34 PEOCEEDINGS OF UyiTED STATES VATIOVAL MTSEUil. 

 5. ParezoccBtus mesogaster 'Bloch) J. &. G. 



This species has teeth on the palate, as Dr. Liitken has observrd, and 

 is therefore a •• Parexooxtmr The second ray of the pectoral is di- 

 Tided. not simple as stated by ns, {lapsug calami). Proc. IT. S. 2Sat- Mus. 

 Ihh^, 263. 



€. Zlxoccetns volador. sp. ncrr. 



Head M in length to base of eandal : depth 5f . D. 11 : A. 11 : Lat. L 

 about 45. Length of type, 9| inches. 



Allied to Exocctiwi rondeleti, bnt with the first and second rays of the 

 jiectoral simple. 



Body rather stout, moderately compressed ; head broad, not very ob- 

 tose in profile; eye moderate. .3^^ in head: interorbital space slightly 

 concave, its width 2 J in head. Pectoral fin broad, reaching to the base 

 of the api»er lobe of caadal ; first ray of pectoral barely half len^h of 

 the fin : second ray also simple, about two-thirds length of fin ; third 

 ray divided, shorter than fourth, ventrals reaching to the next to the last 

 ray of anal. 3% in body : insertion of venttaLs slightly nearer gill-oxKrn- 

 ing than base of caudal- Caudal long, its lower lobe If length of 

 head : dorsal fin low. its insertion a little in advance of insertion of anal, 

 the base of the latter being 1^ times in that of the former ; longest rays 

 of dorsal 2| in head ; longest of anal rather le^ 



CoLOB. — Dark bluish above, belly white : dorsal and caudal jilain 

 dusky : j^ectoral black, darker near the edges : ventrals mesially black, 

 the edges white. 



A single sj^ecimen in fine condition was «entby3Ir. Steams. It has 

 been presented to the United States National 3Iuseum, where it is num- 

 bered -j^)15. In Dr. Liitken's excellent review of the Flying-fishes (Bid- 

 rag. tilFlyvefiskenesDiagnostik ' Vidensk. Meddel. ^attirh. Foren. 1876, 

 394), this S7>ecies wotild be placed under "6. Badivjs fiecundm pectoralU, 

 simpl^jr," but it difl'ers in many respects from E. brachycephaluM Gthr. 

 and E. lamellifer Kner. & Steind., the two described species of that type 

 known to Dr. Liitken. 



7. Sphyraena gnagnanche Cnvier &. Valencienneg. 



8 Echeneis naxicrat/^s LiniJifenA. 



9. ExtthyiunLS aUiteratns Itafinftaqae) Jor. &, Gilb. 



10. Decapteraa punctatus Agai^izj GilL 



11. Caxaaz axnhljzhjnchxia Cuv. &. Val. 



(Caramj: falcatwi Holljrook ; Caram: iecmndm and C. Itet^ojnjg^jA Poey.) 



12. Caranz setipinzus (MitcWU) Jor. &, Gilb. 



13. Stromatetis triacastbas Peck. 



One young ,si>ecimen, ajiparently the first taken in the Gulf. 

 14 CbloTOSCombrns chryeuroa X.) Gill- 



