254 KXPKDITIOX OF THE " ALBATROSS," 1S99-1900. 



and three have 7; only one has 9 rays, the rest have 10. Of the anal rays, one 

 has 12, four have 13, the others have 14. 



Atherina endrachtensis QroY & Gaimart). 

 Voy. Uranio. Zool., 182.5, p. .3.34. Gunther, Cat., 1861, 3, p. 401. 



Four specimens from Marshall Islands, No. U9035, I2 inches with dorsal 

 VII-I, 10; anal I, 10 or 11 from Likieb and three specimens, No. 09071, li^g to 

 2g inches long from Ahrno. Origin of dorsal a little nearer ventral than anal. 



1. D. VII-I, 9; A. I, 10 or 11; scales 42 counting all the developed scales 

 in longitudinal series. 



2. D. VI-I, 9; A. I, 10 or 11; scales 42. 



3. D. V-I, 9; A. I, 11; scales 42. 



Fourteen specimens from Moen, Truk Group, Caroline Islands, as follows: — 



No. 09084 (part) six specimens li to ll inches long and No. 08906 (part) 

 eight specimens, M. C. Z. 29394, to l| inches long. 



No. 08906, had D. VI-I, 9; A. I, 10 or 11 for seven specimens, the other 

 specimen has D. VII-I, 9; A. I, 10 or 11. 



Twenty-seven specimens, No. 09055 (poor condition) 1 to li'g inches long, 

 from Suva, Fiji Islands. Five specimens, li to li inches long from Rangiroa, 

 Paumotu Islands. 



One specimen, part of No. 09017, li inches long from Guam. 



Head 21 in length; depth 5i; eye about equal interorbital, 2i in head; 

 snout about | of eye; mouth very oblique, maxillary reaching anterior margin 

 of eye ; origin of dorsal slightly nearer ventral than anal, about midway between 

 tip of snout and base of caudal. 



We have identified this as A. endrachtensis, although it differs slightly from 

 current descriptions, most noticeably in length of snout and width of inter- 

 orbital. It is close to A. vaigiensis, but is generally more slender and with a 

 deeper caudal peduncle, proportionally smaller eye, and considerably longer 

 snout. 



