258 EXPEDITION OF THE " ALHATROSS," 1899-1900. 



Liza borneensis (Bleeker). 



Miiffil borneensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Xcd. Ind., 1S,51, 2, p. '201. D.w, Fishes of India, 1876, p. 

 357, pi. 76, fig. 1. 



One specimen, No. 08810, M. C. Z. 29794, al inches long (poor condition), 

 from Kusaie, Caroline Islands. Three specimens from Vavau, Tonga Islands, 

 No. AI31, 5| inches long; No. 08893, 85 inches long, and No. A120, 111 inches 

 long. No. AI20 has teeth in two rows in upper jaw; dorsal IV-8; anal III, 9; 

 scales 35, II in cross series. Nos. 08810 and A13I, M. C. Z. 29778, show no 

 teeth in upper jaw, the latter has 19 scales before dorsal, a moderately long 

 axillary scale, otherwi.se it agrees very well with Day's description of L. borneensis. 



Liza compressa (Gi-nther). 

 Mugil compressus Gunther, Cat., IStil, 3, p. 51. 



One specimen. No. 0SS15 (about (i inches long), from Kusaie, Caroline Islands. 



Liza crenilabis (Forsk.\l). 



Mugil crenilabis Forskal, Descrip. Anim., 1775, p. 73. 



Queriinana crenilcibis, Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 21S. 



Four specimens. No. 08981, Ij to I5 inches long from Guam. Four specimens. 

 No. 05816, M. C. Z. 29376, Is to Ig inches long from Makemo, Paumotu Islands. 



No. A193, a specimen 81 inches long from Jaluit, Marshall Islands. No. 

 A193 has head 4.66 in body; depth 4.17; eye 4 in head; dorsal IV-I, 8; anal 

 III, 9 or 10; first dorsal midway between snout and base of caudal; origin of 

 anal slightly in advance of dorsal; origin of first dorsal over lOth scale, second 

 over 21st; a long scale in axil of pectoral and in axis of ventral and one on each 

 side of spinous dorsal. 



Neomyxus. 



The genus Myxus based on M. elongatus Gunther, Cat., 3, 466, has according 

 to Gunther "a single row of teeth on the upper jaw, sometimes in the lower and 

 on the palate; upper lip not particularly thick." 



Specimens in the U. S. National Museum from Bateman Bay, N. S. Wales, 

 Australia, called Myxua elongatus, agree in having a moderately thick upper 



