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(iroup, and No. Alio, a specimen 9| inches long, No. 05S17, 4^ inches long, 

 No. 08940, 4| inches long. 



A 115, has in iijiper lip a single row of outer close set teeth and behind these 

 a band oi slightly smaller teeth, close set and in several series ; anal rays 9; scales 

 34, 1 1 in transverse series, pectoral j^ale, no axillary spot ; at least the anterior 

 third of anal in advance of soft dorsal. 



Liza vaigiensis CQuoy & Gaimard). 



Mugil vaigiensis QuoY & Gaimard, \'uy. Uniuit'. Zool., 1S2.5, p. 337, pi. 59, fig. 2. 

 Miigil lonigiensis Jordan & Seale, Bull. II. S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 218. 



One specimen. No. 08827, 7 inches long from Suva, Fiji Islands. Three 

 specimens, Nos. 08843, 08970-71, 2^6 to 3| inches long from Funafuti, Ellice 

 Islands. Eight specimens. No. 09042, M. C. Z. 29478, 2 to 2\ inches long from 

 Marshall Islands. Four specimens No. 08984, M. C. Z. 29473, li to li inches 

 long from Moen, Truk Group, Caroline Islands. ' Ten specimens from Paumotu 

 Islands, seven of them No. 05815, li to 3i inches long from Makemo, and Nos. 

 A28, 8^ inches, A13, M. C. Z. 29785, 8i inches, and A26, 8i inches long from 

 Rangiroa. No. A146, M. C. Z. 29781, a specimen 8 inches long from Suva, 

 Fiji Islands. 



In the A numbers the scales are 26 plus a few rudiments, 9 in cross series 

 from front of dorsal to vent; minute wide set teeth in upper jaw in a single 

 series; anal 8; all have black pectorals with lower part pale. 



Four specimens from Tonga Islands, one of them. No. 05819, 3 inches long 

 from \'avau, and three specimens li to li inches long from Tongatabu. 



Fourteen specimens, No. 09016 (young), M. C. Z. 29531, from Guam. 



L. vaigiensis and L. melinopteras are separated only by the numbers of anal 

 rays, the former having eight and 7v. iwe/wopieras having nine. The last anal 

 ray is frequently divided to the base and it is difficult to say whether there 

 are 8 or 9 rays. We do not believe the species different, Giinther (Fische der 

 Siidsee) unites them. 



The name vaigiensis has priority. 



