. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. e head one-tenth of the length of the trunk. In other respects itagrees with Leiuranus semicinctus, with which it is probably identical. THE FISHES OF SAMOA. 159. Brachysomophi 160. Brachysomophi BEACHYSOMOPHIS Jnrdan A Snyder. Honolulu,crocodolinus I I. Taliiti; ^Mauritius. 161. Myrichthys stypurus Sinitl 162. Myrichthys magniflcus i .\l MYRICHTHYS Girard. Swain. Johnston I. CHLEVASTES Jo ian & Snyder,(inani: Kast Indies. 163. Chlevastes colubrinus (BoddaiTt 1. Samoa:.\ few siuM-iniens from Samoa. 164. Chlevastes fasciatus (Ahl). S
. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. e head one-tenth of the length of the trunk. In other respects itagrees with Leiuranus semicinctus, with which it is probably identical. THE FISHES OF SAMOA. 159. Brachysomophi 160. Brachysomophi BEACHYSOMOPHIS Jnrdan A Snyder. Honolulu,crocodolinus I I. Taliiti; ^Mauritius. 161. Myrichthys stypurus Sinitl 162. Myrichthys magniflcus i .\l MYRICHTHYS Girard. Swain. Johnston I. CHLEVASTES Jo ian & Snyder,(inani: Kast Indies. 163. Chlevastes colubrinus (BoddaiTt 1. Samoa:.\ few siuM-iniens from Samoa. 164. Chlevastes fasciatus (Ahl). Samoa; Kast Ahl, De Murxna et Ophichtho, 1789, 9, East Giinther, Cat., viii, 81, 1870, naja De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soe. N. S. W. 1884, , South Seas. This species seems to us distinct from Chlevastes colubrinus. The head is shorter, 9 to 11 times inthe length of the trunk (7 to 8 in Chlevastes colubrinus). The black cross-bands are less regularly CI f i f. formed, having backward projeetioni^, and there is in the pale interspace usually a large roundedblack spot or ocellus. We have two large from the coral reef at Apia. Family MORI.\). Gray. (Including ApliOudmh-hlhijs Kaui).) 165. Moringua hawaiiensis Snyder. Honolulu. 166. Moringua macrocephala Bleeker. Samoa; East Indies. Of this rare species, distinguished by its long head, we have one fine specimen from the harbor ofPago Pago. Depth4inhead; head9in totallength; pectoral minute, scale-like; gill-openings separate. Life colors light pinkish brown, nearly uniform; head very clear translucent rosy red; caudal moreorange. This specimen was taken in salt water at the mouth of a little brook and was very tenacious of life. 167. Moringua javanica (Kaup). Fiji; Moluccas. 196 BULLETIN OF THK BUKEAt! OF FISHERIES. imilv :.\lI).t. RHINAMURaiNA Gar This genus differs from Eurymi/tinwliich are iiroduced into long flaps. ing the a
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