NO. 1289. FISHES FROM FORMOSA— JORDAN AND EVERMANN. 827 



Color ill alcohol, dark olive-brown, covered profuselv everywhere 

 with large, roundish, jet-black spots, these largest and most numerous 

 on back and sides, more sparse on belly; spots of jaws and head less 

 regular in shape and very numerous, the interspaces being more nearly 

 white. 



Ti/jye. — No. 6450, -40 inches long, from Hokoto oi- Pescadores Islands, 

 No. T131, Stanford University Museum. 



35. EVENCHELYS MACRURUS (Bleeker). 



Second series of mandibular teeth fewer than as described; posterior 

 vomerine teeth fewer. 



A fine specimen, 6.25 feet in length, No. 12063, from Kotosho. 



The new genus Evenchelyi^ Jordan and Evermann (type, maerurus) 

 differs from Gymnothorax in the excessively long tail, which is nearly 

 twice the length of the rest of the body. 



Family CHANID^E. 



36. CHANOS CHANOS (Forskai). 



D. 14; A. 9; scales i>2. 



Several young examples, Nos. 12067 (Giran), 12238 (Taihoku), 11135, 

 F. I., 12083, F. 1., and 876 F. 1. 

 One specimen from Toil. 



Family ELOPID^l^. 



37. ELOPS MACHNATA Riippell. 



D. 20; A. 11; V. 11; Nos. 12236, Formosa, F. I., and 12237, from 

 Suwata. 



38. MEGALOPS CYPRINOIDES ( Broussonet). 



D. I, 8; A. 24; scales 39. 



Head 4 in length; depth 3.5. Nos. 871 (Formosa), F. L, and 12069 

 (Giran). 



Family CHIROCENTRID^E. 



39. CHIROCENTRUS DORAB (ForskMl). 



Head 6.5 in length; depth 7; eye 4.5 in head: D. 17; A. 30. A large 

 specimen, No. 87 x = 868 (Formosa), F. 1. 



Family DOROSOMID.E. 



40. CLUPANODON MACULATUS (Richardson). 



Head 3.7 in length: depth 2.75; D. 16; A. 25; scales 48. Dorsal 

 not inserted much before ventrals; no black spot on shoulder. No. 

 12068 (Giran). Recorded by Giinther from Formosa. 



