332 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1899. 



LEPTOOEPHALID^. 



12. Leptocephalus multimaculatus Steiudachner. 



L. mulfimaculatus Stein., Ijhthyologisc. Notizen, ix, 27, 1809 

 ["Peru"]. 



13. Leptocephalus peruanus Steiudachner. 



L. peruanus Stein., Ichthy. Notizen, ix, 28, 1869 [Peru]. 



OPHICHTHYIDiB. 



14. Ophichthus callaensis (Gunther). 



Ophirhthys callaensis Giinther, Jour. Mus. Godeffroy, iv, 92 [Callao]. 

 We have been uuable to cou.sult the descriptiou of this species. 



15. OpMchthus pacifici (Giiather). 



Ophirhthys pacifici Giiather, Cat. Fisli. Btit. Mus. , viii, 76, 1870 

 ["Cliile and Peru"]. 



16. Ophichthus grandimaculatus (Kner and Steiudachner). 



OphicJithys grandimaculata Kner and Steind., Sitz. Ak. Wiss. Wien., 

 1866, liv, 389, fig. 13 (Neue Fische aus Mus. Godef., 34) [Peru]. 



1 7. Ophichtlius uniserialis (Cope). 



OjjJiicJothy s uniserialis Cope. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc, 1877, 31 [Pecas- 

 mayu bay]. 



MURAENIDu^E. 



18. Lycodontis wieneri (Sauvage). 



Gymnothorax wieneri Sauvage, Bnll. de la Societe Philomathique de 

 Paris, July 7, 1883, 161 ["Chile or Peru' (sic)]. 



CLUPEID^. 



19. Clupanodon fimbriata (Kner and Steindachner). 



Aliisa fimbriata Kner and Stein., Sitz. Ak. "Wiss. "Wien, 1866 (Neue 



Fische aus Mus. GodefEr., 31, fig. 15 [Valparaiso]. 

 Clupea sagax Giinther (not of Jenyns), Cat. Brit. Mus , vii, 443, 1868. 



Local name, Sardina. 



H. 31; D. 4i-4i DorsallS (19) ; anal 16 (18). 20 scutes ante- 

 rior to ventrals, 15 between ventrals and anus. Maxillary 2^ in head. 



Compared with C. ccerukus, the rays in the dorsal are more numer- 

 ous and are j^eculiar in that the last two and again the two preced- 

 ing are pressed out side by side so as to lie in two layers covered by 

 the enlarged scales at the base of the fin. The head is longer, the 

 ventral scutes more numerous and the striis on opercle much more 

 numerous and finely divided than in cceruleus. 



Compared Avith specimens of the same species from Valparaiso, 

 no constant differences Avere observed, except in the head, which is 

 slightly shorter in the latter specimens. 



Four individuals, length 240-300 mm. 



Range. — Chile and Peru, coastwise. 



