Fishes of the South Pacific. 15 



Color in life, blue above, silver}' below: iris yellow and black; 

 fins bluish, except ventral and anal which are white. 



Color in formalin, bluish above, white below; pecftorals a deep 

 uniform blue; dorsal dusky; ventral and anal white; caudal with 

 a wash of dusky. 



One specimen from Tahiti. No. 1413 (Fig. 3) B. M. Length 

 13 in. 



Bxocoetus volitans Linnaeus. 



Exoca'tus evolaus Linn. 



Color in life, bluish above, white below, fins white, the pec- 

 torals with a few round dark spots. 



One specimen. No. 1443 B. M., from Tahiti, Society Ids. 



Cypselurus oligolepis (Bleeker). 



One specimen. No. 1208* B. M., from Shortland Id., Solo- 



family atherinid.f:. 



Attierina lacunosa Forster. 



Ten specimens referred to this species were secured at Short- 

 land Id., Solomons, Nos. 1280, 1299*, 1309*, 1311, 1316*, 1323, 

 2226*, 1234, 1246 and 1274 B. M. Four specimens from Fate, 

 New Hebrides, No. 865 B. M. 



These fish swarm in countless millions about the shores of 

 Shortland Id. during the months of June and July. 



Family MUGILID.F:. 

 Mugil kelaartii Giinther. 



Two specimens, Nos. 1341, 1342 B. M., from Tahiti. 



Querimana crenilabris (Forskal). 



Two specimens, Nos. 702* and 703* B. ]\I., from Tahiti. 



Myxus leuciscus (Giinther). 



One specimen, No. 2484* B. M., from Makatea, Paumotu Ids. 



I/iza waigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard). 



Two specimens from Mangareva Id., No. 806 B. M., L. 5.75, 

 and No. 807 B. M., L,. 6.50 in. These have black pectorals, C., 

 A. and V. yellowish; spinous dorsal yellowish; soft dorsal dusky. 



One specimen. No. 975 B. M., from Fate, New Hebrides. 



One specimen, No. 1131* B. M., from Shortland Id., Solomons. 



One specimen. No. 1599 B. M., from Raiatea, Society Ids. 



Two specimens, Nos. 1958 and 1959 B. M., from Rarotonga, 

 Cook Ids. 



