deep brown, somewhat in pairs, Side with also many fine deep 
brown longitudinal lines, variable, about fron t of spinous 
dorsal on back broken up into fine dots, Over whole of trunk 
pattern various pale or whitish spots and dark lines forming 
reticulations, especially below. Dark bars on trunk extend on 
vertical fins. Spinous dorsel with pale spots. Soft dorsal with 
dark oblique narrow lines. Pectoraly ventral and cseudal with 
irregularly transverse brown lines. Length 78 or 79 nim, Two 
from Fiji. © 
We have compared Samoan examples in the Academy, which 
agree in every way, 
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Head 4 te 4 1/5; depth 4 1/2 te 5; D. XII, once XIII, 21, 
ence 20; A. 23; snout 2 3/4 to 3 in head; eye 3 1/6 to 5; maxillery 
2 to 2 2/5; interorbital 1 1/2 to 1 2/3. Bedy strongly compressed, 
Head width 1 5/6 te 2 in its length. Snout convex, length 3/4 to 4/5 
its width. Eye well elevated; pointed supraorbital tentacle long 
as eye-diameter. Mouth wide, Lips with edges entire. Teeth fine 
movable, in lips, even, close-set incisor-like; no canines, Nasal 
flap with fringe of 5 tentacles, Interorbitsal narrow, concave, 
Head with median cohaneaus crest, high as eye-diameter. No nuchal 
tentacles, Rakers 2+17, short, weak points, 1/5 of filaments, 
which equal eye, tatersal line with 21417 pores, extends after de~ 
flection half way in dorsal length, though little behind front of 
dersal in young. Soft dorsal joined with caudalj Color in alco- 
hel clove-brown generally, little paler or dull olive on belly, 
