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24. Fistularia serrata Cuvier. Siirisivi. 



Three young from Bacon (no. 3984; length 9 to 12 in.). 



Fisiulurin terrata Cuvier, RegneAnim., ed. I. vol. n. 349. 1S17. America; Giinther, Cat., in, 533; Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 

 U. S. Fish. Conun., xxm, pt. 1, 1903 (1905), 110 (Honolulu i. 



Family CENTRISCIDjE. 



25. Aeoliscus strigatus (Gunther). 



Two specimens from Bacon (no. 3943; length 4.75 and 5 in.). 

 Amplii-ii, strigata Gunther, Cat., in, v.'s.Java. 



Family SYNGNATHIDjE. 



26. Gasterotokeus biaculeatus (Bloch). 



Fifteen specimens from Bacon (no. 3417 to 3451, 3505 to 3508, 3597 to 3599, 3600. 3601, 3991, and 4190; 

 length 5.25 to 9.25 in.). 



With the exception of no. 4190, these specimens arc all pale green, with a more oi less distinct dark snipe 

 through the eye. The body is depre sed, the dorsal surface of middle body ring being at least 2.5 in 

 ventral, differing in this respect from specimen no. U90, which is described as follows; 



Head 5.2 in length: depth 5.1 in head, the greatest width of body 3.25 in head; snout 1.75; width of 

  uniit ,-ii middle one third less than its depth; eve 1.5 in snout; interorbital 5.75; dorsal 41; ring- 17 K); 

 doisal fin on anterior 111 caudal rings; anal opening on anterior caudal ring; origin of dorsal midway between 

 tip of tail and nostril; tail prehensile, no caudal I'm: bodj elongate, depressed, the ventral surface twice as fl tde 

 as dorsal; plates without spines; pectoral 5.75 in head. Color greenish; snout with 2 indistinct greenish 

 hands. 



Syngnathiu biaculeatus 'Bloch, [chth., rv, p] cxxi, flgB. 1 and 2, 1797. no locality given. 

 Qatterotokeus Macultatut, Gunther, Cat., vm, 194; Da Fl >■ ti lis 681, pi. i i.xxiv. fi| 



27. Corythroichthys elerae Evermann & Scale, new species. 



Head 7.2 in length; snout 2; eye 2.5 in snout; dorsal 29; rings 16 36; a single ridge across cheek; inter- 

 orbital 1.7". in eye; snout cylindrical, its depth and width being equal; lower surface of head and ventral 

 surface of snout forming a straight line: depth of bodj greater than it- width: length of hodv including head 



Fa;. 2. — Corythroichthys c!tr:r Kvermann & Scale, new species. Type. 



1.45 in length of tail without caudal: a distinct nuchal ridge with 2 deep scallops: upper lateral margin of 

 plates projecting, forming a scalloped margin on side of back; ventral surface of body rounded, dorsal surface 

 concave; vent one ring in front of origin of dorsal; dorsal lin on anterior (5 rings of tail; origin of dorsal midway 

 between tip of snout and twenty-fifth ring of tail: height of dorsal fin equal to depth of body at middle 

 of fin; pectoral 14, its length 4.75 in head; caudal 2.2 in snout; anal rays 3, inconspicuous. 



