ADDENDA 57. SCOMBERESOCID^ EXOCCETUS. 903 



ii, 135, 136, 1823: Hcmirhamphus Irowni and pleii C. & V. xix, 13, 19: Hemirhamphus 

 pleii Giinther, vi, 269: Hemirhamphus filamentosus Poey, Mom. Cuba, ii, 297, 1860.) 



Page 377. The genus 183 (?>) Euleptorhamphus, should probably be 

 recognized. After Euleptorliamplius longirostris add: 



183 (c). CHRIODORUS Goode & Beau MSS. 



(Goode&Beaii,Proc.U. S.Nat. Mus. 1882: type Chriodonts atherinoides Goode & Bean.) 

 Body and fins as in Hemirhamphus, but both jaws very short, not at 

 all produced, each with two series of large, tricuspid, incisor teeth, 

 which form a continuous cutting edge. Maxillary anchylo.sed to pre- 

 maxillary. Ventral fins small, median. (/pew, want; Sopoq, lance.) 



6O5 (6). C. atlieriiioides Goode & Bean MSS. 



Light olive; sides with a narrow, silvery band. Interorbital space 

 broad, unevenly convex, its width equal to eye, which is 3^ in head, as 

 long as snout ; premaxillaries much broader than long, their edges con- 

 cave; maxillary 4 in head; mandible 2, its tip broadly rounded, not 

 at all produced. Dorsal opposite anal and entirely similar to it; both 

 fins elevated in front, but not falcate, their longest rays half head ; 

 caudal moderate, deeply and subequally forked; ventrals 2 in head, 

 their insertion midway between snout and base of caudal ; pectorals 1 

 in head; vertical fins with small scales. Scales moderate, deciduous. 

 Head 4f ; depth 6-J ; breadth of body its depth. D. I, 14; A. I, 15; 

 Y. 6; P. 12; scales 7-46-3. L. Si inches. Key West, Florida, 



(Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat, Mus. 1882.) 



Page 379. Before Exoccetus californicus insert: 

 6O7 (Z>). E. hillianus Gosse. 



Dark green, silvery below, tinged with pinkish ; dorsal translucent, 

 with a large black blotch 011 upper anterior half; caudal brick-red; pec- 

 toral translucent, dusky; ventrals more or less dusky, with a small 

 black spot at base of outer ray. Body moderately compressed. Head 

 short, the short snout one-fourth its length; eye 3 in head, equal to the 

 flat interorbital space. Pectoral reaching middle of anal, its length 1 % 

 in body; its second ray simple, scarcely shorter than third. Insertion 

 of ventral slightly nearer root of caudal than tip of snout, its tip ex- 

 tending slightly past front of anal, its length 1| in head. Dorsal v>ry 

 high, its anterior rays reaching anal. Head 4; depth 5; D. 12; A. 14; 

 scales 38-5. L. 8 inches. West Indies, north to West Florida nud 



South Carolina. 



(Gosse, Nat, Sojourn Jamaica, 11: Poey, M-ui. Cuba, ii, 301: Giiuthn. vi, "-1 > 



