175 
with the rays . +n both our examples the median hori- 
zontal brown band though pale, is quite distinct, The 
large light or whitish spot behind the soft dorsal is 
especially characteristic in the alcoholic specimen, 
and equally conspicuous in the young and adult, 
Upeneus pleurospilos Bleeker, 
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Bull U.S.Fish Com,,vol,23,part 1,1903(1905),p.262,fig. 
110, 
Mulloides samoensis (Gunther). 
Head 34; depth 4 1/8 to 4%;.D. VIII - I, 8, 1; A. II, 
6, 1; scales 325 to 37 in lateral line to caudal base and 35 
more on latter; 2 or 3 scales above lateral line to spinous 
dorsal origin, 5 below to spinous anal origin; 14 to 1’ 
(pockets ) predorsal scales; snout 2 1/10 to 2 3/5 in head; 
eye 3 7/8 to 4 1/10; maxillary 3 1/6 to 3¢3 interorbital 
3 to 3 7/8. 
Body slender, compressed; least deptn of caudal peduncle 
22 in its length or 3¢ to 3 1/3 in head, Head width 2 1/5 to 
2+ its bhength. Snout convex, sides flattened, width 1 1/5 
its length. Eye large, elevated, close to upper profile; 
front pupil edge slightly before center in head length; 
or about midway in head in young, Mouth small, jaws even, 
