Cirripectes variolosus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 



1836). 



Salarias variolosus — Schmeltz, 1874. 



As Alticus variolosus, Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 Cirrisalarias bunares Springer, 1976. 

 Ecsenius bicolor (Day, 1888). Mano'o-i'usaraa. 

 Ecsenius oculus Springer, 1971. 

 Ecsenius opsifrontalis Chapman and Schultz, 1952. 



(USNM 236063.) 

 Enchelyurus ater (Gunther, 1877). 



Enchelyurus ater — Jordan and Evermann, 1905. 



As Hypleurochilus vaillanti, Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 Entomacrodus caudofasciatus (Regan, 1909). Mano'o-fala. 



Entomacrodus caudofasciatus — Springer, 1967. 

 Entomacrodus decussatus (Bleeker, 1858). Mano'o-"fala. 



Salarias atkinsoni — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



As Salarias aneitensis, Schultz, 1943. 



Entomacrodus epalzeocheilus (Bleeker, 1859). Mano'o-fala. 



Entomacrodus epalzeocheilus — Springer, 1967. 

 Entomacrodus niuafoouensis (Fowler, 1932). Mano'o-fala. 

 Entomacrodus sealei Bryan and Herre, 1903. Mano'o-fala. 



Entomacrodus incisolabiatus — Schultz and Chapman in 



Schultz et al., 1960. 

 Entomacrodus striatus (Quoy and Gaimard in Cuvier and Valen- 

 ciennes, 1836). Mano'o-fala, mano'o-a'au. 



Alticus striatus — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



As Salarias marmoratus, Schultz, 1943. Entomacrodus plurifil- 



is, which was described from Samoa, is a junior synonym. 

 Entomacrodus thalassinus (Jordan and Seale, 1906). 



Mano'o-fala. 



Alticus thalassinus and A. musilae — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



As Salarias thalassinus, Schultz, 1943. 

 Exallias brevis (Kner, 1868). Mano'o-lau, mano'o-gatala. 



Salarias brevis — Kner, 1868. 



As Cirripectes leopardus, Schultz, 1943. 



Istiblennius bellus (Gunther, 1861). 



Specimens collected by Robert Snider are deposited at the B. P. 

 Bishop Museum. (BPBM 12541.) 



* Istiblennius biseriatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 



1836). 



Salarias biseriatus — Steindachner, 1906. 



Istiblennius coronalus (Gunther, 1872). Mano'o-a'au. 

 Salarias nitidus — Gunther, 1877. 



As Alticus evermanni, Salarias bryani, and S. coronalus, 

 Jordan and Seale, 1906 and as S. nitidus, Schultz, 1943. 



Istiblennius cyanostigma (Bleeker, 1849). 

 Salarias periopthalmus — Schmeltz, 1869. 

 As Alticus caudolineatus and A. periopthalmus, Jordan and 

 Seale, 1906 and as Salarias caudolineatus and S. periop- 

 thalmus, Schultz, 1943. 



'Istiblennius dussumieri (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valencien- 

 nes, 1836). 

 Salarias dussumieri — Borodin, 1932. 



Istiblennius edentulus (Bloch and Schneider, 1 80! y. 

 Salarias edentulus — Schmeltz, 1874. 



As Salarias edentulus, S. garmani, S. rivulatus, and S. sin- 

 donis, Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



* Istiblennius interruptus (Bleeker, 1857). 



Salarias interruptus — Schmeltz, 1869. 

 Istiblennius lineatus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 

 1836). 



Salarias lineatus — Steindachner, 1906. 



As Salarias lineatus, Jordan and Seale, 1906 and Schultz, 1943. 

 Istiblennius paulus (Bryan and Herre, 1903). 

 Istiblennius sp. 



Springer believes that keliersi (Fowler, 1932) may apply to these 



specimens but that at least one or two older names also exist. 



(USNM 221475.) 



Meiacanthus atrodorsalis (Gunther, 1877). Mano'o-si'umaga. 



Petroscirtes atrodorsalis— Steindachner, 1906. 



As Petroscirtes atrodorsalis, Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 Meiacanthus ditrema Smith-Vaniz, 1976. 



This species is common in protected parts of Pago Pago Bay at 



3-15 m. 

 Nannosalarias nativitatus (Regan, 1909). 

 Omobranchus rotundiceps (Macleay, 1881). 



Petroscirtes obliquus — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 Parenchelyurus hepburni (Snyder, 1908). 



Parenchelyurus hepburni — Springer, 1972. 

 Petroscirtes mitratus Riippell, 1830. 



Petroscirtes longifilis— Schmeltz, 1866. 



As P. longifilis, Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 Petroscirtes xestus Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



Petroscirtes xestus — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos (Bleeker, 1852). Mano'o-to'ito'i. 

 Plagiotremus tapeinosoma (Bleeker, 1857). Mano'o-to'ito'i. 



Petroscirtes tapeinosoma — Gunther, 1877. 



As Petroscirtes tapeinosoma, Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 Praealticus bilineatus (Peters, 1868). Mano'o-papa. 



Salarias biseriatus — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 



As Salarias margaritatus, Schultz, 1943. Springer terms this a 



tentative identification. This species is commonly found above 



the water line on lava rocks in the splash zone. 

 Rhabdoblennius rhabdotrachelus (Fowler and Ball, 1924). 



Blennius rhabdotrachelus — Schultz, 1943. 

 Salarias alboguttatus Kner, 1867. 



Salarias alboguttatus — Kner, 1867. 



As Alticus alboguttatus, Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 Salarias fasciatus (Bloch, 1786). Mano'o-sofe. 



Salarias semilineatus — Kner, 1867. 

 Salarias guttatus Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1836. 



Alticus guttatus — Jordan and Seale, 1906. 

 Stanulus seychellensis Smith, 1959. 

 Xiphasia matsubarai Okada and Suzuki, 1952. 



Specimens were collected on the surface at night under a light 



while anchored at 40 m and from the stomachs of dolphins 



{Coryphaena hippurus) caught offshore. William F. Smith- 

 Vaniz writes that Samoan specimens represent the easternmost 



distributional record for the species. 



Tripterygiidae (Triplefins) 



Triplefins are known as mano'o-taoto in Samoa. The 

 systematics of the Samoan members of this family are confused 

 and several species appear to be undescribed. Jordan and Seale 

 (1906) listed seven species of Enneapterygius from Samoa in- 

 cluding five described as new. Schultz (1943) placed four of Jor- 

 dan and Seale's new species in synonymy and listed only three 

 species for Samoa. The author collected 12 additional triplefins. 

 Three of these were described in 1960. The others are unidentified 

 at present. 



Enneapterygius brachylepis (Schultz in Schultz et al., 1960). 



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