumieri. Collette has seen only one 



specimen (USNM 152263) from Samoa. 

 Hyporhamphus balinensis (Bleeker, 1859). 



Hemiramphus pacificus — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



As Hemirhamphus pacificus, Schultz, 1943. 

 Hyporhamphus dussumieri (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes, 1846). 



Hyporhamphus samoensis — Steindachner, 1906. 



As Hemiramphus affinis, Jordan and Seale, 1906 and Schultz, 



1943. 

 Zenarchopterus dispar (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 



1846). 



Zenarchopterus vaisiganis— Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



Belonidae (Needlefishes) 



Needlefishes with a total length of less than about 40 cm are 

 called ise. Larger ones are known as a'u. Again, Bruce B. Collette 

 provided synonymies. 



Ablennes hians (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1846). 

 Platybelone argalus platyura (Bennett, 1832). 



Belone platyura — Jordan and Evermann, 1905. 



As Belone platyura, Jordan and Seale, 1906 and Schultz, 1943. 

 Strongylura incisa (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 



1846). 



Tylosurus leiuroides — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



As Tylosurus incisa, Schultz, 1943. 

 Tylosurus crocodilus crocodilus (Peron and LeSueur, 1821). 



Belone crocodilus — Schmeltz, 1866. 



As Tylosurus giganteus, Jordan and Seale, 1906, and as T. in- 



dica, Schultz, 1943. 



Poeciliidae (Mollies) 



Poecilia rnexicana Steindachner, 1866. Fo-vai. 



This species was introduced into the freshwaters of American 



Samoa many years ago by the Department of Public Health to 



control mosquitos. 

 * Poecilia reticulata Peters, 1859. 



Lebistes reticulatus — Fowler, 1932. 



Hemiramphidae (Halfbeaks) 



Atherinidae (Silversides) 



The Samoan name for halfbeaks is i'usila. Bruce B. Collette 

 provided synonymies and confirmed existing records. He states 

 that Oxyporhamphus micropterus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and 

 Valenciennes, 1846) is also likely to occur in Samoan waters. 



Euleptorhamphus viridis (Van Hasselt, 1824). 

 Hemiramphus archipelagicus Collette and Parin, 1978. 



Hemiramphus archipelagicus — Collette and Parin, 1978. 

 Hemiramphus far (Forsskal, 1775). 



Hemiramphus far — Steindachner, 1906. 

 Hemiramphus lutkei Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 



1846. 



The Samoan name for members of this family is sali. Walter 

 Ivantsoff is credited with the synonymies. 



Atherinomorus lacunosus (Schneider, 1801). 



Atherina pinguis — Schmeltz, 1866. 



As Hepsetia pinguis, Schultz, 1943. 

 Atherion elymus Jordan and Starks, 1901. 

 Hypoatherina ovalaua (Herre, 1935). 



Allanetta ovalaua — Helfrich et al., 1975. 

 Hypoatherina temminckii (Bleeker, 1835). Sail, uisila. 



Atherina uisila — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



As Atherina uisila, Schultz, 1943. 



