. 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 Kaup.henshawi Jnrdan A Snyder. Honolulu,crocodolinus I r.cnnitt 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

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. 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 Kaup.henshawi Jnrdan A Snyder. Honolulu, crocodolinus I r.cnnitt 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 Indies.Murxnafasciata Ahl, De Murxna et Ophichtho, 1789, 9, East Indies.Ophichthijscolubrinus/asciatus Giinther, Cat., viii, 81, 1870, Borneo.Ophichthys naja De Vis, Proc. Linn. Soe. N. S. W. 1884, 4.55, 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 example.s from the coral reef at Apia. Family MORI.T.UII).-E.MORINGUA 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 MLK.4-:.lI).t. RHINAMURaiNA Gar This genus differs from Eurymi/tinwliich are iiroduced into long flaps. ing the a