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side of the snout and one on anterior part of the cheek. A dark 

 band as wide as pupil from base of supraorbital tentacle through 

 the pupil to lower preopercular angle. Soft dorsal, caudal and 

 anal fins barred, spinous dorsal imperfectly so. 



Upper half of pectoral fin black with two indistinct lighter 

 bars, lower half (the first seven rays) white, a white streak from 

 upper angle of the opercle extending downward to the base of 

 upper pectoral rays and ending near the middle of sixth pectoral 

 ray. A small yellowish humeral spot (not shown in the figure), 

 outer ventral margins white, membrane of the fin mostly black, 

 its rays white. 



This species bears some resemblance to Pterois volitaus, from 

 which it differs in having the second anal spine the longest, 

 shorter dorsal spines, larger scales, longer pectoral fins with the 

 rays much more detached, longer and banded supraorbital ten- 

 tacles, and the last two dorsal spines of nearly equal length. The 

 pectoral and ventral fins are also differently colored. 



Named for Professor D. G. Elliot, under whose direction the 

 Museum's East African Expedition was made and to whom the 

 writer is under obligations for assistance in the preparation of 

 this paper. 



One specimen from Berbera, West Coast of Africa. 



TEUTHID.E. 



Teuthis oranirn (Bl. & Schn.). 



Two specimens. 



The smaller specimen is notably more slender than the larger. 

 Can detect no other appreciable difference. Evidently a variable 

 species. 



CARANGID^:. 

 Caranx affinis (Ruppel). 

 Seven specimens. 



