NO. 1 SEALE : REPORT ON FISHES 9 



Exocoetidae Flyingfishes 



Fodiator acutus (Cuvi'er and Valenciennes) 



Three from Sihuatanejo Bay, Mexico, December 11, 1931. Length 

 139-1533 mm. One from Acapuico, Mexico, December 15, 1931. Length 

 140 mm. Five from Mazatlan, December 7, 1931. Length 134-140 mm. 

 Two from Panama Bay, December 23, 1931. Length 146-165 mm. Two 

 from Bahia Honda, Panama, February 21, 1934. Length 53-64 mm. 

 These have a long slender snout with an acute lower jaw. Dorsal fin of 

 9 very high rays; when prone these extend to the caudal. Origin of the 

 anal below the 5th dorsal ray. Origin of the ventrals midway between 

 base of caudal and posterior margin of eye. Color bluish above, silvery on 

 sides and below. Dorsal purplish, the lower rays white. Caudal with 

 lower lobe prolonged and marked by three purple bars. 



Exocoetus volitans Linnaeus 



Two from Panama Bay, December 23, 1931. Length 153-227 mm. 

 Origin of ventrals midway between base of caudal and the posterior hard 

 margin of the opercle. Pectorals blue with an oblique white band, the 

 margin white. Axil and upper portion of ventral rays grayish. 



Cypselurus bahiensis (Ranzani) 



One from Chatham Island, Galapagos, December 31, 1931. Length 

 380 mm. Origin of ventrals midway between end of caudal vertebra and 

 the middle of opercle. Dorsal with a large black spot on the posterior of 

 the fin. Pectorals and ventrals uncolored. 



Cypselurus callopterus (Giinther) 



One from Chatham Island, Galapagos, January 2, 1932. Length 315 

 mm. Two from Tagus Cove, Albemarle Island, Galapagos, January 5, 

 1932. Length 305-322 mm. Pectorals covered with round dark spots, 

 ventrals with dark centers and with spots. 



Cypselurus katoptron (Bleeker) 



{E. altipinnis of author's is probably another species) 

 One from South Seymour Island, Galapagos, January 22, 1934. 

 Length 30 mm. Dorsal 12, anal 10 rays. Origin of the anal on a 

 line with base of 5th dorsal ray. Origin of ventrals midway between end 

 of caudal vertebra and posterior margin of eye. Pectorals extending 

 slightly past the origin of dorsal. Ventrals extending posterior to axil of 

 anal. No barbules. Snout short, being equal to pupil of eye. Pectoral dark 



