Fish Fauna of Johnston Is. — Gosline 
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material to determine whether the Hawaiian 
form is conspecific with it or not. 
No such doubt seems possible regarding 
the necessity of placing the genus Lachneria 
in the synonymy of Pseudamiops. 
KUHLIIDAE 
Kuhlia marginata (Cuvier and 
Valenciennes) 
9 specs., 61-221 mm., 1951. As Kuhlia 
taeniura , Smith and Swain, 1882, 2 specs. 
These specimens will be dealt with in sec- 
tion 2. 
PSEUDOCHROMIDAE 
Pseudogramma polyacantha (Bleeker) 
11 specs., 39-74 mm., 1951; 4 specs., 35-51 
mm., Brock, 1948. 
Dorsal spines VII; no enlarged pores be- 
tween the eyes. 
PRIACANTHIDAE 
Priacanthus cruentatus (Lacepede) 
2 specs., 127 and 140 mm., 1951; 4 specs., 
89-93 mm., Francis, 1948. Halstead and 
Bunker, 1954, 2 specs. 
Soft dorsal rays 13; soft anal rays 14; no 
dark spots on pelvic fins; caudal fin truncate. 
SERRANIDAE 
*Pristipomoides sieboldii 
Fowler and Ball, 1925, 1 spec. 
KYPHOSIDAE 
*Kyphosus bigibbus Lacepede 
Halstead and Bunker, 1954, 1 spec. 
Kyphosus vaigiensis (Quoy and Gaimard) 
1 spec., 170 mm., 1951. 
Longest dorsal spine longer than longest 
soft dorsal ray; dorsal XI, 13; anal III, 12 or 
13; greatest depth 2.3 in standard length. 
MULLIDAE 
*Mulloidichthys auriflamma (Forskal) 
Halstead and Bunker, 1954, 2 specs. As 
Upeneus vanicolensis , Smith and Swain, 1882, 
1 spec. As Mulloides auriflamma Fowler and 
Ball, 1925, 4 specs. 
Mulloidichthys samoensis (Gunther) 
5 specs., 162-219 mm., 1951; 6 specs., 92- 
101 mm., Francis, 1948; 9 specs., 124-143 
mm., Schaefer, 1948. Halstead and Bunker, 
1954, 7 specs. As Upeneus preorhitalis Smith 
and Swain, 1882, 1 spec. 
A black spot on sides below spinous dorsal; 
a dark area on inside of gill cover ahead of 
pseudobranch. 
Parupeneus barberinus (Lacepede) 
As Upeneus barberinus, Fowler and Ball, 
1925, 1 spec., this reexamined. 
Parupeneus bifasciatus (Lacepede) 
8 specs., 53-210 mm., 1951. Halstead and 
Bunker, 1954, 3 specs. As Parupeneus crassi- 
labris , Smith and Swain, 1882. 
Depth of body greater than the head length; 
barbels short, failing to reach the pelvic bases 
by about three and a half scales; body usually 
with vertical dark bands, one of these with 
its anterior border about even with a line 
drawn between the soft dorsal and anal 
origins. 
*Parupeneus chryserydros (Lacepede) 
Halstead and Bunker, 1954, 2 specs. As 
Upeneus chryserydros , Fowler and Ball, 1925, 
1 spec. 
*Parupeneus crassilabris (Valenciennes) 
Halstead and Bunker, 1954, 1 spec. 
Parupeneus multifasciatus (Quoy and 
Gaimard) 
3 specs., 175-220 mm., 1951. As Upeneus 
velifer Smith and Swain, 1882, 1 spec. 
Depth of body less than the head length; 
barbels long, failing to reach the pelvic origins 
by 1 scale; body with dark vertical blotches, 
one of these with its anterior border extending 
downward and forward from the last ray of 
the first dorsal. 
*Parupeneus trifasciatus (Lacepede) 
Halstead and Bunker, 1954, 4 specs. 
