Scams oviceps Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1839. 



Fuga-alosina (initial phase), laea-tuavela (terminal phase). 



Calfyodon oviceps (initial phase) and C. lazulinus (terminal 



male)— Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



As Scarus oviceps and S. pectoralis (terminal male), Schultz, 



1943. 

 Scarus psitticus (Forsskal, 1775). Fuga-matapua'a (<15 cm TL), 



fugausi-matapua'a (15-25 cm TL), laea-matapua'a (>25 cm 



TL). 



Scarus viridis — Fowler, 1900. 



As Calfyodon bataviensis (terminal male), Jordan and Seale, 



1906 and as Scarus forsteri, Schultz, 1943. 

 Scarus rubroviolaceus Bleeker, 1849. Laea-mea (initial phase), 



laea-mala (terminal phase). 



Pseudoscarus rubroviolaceus — Schmeltz, 1865. 



As Calfyodon jordani (terminal male) and C. ruberrimus (in- 

 itial phase), Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 Scarus schlegeli (Bleeker, 1861). Fuga-matapua'a (initial phase), 



laea-tusi (terminal phase). 



Scarus venosus is used by Schultz (1958) for the initial color 



phase (Randall and Choat 1980). 

 Scarus sordidus (Forsskal, 1775). Fuga-gutumu (initial phase), 



fugausi-tuavela or laea-tuavela (terminal phase). 



Pseudoscarus sumbavensis — Schmeltz, 1865. 



As Calfyodon cyanogrammus (terminal male), C. purpureus 



(initial phase), and C. bennetti (initial phase), Jordan and 



Seale, 1906 and as Scarus purpureus, Schultz, 1943. 

 Scarus spinus (Kner, 1868). Fuga-a'au. 



Pseudoscarus spinus — Schmeltz, 1869. 



As Calfyodon kelloggii (terminal male), Jordan and Seale, 



1906. Randall and Choat (1980) concluded that formosus 



should be replaced by this name. 

 Scarus tricolor Bleeker, 1847. Fuga-alomu (initial phase). 



Pseudoscarus cyanognathus — Schmeltz, 1879. 



Opistognathidae (Jawfishes) 



Previous to the collection of the specimens listed below, the 

 easternmost record for this family in the central Pacific was New 

 Caledonia. Both species will be described by William F. Smith- 

 Vaniz in a forthcoming revision of Indo-Pacific jawfishes. 



Opistognathus sp. "A". 



Seventeen specimens, 16-26 mm SL; collected at 31, 34, and 62 

 m. Body dusky yellow; head lighter, a brown bar crossing 

 preoperculum behind eye and another below eye to top of max- 

 illa, opercular edge bright yellow; fins dusky yellow, a large 

 black ocellus between dorsal spines I and V. Smith-Vaniz writes 

 that this species is known only from these specimens. (ANSP 

 133404, 133405.) 



Opistognathus sp. "B". 



Three specimens, one measured 29 mm SL; collected at 40 m. 

 Body dusky yellow with two rows of pale roundish blotches, 

 the upper row from nape to base of caudal and irregularly con- 

 nected, the lower from pectoral axil to base of caudal and not 

 connected; head of similar coloration with a brown blotch at 

 posteriodorsal corner of eye more or less connected across the 

 occiput with its fellow, another brown blotch at opposite cor- 

 ner of eye extending across premaxilla and under tip of lower 

 jaw; dark brown ocellus between dorsal spines III and VII. The 

 known distribution of this species includes only Samoa and 

 Borneo. (ANSP 133406.) 



Mugiloididae (Sandperches) 



Parapercis cephalopunctata (Seale, 1901). Ta'oto. 

 Parapercis tetracanthus (part) — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 As P. tetracanthus, Schultz, 1943. 



Parapercis clathrata Ogilby, 1910. Ta'oto. 



Percis tetracanthus — Kner and Steindachner, 1866. 



As Parapercis tetracanthus (part), Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



Parapercis sp. 

 This species may be schauinslandi which is recorded only from 

 the Hawaiian Islands. It is common on the sandy bottom 

 seaward of Taema Bank at 35 m where it often shelters in dead 

 and broken helmet shells, Cassis comma. (BPBM 24127.) 



Creediidae (Sand Burrowers) 



Chalixodytes tauensis Schultz, 1943. I'atolo. 



Chalixodytes tauensis — Schultz, 1943. 

 Crystallodytes cookei Fowler, 1923. I'atolo. 



Crystallodytes cookei — Schultz, 1943. 

 Limnichthys donaldsoni Schultz in Schultz et al., 1960. 



I'atolo. 



Uranoscopidae (Stargazers) 



Uranoscopus sulphurus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 

 1831. 



A single specimen of this rare species was collected at night on 

 the reef flat at Nu'uuli. (BPBM 18729.) 



Blenniidae (Blennies) 



The general name for blennies in Samoa is mano'o. Bruce 

 Carlson assisted with the identification and synonymies of species 

 belonging to Cirripectes. Victor G. Springer assisted with the re- 

 maining species. 



Alticus saliens (Lacepede, 1800). Mano'o-papa. 



Alticus saliens — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



As Rupiscartes saliens, Schultz, 1943. 

 Aspidontus dussumieri (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valencien- 

 nes, 1836). 



Aspidontus dussumieri — Smith-Vaniz and Randall, 1973. 

 Aspidontus taeniatus Quoy and Gaimard, 1834. Mano'o-mo'o, 



mo'otai. 



Petroscirtes azureus — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



The mimetic relationship between this species and Labroides 



dimidiatus is well known. It is of interest to note that specimens 



of taeniatus from deeper water have altered their color pattern 



to match that of the deeper water pattern of L. dimidiatus as 



described above. 

 Cirripectes fuscoguttatus Strasburg and Schultz, 1953. Mano'o- 



sofe. 



Cirripectes brevis — Schultz, 1943. 

 Cirripectes quagga (Fowler and Ball, 1924). 



Cirripectes variolosus (part) — Schultz, 1943. 



Some Samoan specimens have a bright yellow caudal peduncle. 

 Cirripectes sebae (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1836). 



Mano'o-la'o. 



Salarias sebae — Giinther, 1877. 

 Cirripectes stigmaticus Strasburg and Schultz, 1953. Mano'o-la'o. 



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