Fish Fauna of Johnston Is. — Gosline 
Upper jaw scaled; greatest diameter of the 
nasal fossa about one third the diameter of 
the orbit; posterolateral border of fossa with 
a prominent bony rim; sensory pore on pre- 
orbital apparently branched above with a pore 
in front of eye and another near nasal fossa; 
inner pelvic ray not elongate. Dorsal base very 
slightly shorter than base of anal; dorsal with 
14 rays, anal with 18 in larger specimen. 
The identification of these specimens seems 
certain, except that the small diameter of the 
nasal fossa throws them into the genus Hemi- 
ramphus according to Schultz and Woods’ 
generic key (in Schultz, et al ., 1953: 166). 
Measurement of other available specimens of 
the same species including Bikini duplicates 
indicates that the key character referred to will 
not serve for this species. 
EXOCOETIDAE 
*Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes) 
Fowler and Ball, 1925, 2 specs. 
*Cypselurus simus (Valenciennes) 
Fowler and Ball, 1925, 1 spec. 
AULOSTOMIDAE 
*Aulostomus chinensis (Linnaeus) 
Smith and Swain, 1882, 1 spec.; Halstead 
and Bunker, 1954, 5 specs. 
FISTULARIIDAE 
Fistularia petimba Lacepede 
1 spec., 900 mm., 1951. Fowler and Ball, 
1925, 1 spec. 
HOLOCENTRIDAE 
Holocentrus lacteoguttatus Cuvier 
10 specs., 54-109 mm., 1951; 2 specs., 97 
and 101 mm., Brock, 1948. Fowler and Ball, 
1925, 5 specs.; Halstead and Bunker, 1954, 
2 specs. 
The two opercular spines subequal in size; 
body speckled with sooty marks. 
Holocentrus microstomus Gunther 
Fowler and Bail, 1925, 2 specs., one of these 
reexamined. 
449 
Dorsal XI-12; perforated scales in lateral 
line 48; longest anal spine reaching beyond 
caudal base. 
Holocentrus sammara (Forskal) 
3 specs., 117-157 mm., 1951. Halstead and 
Bunker, 1954, 1 spec. 
Brown spotting on a bronze to silvery 
background; a large dark blotch on the 
spinous dorsal. 
Holocentrus spinifer (Forskal) 
4 specs., 151-300 mm., 1951; 1 spec., 261 
mm., Schaefer, 1948. Fowler and Ball, 1925, 
6 specs.; Halstead and Bunker, 1954, 7 specs. 
As Holocentrus leo , Smith and Swain, 1882, 2 
specs. 
Holocentrus tiere Cuvier and Valenciennes 
8 specs., 121-226 mm., 1951. Halstead and 
Bunker, 1954, 3 specs. As Holocentrus ery- 
thraeus , Smith and Swain, 1882, 2 specs. 
Perforated scales in the lateral line 50; max- 
illary longer than eye; dorsal XI-14. 
Holotrachys lima (Valenciennes) 
1 spec., 115 mm., 1951. 
Myripristis argyromus Jordan and 
Evermann 
31 specs., 45-210 mm., 1951; 1 spec., 121 
mm., Brock, 1948. Halstead and Bunker, 
1954, 3 specs. As Myripristis murdjan , Fowler 
and Ball, 1925, 1 spec., this specimen re- 
examined. 
Perforated scales in the lateral line 34; anal 
IV, 13; gill rakers 12 + 1 + 25 = 38; inter- 
orbital width contained about 3.7 times in the 
head length. 
*Myripristis berndti Jordan and Evermann 
Halstead and Bunker, 1954, 1 spec. 
APOGONIDAE 
Apogon erythrinus Snyder 
15 specs., 30-42 mm., 1951. 
Dorsal VI-I, 9; anterior margin of pre- 
opercle smooth; anal II, 8; lateral line com- 
plete; second spine of first dorsal much 
longer than third (cf., Lachner, in Schultz, 
et al , 1953: 435). 
