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and Bunker, 1954, 4 specs. As Hepatus achilles , 
Fowler and Ball, 1925, 3 specs. 
Acanthurus elongatus (Lacepede) 
54 specs., 80-126 mm., 1951. Halstead and 
Bunker, 1954, 13 specs. As Hepatus lineolatus , 
Fowler and Ball, 1925, 5 specs. 
A small dark spot at the base of the last 
dorsal and anal rays. 
Acanthurus olivaceus Schneider 
I spec., 200 mm., 1951. Halstead and 
Bunker, 1954, 6 specs. As Hepatus olivaceus , 
Fowler and Ball, 1925, 1 spec. 
Fowler and Ball record 3 specimens of 
Hepatus nigricans from Johnston; one of these 
is in the Bishop Museum and is Acanthurus 
olivaceus. 
Acanthurus sandvicensis Streets 
21 specs., 63-127 mm., 1951. As Acanthurus 
triostegus , Smith and Swain, 1882, 2 specs, and 
Halstead and Bunker, 1954, 5 specs.; as 
Hepatus sandvicensis , Fowler and Ball, 1925, 
7 specs. 
This species will be treated in section 2. 
*Ctenochaetus striatus (Quoy and 
Gaimard) 
Halstead and Bunker, 1954, 7 specs. 
Ctenochaetus strigosus (Bennett) 
II specs., 72-106 mm., 1951; 1 spec., 80 
mm., Brock, 1948. Fowler and Ball, 1925, 
1 spec. 
These specimens are included in Randall’s 
report on the genus which is in press. 
Naso lituratus (Schneider) 
5 specs., 152-210 mm., 1951. Halstead and 
Bunker, 1954, 7 specs. As Naseus lituratus , 
Smith and Swain, 1882, 2 specs.; as Acan- 
thurus lituratus , Fowler and Ball, 1925, 4 specs. 
Zebrasoma flavescens (Bennett) 
1 spec., 54 mm., 1951. Fowler and Ball, 
1925, 3 specs.; Halstead and Bunker, 1954, 
1 spec. 
Plain yellow in color. 
ELEOTRIDAE 
Eviota viridis (Waite) 
Fowler and Ball, 1925, 3 specs. 
These specimens have been reexamined, but 
are in too poor condition to provide a def- 
inite identification. 
GOBIIDAE 
*Bathygobius fuscus Riippell 
Fowler and Ball, 1925, 4 specs. 
There seems no reason to doubt the original 
determination. 
Gnatholepis anjerensis (Bleeker) 
5 specs., 19-34 mm., 1951. 
Tongue strongly bilobed; anal with 11 
soft rays in all 5 specimens. 
Zonogobius farcimen (Jordan and 
Evermann) 
5 specs., 16-22 mm., 1951. 
These specimens agree well with the de- 
scription and figure of this species by Jordan 
and Evermann (1905). 
BLENNIIDAE 
Cirripectus variolosus (Valenciennes) 
52 specs., 24-63 mm., 1951; 2 specs., 55 
and 59 mm., Brock, 1948. As Rupiscartes vari- 
olosus, Fowler and Ball, 1925, 22 specs. 
Body plain; nuchal cirri totaling 36 in one 
specimen; first dorsal rays elongate. 
Exallias brevis (Kner) 
1 spec., 46 mm., Brock, 1948. 
A broad fleshy flap on either side of the 
chin; scattered reddish spots on the head, 
body, and fins. 
Salarias gibbifrons (Quoy and Gaimard) 
17 specs., 23-73 mm., 1951. As Rupiscartes 
gibbifrons , Fowler and Ball, 1925, 1 spec. 
Long, simple, slender cirri over eye; middle 
of eye about over front of upper jaw; a spot 
between the first two dorsal spines. 
BROTULIDAE 
Brotula townsendi Fowler 
1 spec., 127 mm., 1951. 
