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Apogoniclitliys stellatus Cope. Fig. 10. 



Tr. Amer. Philos. Soc. Phila., (2) XIII, 1866, p. 400. Nos. 12,677 (type) 

 and 12,678, A. N. S. P., cotypes. New Providence, Bahamas. Dr. H. 

 C. Wood. 

 The larger example may be selected as the type. It has interorbital 

 space 4^ in head, and flattened. Gill-rakers ii, 2 + 9, ii, slender and 

 longest f of eye. Length 2 inches. 

 Both have D. VI. 



AMBASSID^. 

 Ambassis ranga (Hamilton). 



Three examples from India. Dr. M. Burrough. 



I have also examined Scombrops hoops (Houttuyn) from Japan. 



