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HEMIRAMPHIDAE. 



Hemiramphus dussumierii Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1846, 19, p. 33 (24), ])1. .554. CU'nthkr, Fischo der Siidsee, 1909, 8, ]i. 3.54. 



Five specimens, No. A117, 85 to 10 inches long from Namuku, Tonga Is- 

 lands, give the following measurements: — 



Dor.sal I, 15; A. I, 14; dorsal and anal scaled, the anal especially so; ventral 

 nearer caudal than head; scales 52? 



Dorsal I, 13; A. I, 13; dorsal scaled, the anal slightly so; ventral midway 

 between head and base of caudal, slightly nearer head if anything; scales 52? 



Dorsal I, 14; A. I, 13; dorsal and anal scaled; ventral exactly midway 

 between head and base of caudal ; scales 55. 



Dorsal I, 13; A. I, 13; dorsal and anal scaled; base of ventral slightly nearer 

 caudal than head; scales about 55. 



Dorsal I, 14; A. I, 14, no scales on dorsal; anal closely scaled; base of 

 ventral midway between head and caudal, scales about 52; eye ecjuals inter- 

 orbital, 1.25 in postorbital part of head. 



The collection also contains the following specimens : — 



No. 09034, 3^ inches long from Mille, Marshall Islands. No. 08947, 8 inches 

 long from Kusaie, Caroline Islands. Twenty-one specimens (young) from 

 Fakarava, Paumotu Islands. Seven specimens 85 to 10| inches long, and Nos. 

 A121, M. C. Z. 29731, A122, 8 and 11 inches long, from Vavau, Tonga Islands. 

 No. A147, II5 inches long from Suva, Fiji Islands. One specimen, No. 09013 

 (young) from Guam. This specimen had dorsal 15; anal 14; scales about 

 52; ventral midway between caudal and head. 



Hemiramphus affinis Gunther. 

 Cat., 1866, 6, p. 267. 



One specimen. No. 09045, M. C. Z. 29503, 4| inches long from Tarawa, 

 Gilbert Islands. Dorsal I, 15; scales about 60; ventral nearer caudal than head. 



One specimen, No. 08958, 9ie inches long, from Kusaie, Caroline Islands. 



Two specimens taken in the Caroline Islands, one No. 08958, 9io inches 

 long at Kusaie, and one No. 09058, 3 inches long at Moen. This last specimen 

 has 16 dorsal rays and 16 anal rays, ventral midway between head and caudal. 



