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form light lirinvn: ti])s of doi-sal i'a>'s dusky; oiitrr rays of caiidal not jialo; 

 caudal irregular, shallow emarginato. 



No. A59 has dorsal XXIV, 33; anal 31, color dark brown on hack, a di.s- 

 tinct lateral stripe, with a distinct white stripe above and below this stripe; 

 pectoral blue black, lacking white tips; caudal deeply lunate with pale outer 

 rays. 



No. A44, tloi-sal XXIII, 34; anal 32; color, dark brown above, with a darker 

 brown lateral sti-ipe, lighter below, but not so light above as in A59; ends of 

 lower rays of pectoral pale; dorsal and anal yellowish brown, each wiih a darker 

 brownish marginal band, with pale tij) to the rays; outer caudal rays pale, 

 middle rays longest and very dark, making the fin double truncate. 



Echeneis remora Linne. 



Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 1758, p. 260. D.w, Fi.shes of India, 1S7(), p. 2.58. 

 .Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comni., 1905. 23, )M. 1, p. 494. 



No. 05940, four specimens, 3i to 64 inches long from Surface at Station 

 AAll, Sept. 3, 1899. 



No. 05942, M. C. Z. 29466, two specimens, 3^ and 3| inches long fi'om 

 Society Islands. 



No. 05941, four specimens, 3l to 9^ inches long from Fakarava, Paumotu 

 Islands. 



PLEURONECTIDAE. 



Platophrys mancus (Hroussonet). 



.Jordan & Seale, Bull. V. S. Bur. Fish., 190(i, 25, p. 412, 

 Plciironcctes maiiciis Broussonet, lohth. sist. Pi.scium, 17S2, pi. 3. 4. 



No. A178, a specimen, 94 inches long from Arhno, Marshall Islands. Dorsal 

 99 ; anal 77 ; pectoral equals head. 



No. A43, M. C. Z. 29720, a specimen S| inches long from Fakarava, Pau- 

 motu Islands. Dorsal 100; anal 79; pectoral slightly shorter than head. 



No. A69, a specimen 71 inches long from Makemo, Paiunotu Islands. 

 Dorsal 100; anal 80; pectoral reaches edge of preopercle. 



No. 05945, M. C. Z. 29512, a specimen if inches long from Fakarava, 

 Paumotu Islands. 



