V.E. Brock speared fishes S- 46-561 and 262 as 
well as those previously listed from the inside of 
the island. The large Cephalopholis was not preserved. 
Total fishes collected at Tufa Island was as 
follows: • r ' 7 • - 
* 
71 Blennies, Scaleless 
16 Labrids 
12 Acanthurids (10 of 2-spot; 2 of A. tristegus) 
5 Corids 
4 Kuhlids 
5 Mullids (all Yellow-striped species) 
3 Serranids (2 Epi nephalus and 1 Cephalopholis) 
4 fishes speared 'by vMB"T.n inner lagoon. 
3 Miscellaneous 
123 dK&At 
STandard lengths of Fishes Measured (10 mm intervals) 
1. Scaleless Blennies: 12 of 20 ram; 50 of 30 mm 
and 5 of 40 mm and 3 of 50 mm. 
2. Labrids: 2 of 40 mm; 4 of 50 mm; 7 of 60 mm 
and 3 of 70 mm; el. c one of 
3 . Goatfishes: one each of the following lengths: 
140 , 160 , 170 , 180 and 210 . 
4 . Parrotfishes: one of each of the following: 
90 , 100 , 130 , 360 and 460 mm. 
5 . Acanthurids: one of 60 ram, one of 70mm, 4 of 90 
mm, 3 of 100 ram and 3 of 110 mm. 
4 
Although the collection was ouite poor, it should 
not be considered that Tufa was devoid of ichthyological 
interest, for the deep water— 10-30 feet just beyond 
the surge channels were populated with large numbers 
offishes of many different species. The following 
was noted: 
1 . Nazo was feeding in sallow water on the 
rocks of no more than 2-3 feet depth (first time such 
sbllow feeding observed by ESHJ. 
2. Sharks were ouite abundant after spearing 
began-mostly gray sharks in the deeper water -and 
black tipps in the shallow water-some of the latter 
up to 4-5 feet. White tipped absent. VEB saw a shark 
new to him: it was unique in that the snoz seemed to 
have been composed of two Elongated nasal tubes; the 
length of the specimen was about 3 ^ feet; VEB also 
saw another specimen of the fish with elongated 
dorsal anc anil fin described on backside of S-46-246. 
Seamen Aiding: Rutherford; Selzer; Stanley; Drayer. 
