Fishes of the Phoenix and Samoan Islands Collected in 1939 During the Expedition of the U.S.S. "Bushnell"This report on the fishes of the Phoenix and Samoan Islands is based on the 14,022 specimens collected by the author in 1939 and on other specimens in the National Museum in the same families. |
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anal fin anal rays Apia base of caudal base of pectoral black band black spot Bleeker Bloch brownish Canton Island Caranx caudal fin caudal fin rays caudal peduncle Chaetodon Cuvier and Valenciennes dorsal and anal dorsal fin dorsal rays VI-I dorsal spine Enderbury Island fin pale Fish Forskål Genus gill opening gill rakers Günther Histoire naturelle holotype Hull Island Jordan and Kellogg Jordan and Seale July L. P. Schultz Lacepède lagoon lateral line length of head Linnaeus lower jaw margin maxillary midaxis naturelle des poissons opercle origin of dorsal Pago Pago paratypes pectoral fin PHOENIX AND SAMOAN pigment posterior posteriorly reef at Alofau reef at Siulagi Rose Island Rüppell Samoa Samoan Islands scale rows side of body Siulagi Point soft dorsal soft rays species specimens spiny dorsal standard length Swains Island Tau Island teeth tip of snout Tutuila Island Type U. S. Bur Valenciennes ventral