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One of No. 0581(), 28 inclics loiiK had head 3. Go in length, de))lli 4.2; eye 3 

 in liead; tlorsal midway l:)et\veen snout and base of caudal; anal oi'igin 5 in 

 advance of dorsal; maxillary hidden; cilia in two rows in each jaw; dorsal 

 IV-I, 9; anal II, I, 10; scales 13 or 14-45; preorbital serrated at extremity. 



SPHYRAENIDAE. 



Sphyraena obtusata Ci'vikh & \'alenciennes. 



-Hist. Niit. Poiss., lS2i), 3, 1). :i50 (2.58). 



SphyriiiiKi f<}i:sl(ii .Iokiiax A' Skai.e, Bull. IJur. Fish., 100(1, 25. p. 211), not (if Cuvicr & Viilenciomics. 



One specimen, I2 inches long from Moen, Truk (!roup, Caroline Islands. 

 Two specimens, No. A141, 14^ inches long, and A142, 1(5 inches long, from Suva, 

 Fiji Islands. 



No. A141 M. C. Z. 29719, has 85 developed scales; two black spots on 

 caudal peduncle on right side, the anterior of which is on lateral line, the pos- 

 terior near the end of the series of large scales just above lateral line; on left 

 side two spots, first on lateral line and second just below the lateral line and in 

 line with front half of soft dorsal. 



No. A142; Head 3.2(j in length without caudal; eye 5.88 in head, equal to 

 interorbital; snout 2.25; maxillary 2.12; mandible 1.49; dorsal V-I, 9; A. 

 I, 8; developed scales in longitudinal series just above lateral line about 85. 

 There are two spots on right side of caudal peduncle not so far back as in the 

 other specimen, the posterior spot just below the lateral line; on the left side 

 there is only one spot, f)n the caudal peduncle, the lower part of which touches 

 the lateral line. 



These specimens have been compared with a specimen about 9? inches 

 long from Apia, Samoa, identified by .Jordan it Seale as Sphyraena Jorsteri, 

 and we can detect no differences except those that can be accounted for by the 

 difference in size. It shows the following measurements: — 



Head 3.17; depth 6.70; eye 5.70; snout 2.18; maxillary 2.18; mandible 

 1.50; interorbital 0.33; dorsal V-I, 9; anal I, 8; scales about 85. 



The specimen which .Jordan and Seale identified as Sphyraena obtusata is 

 not available. 



