74 DireHor' s Aruiual Report. 



83. Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaim. 



Head 3.33; depth 2.50; eye 3.50, i intosuout; interorbital 3.66; 

 D. VIII, I, I 21; A. II, I 19. Scales numerous, plates 33. L,ateral 

 line strongly curved, the curve 1.66 into .straight portion. lyower 

 jaw slightly longer than upper. Breast scaly. Teeth of upper jaw 

 form a villiform band, an outer series of larger ones also present, 

 a single row in lower jaw, small teeth on palate. Color: Silvery, 

 bluish above, with about seven dusky vertical bands about equal to 

 width of eye and narrower than interspace. An indistinct opercular 

 spot. P'ins yellow. Two specimens, length 4.50 inches, were taken 

 at Agafia, Guam, Jul}- 9, 1900. Hab. Western Pacific, Marianas. 



Genus I^EIOGNATHUS I^AciCPiSDE. 

 84-86. I/eiognathus obscura sp. nov. 



Head 3.33; depth 1.66; eye 2.80, i into snout; interorbital 3; 

 D. VIII, 17; A. Ill 15; V. I 5. Scales small, deciduous, cycloid, 

 no scales on chest. I^ateral line unarmed and but slightly curved. 

 Body elevated and strongly compressed. Mouth protra(5lile, upper 

 jaw rather overhanging. Teeth minute, of equal size in jaws. Pre- 

 opercle and supraorbital serrate. Two short spines on upper anterior 

 part of orbit, the distance between two outer spines 2.50 into head. 

 Branchiostegals 5. Pseudobranchiae present. Gill-rakers short but 

 wide, with many small teeth. Fins: Second dorsal spine 3.80 into 

 length, the third dorsal spine equal in length to .second anal spine, 

 1 .50 into head. Pecftorals and second dorsal spine of equal length. 

 Ventrals small, 2 into head. Caudal well forked, lobes of equal 

 length; caudal peduncle 4 into head. The pores of lateral line are 

 slightly enlarged anteriorly. Color: Silvery white, bluish above. 

 An irregular dusky splotch about the size of eye a little below the 

 axis, above anterior anal spine. The inner bases of pecftorals are 

 black. A dusk}' splotch at upper edge of opercle, another at upper 

 margin of orbit — this invades the upper part of iris, which other- 

 wise is yellow. Snout more or less dusky with a short black line 

 down each side from nostrils to upper lip. A dusky splotch on 

 upper part of caudal peduncle. Fins white, a wash of yellow on 

 caudal. Three specimens, length 3-5.50 inches, taken at Agaiia, 

 Guam, May 26, igoo. No. of type 84*6. P. B. M. Hab. Marianas. 



Family PBMPHBRID^. 



Genus PBMPHERIS Cuvier & Vaeenciennes. 

 87-90. Pempheris otaitensis (Cuv. & Val.). Sapi sapi. 



Head (from bony margin of opercle to tip of snout) 4; depth 

 2.50; eye 2.25; maxillary 1.60; mandibles 1.50; interorbital 1.50 

 into eye; from anterior margin of orbit to tip of snout is one-half 

 the diameter of eye; D. vi, 9; A. iii 41; V. i 5; P. 19. Scales about 



