. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. E ERIE LEECHES THE FISHES OF SAMOA DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES FOUND IN THE ARCHIPELAGO, WITH APROVISIONAL CHECK-LIST OF THE FISHES OF OCEANIA By DAVID STARR JORDAN AND ALVIN SEALE >- V^^:. THE FISHES OF SAMOA. DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES FOUND IN THE ARCHIPELAGO, WITH A PROVISIONALCHECK-LIST OF THE FISHES OF OCEANIA. By DAVID STARR JORDAN ALVIN SEALE. INTRODUCTION. The islands of Samoa, known also as the Navigator Islands, or Schiffer Insel, liein the South Pacific Ocean in latitude 14- south and loug-itude 172^ west. Thej^ arevolcanic in characte
. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. E ERIE LEECHES THE FISHES OF SAMOA DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES FOUND IN THE ARCHIPELAGO, WITH APROVISIONAL CHECK-LIST OF THE FISHES OF OCEANIA By DAVID STARR JORDAN AND ALVIN SEALE >- V^^:. THE FISHES OF SAMOA. DESCRIPTION OF THE SPECIES FOUND IN THE ARCHIPELAGO, WITH A PROVISIONALCHECK-LIST OF THE FISHES OF OCEANIA. By DAVID STARR JORDAN ALVIN SEALE. INTRODUCTION. The islands of Samoa, known also as the Navigator Islands, or Schiffer Insel, liein the South Pacific Ocean in latitude 14- south and loug-itude 172^ west. Thej^ arevolcanic in character, each of the larger rising in a high ridge, with .extinctcraters, now ver_y heavily wooded. The almost constant rains tend to make theseforests very dense, feeding swift, clear stieams, which carry a large volume of waterconsidering the slight length of their courses. Each island is surrounded by a broadcoral reef, the outer parts bare at low tide, with a narrow, shallow channel betweenthe inner part and the shore. This reef is interrupted in certain regions, known asthe iron-bound coast, where the lava rocks cease abruptly beside deep water. Itis also interrupted at the mouths of certain streams, which liy their f
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