NO. 1 SEALE : REPORT ON FISHES 27 



63-109 mm. Nine from Bahia Honda, Panama, December 21, 1931. 

 Length 25-84 mm. Two from Panama Market, December 24, 1931. 

 Length 146-152 mm. Three from Post Office Bay, Charles Island, Gala- 

 pagos, January 2, 1932. Length 62-100 mm. Five from South Seymour 

 Island, Galapagos, January 15, 1932. Length 94-127 mm. Four from 

 Corinto, Nicaragua, February 8, 1932. Length 82-109 mm. One from 

 Guayas River at Guayaquil, Ecuador, February 6, 1934. Length 143 

 mm. This is one of the most abundant species of the regions visited, being 

 found on all sandy beaches. Color is silvery with a jet-black tip to the 

 dorsal fin, usually with a white area just below. Opercle smooth, pre- 

 opercle entire. 

 Gerres cinereus (Walbaum) 



Four from Tenacatita, Mexico, December 10, 1931. Length 115-229 

 mm. Two from Sihuatanejo, Mexico, December 12, 1931. Length 196- 

 330 mm. One from Tower Island, Galapagos, January 20, 1932. Length 

 145 mm. Color silvery with 7-8 broken dark bars on the sides. 



Diapterus peruvianas (Cuvier and Valenciennes) 



Two from Panama Market, December 24, 1931. Length 145-252 

 mm. One from Corinto, Nicaragua, February 9, 1932. Length 82 mm. 

 Color silvery with a slight dusky wash on ventral fins. 



Eugerres lineatus (Humboldt) 



One from Sihuatanejo, Mexico, December 11, 1931. Length 196 mm. 

 Silvery with a dark line on each row of scales. The lateral line is located 

 in a narrow dark line. All fins except pectorals are grayish. 



Mullidae Surmullets 



Upeneus grandisquamis Gill 



One from Panama Market, December 24, 1931. Length 184 mm. 

 Head 3.3 in standard length. Depth 3. Eye 4 in head. Scales 30 in lateral 

 line, 3 rows on cheeks. Barbules fall slightly short of posterior edge 

 of opercle. Color pinkish white, caudal yellow. 



Mulloides auriflamma (Forskal) 



One from Cocos Island, February 2, 1932. Length 374 mm. Scales 

 38 in lateral line. Eye 4.5 in length of head. Color pinkish with a slight 

 wash of yellow. A bright golden stripe from head to caudal. This extends 

 the range of this species from Nukuhiva of the Marquesas Islands, where 

 the author took 6 specimens in 1902. 



