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Hyporhamphus unifasciatus, Halfbeak 212 



Fodiator acutus, Sharp-nosed Flying-fish 213 



Cypselurus calijornicus, Catalina Flying-fish 214 



Chirostoma humboldtianum, Pescado bianco 217 



Kirtlandia vagrans, Silverside or Brit 217 



Atherinopsis calijorniensis, Blue Smelt or Fez del Rey 218 



Iso flos-maris, Flower of the Waves 218 



Mugil cephalus, Striped Mullet 221 



Joturus pichardi, Joturo or Bobo 222 



Sphyrana barracuda, Barracuda 223 



Cobitopsis acuta 224 



Shoulder-girdle of a Threadfin, Polydactylus approximans 225 



Polydactylus octonemus, Threadfin 225 



Shoulder-girdle of a Stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus 227 



Shoulder-girdle of Fistularia petimba, showing greatly extended interclavicle, 



the surface ossified 227 



Gasterosteus aculeatus, Three-spined Stickleback 232 



Apeltes quadracus, Four-spined Stickleback 232 



Aulostomus chinensis, Trumpet-fish 234 



Macrorhamphosus sagijue, Japanese Snipefish 234 



jEoliscus strigatus, Shrimp-fish 235 



jEoliscus heinrichi 235 



Solenostomus cyanopterus 237 



Hippocampus hudsonius, Sea-horse 238 



Zalises umitengu, Sea-moth 240 



Percopsis guttatus, Sand-roller 241 



Erismatopterus endlicheri 242 



Columbia transmontana, Oregon Trout-perch 242 



Shoulder-girdle of the Opah, Lampris guttatus (Brunniach), showing the en- 

 larged infraclavicle 243 



Semiophorus velifer 246 



Amphistium paradoxum 247 



Zeus jaber, John Dory 248 



Skull of a Berycoidfish, Beryx splendens, showing the orbitosphenoid 250 



Beryx splendens 251 



Hoplopteryx lewesiensis 252 



Paratrachichthys prosthemius 253 



Holocentrus ascenscionis, Soldier-fish 254 



Holocentrus ittodai 254 



Ostichthys japonicus 255 



Monocentris japonicus, Pine-cone Fish 256 



Scomber scombrus, Mackerel 260 



Germo alalunga, Long-fin Albacore 263 



Scomberomorus maculatus, Spanish Mackerel 264 



Trichiurus Upturns, Cutlass-fish 268 



