GERRIDAE. 117 



Head 3.09 in length without caudal; depth 2.39; eye 4.84 in head; pre- 

 orbital at narrowest place 5.41 ; scales from origin of dorsal downward and back- 

 ward to lateral line 9 counting one in lateral line; in a perpendicular series 6i; 

 from lateral line downward and backward to anal 13; in lateral line 52; dorsal 

 XI, I, 16; anal III, 9; pectoral 3.27 in length reaches a line from base of 12th 

 dorsal spine. 



Three young examples 2? to 3i inches long from Acapulco. 



Orthopristis chalceus (Gunther). 



Jordan & Evermann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898, pt. 2, p. 1338. 

 Pristipoma chalceum Gunther, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, p. 146. 



One specimen, No. 3111, M. C. Z. 29625, 9| inches long from Perico Island. 

 One specimen, No. 3112, 9 inches long from Panama. 



Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Lacepede). 



Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 269. 

 Sparus aurolinealus Lac^p^de, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1802, 4, p. 132. 



Seven specimens, 4 to 65 inches long from Manga Reva. 

 Five specimens 61 to Sf inches long, Nos. 330O-4, M. C. Z. 29704, 29705, 

 from Manga Reva. 



SPARIDAE. 

 Lethrinus rostratus Kuhl & Van Hasslet. 

 Cdv. & Val. Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1830, 6, p. 220 (296). Gunther, Cat., 18.59, 1, p. 454. 



One specimen. No. 3312, 24 inches long, from Rikitea, Manga Reva. 



It has the following measurements: — head 2.78 in length; depth 3.14; 

 eye 7.11 in head; snout 1.65; preorbital, measured from eye to corner of mouth 

 2.80; pectoral equals ventral and is 1.81 in head; dorsal X, 95 ; anal III, 85; 

 caudal deeply forked; scales 7-50-16. 



The specimen shows no distinct black blotch above the pectoral fin; color 

 of the body is pale yellowish, with brown margins to the scales which vary in 

 width in different parts giving the specimen an irregularly barred or coarsely 

 mottled appearance; head plain brown; fins plain. 



GERRIDAE. 



Eucinostomus calif orniensis (Gill). 



Jordan, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1895, ser. 2, 5, p. 469. Gilbert & Starks, Mem. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1904, 



4, p. 113. 

 LHapterus californiensis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1862, p. 245. 



A specimen, No. 3261, 7| inches long from Wreck Bay, Chatham Island. 



