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Family Chlopsidae (False Morays)
*Kaupichthys sp. CAS 60094.
Family Muraenidae (Moray Eels)
*Anarchias sp. BPBM 12710 (G&R).
*Anarchias cantonensis (Schultz, 1943). CAS 149959.
*Anarchias seychellensis Smith, 1962. CAS 51023.
*Echidna leucotaenia Schultz, 1943. CAS 28698.
*Gymnomuraena zebra (Shaw in Shaw and Nodder, 1797). Collected by G&R and kept in the University of Hawai'i fish collection, UH 8-IV-53.
Gymnothorax buroensis (Bleeker, 1857). BPBM 12360 (G&R). Bohlke and Randall 2000.
*Gymnothorax enigmaticus McCosker & Randall, 1982. CAS 51024.
Gymnothorax flavimarginatus (Ruppell, 1828). CAS 37106.
lycondontis flavomarginata (Ruppell). Fowler and Ball 1925 (BPBM specimen not located).
Gymnothorax javanicus (Bleeker, 1859). BPBM 12358 (G&R). Myers 1999, Bohlke and
Randall 2000.
*Gymnothorax meleagris (Shaw in Shaw and Nodder, 1795). UH Collection.
Gymnothorax pictus (Ahl, 1789). BPBM 3564, 3565 (T), BPBM 12530, 12544 (G&R).
Bohlke and Randall 2000.
Lycodontis picta (Ahl). Fowler and Ball 1925.
Gymnothorax ruppelliae (McClelland, 1845).
BPBM 3593 (T), BPBM 12371, 12527 (G&R).
Lycodontis petelli (Bleeker). Fowler and Ball 1925.
Gymnothorax undulatus (Lacepede, 1803). BPBM 12380 (G&R). Bohlke and Randall 2000.
Lycodontis undulata (Lacepede). Fowler and Ball 1925.
Uropterygius macrocephalus (Bleeker, 1865).CAS 41192. McCosker et al. 1984, Bohlke and Randall 2000.
*Uropterygius xanthopterus Bleeker, 1859. CAS 149964.
Family Ophichthidae (Snake Eels)
*Myrichthys colubrinus (Boddaert, 1781). BPBM 12518 (G&R).
Myrichthys maculosus (Cuvier, 1817). McCosker and Rosenblatt 1993, Myers 1999.
*Scolecenchelys gymnota (Bleeker, 1857). CAS 200128.
Family Congridae (Conger and Garden Eels)
*Conger cinereus Ruppell, 1830. BPBM 12668 (G&R).
*HeteroConger hassi (Klausewitz & Eibl Eibesfeldt, 1959). Photographic record.
Family Chanidae (Milkfish)
chanos chanos (Forsskal, 1775). Myers 1999.
Family Myctophidae (Lanternfishes)
Myctophum spinosum (Steindachner, 1867). BPBM 3643 (T).
Dasyscopelus spinosus (Schneider). Fowler and Ball 1925.
Family Bythitidae (Livebearing Brotulas)
*Dinematichthys ilucoeteoides Bleeker, 1855. BPBM 15169 (G&R). This fish is probably not ilucoeteoides (]. Randall, pers. comm.), but it has not yet been reclassified.
Family Mugilidae (Mullets)
*Crenimugil crenilabis (Forsskal, 1775). BPBM 3816 (T). Omitted by Fowler and Ball
1925.
*Liza vaigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825). A photograph was taken of a juvenile seen in the small boat harbor. This distinctive species has black pectoral fins and yellow pelvic and anal fins.
*Neomyxus leuciscus (Gunther, 1872). CAS 150042.
Family Clupeidae (Herrings)
Spratelloides sp. An unidentified clupeid that may be Spratelloides was photographed in the channel between Wake and Peale Islands.
Family Exocoetidae (Flyingfishes)
*Cypselurus poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1847).BPBM 10536.
Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus, 1758. BPBM 3668,3669 (T). Fowler and Ball 1925.
PACIFIC SCIENCE· January 2004
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