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100. Albula Vlllpes (Linnaeus). (Fig. 17). 



Soto-iwas-tii. 



Esox vulpcs 'LÀnn7s.\jiS,SysX. Nat, loth ed., 1758, p. 313. iiihamas. lliscd on 



ihe Bonefish, Vnlpcs baliamcnsis, of Catesby. 

 Di-strib. — Shores of all tropical seas. 



Fig. 17. 



Family EI.OPID.E. 



Genus EIopS Liunceus. 



Elops Linnœus, Syst. Nat., 12th ed., 1766, p. 518. 

 Type EJops sanrns Linnœus. 



101. Elops hawaiiensis Regan. 



Kara-iwashi. 

 Elops kaivancnsis Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Ser. 8, Vol. Ill, 1909, p. 39. 

 Distrib. — Hawaii ; Phillippines ; Japan. 



Family CHIKOCEKTRID.E. 



Genus Chirocenlrus Cuvier. 



Chirociiitrns Cuvier, Règne Animal, 181 7, p. 178. 

 Type Cliipca dorab Forskâl. 



102. Chirocentms dorab (Forsk'd). 



Oki-iwashi. 

 Clnpca dorab (Forskäl), Descr. Anim., 1775, p. 72. Red Sen. 

 Distrib. — East Indies, occasionally northward to Japan. 



