734 Bulleti)! ^/, United States National Museum. 



1082. EXOCOCTL'S VlNCIGUEBRj;, Jordan .t Meek. 



Head4i; depth %\. D. 11; A. 12; scales about 48, 24 before ventrals, 

 28 before dorsal, 7 between dorsal and lateral line. Snout 4;^ in head ; eye 

 3 ; interorbital area nearly flat, 2| in head. Anal fin opposite dorsal and 

 about as long; second ray of pectoral forked, the first ray simple, third 

 and fourth rays longest; origin of ventrals midway between posterior 

 margin of orbit and last caudal vertebra ; ventrals chiefly black ; pecto- 

 rals If in body, reaching last ray of dorsal ; ventrals about 3 in length 

 of body, their tips reaching slightly beyond last ray of anal ; longest 

 dorsal ray 2| in head ; lower lobe of caudal 3^ in body. Pectoral fins 

 dusky, nearly uniform, or with a small white oblique bar, which extends 

 halfway across the fin ; the edges of the fin whitish ; ventrals chiefly 

 blackish; dorsal and anal without dark markings. Length about a foot. 

 Open Atlantic, occasional on our coast and those of Southern Europe, the 

 specimens examined by us from off Newfoundland, from St. Martins, and 

 the Gulf of Mexico. (Named for Dr. Decio Viuciguerra, director of the 

 Acquario Romano, an active and successful ichthyologist.) (Eu.) 



Exucwlus rondeleti, Lutken, Vid. Medd. Foren., 404, 187G; not of Cuvier k Valenciennes; 

 Jordan & Gilbkrt, Synopsis, 203, 1883. 



Exoca'ins'exiliem, Vinoigueura, llieultati Ittiologici del Violante, 113, 1883; not of Gmehn. 



Exocd'tus rinciguen-;e, Jokuan & Meek, Proc. U. S. Nat. Miis., 18S5, 5C, open sea off New- 

 foundland, 46° N., 6i° W. (Type, No. 21870. Coll. Albatross.) 



1083. EXOC(ETlIS VOLITANS, Lianaus. 



Head4i; depth 6i. D. 12; A. 11; scales 55, 25 before ventrals, 30 before 

 dorsal; 6 rows between dorsal and lateral line. Snout rather obtuse, 4 in 

 head; eye large, 2f in head; interorbital space slightly concave, 2| in 

 head; width of body at base of pectorals 1$ in head. Anal flu long, 

 opposite dorsal; second ray of pectorals divided, the first simple, the 

 third and fourth longest; insertion of ventrals midway between posterior 

 edge of preopercle and base of caudal. Pectoral fins not uniform; la 

 color dark brown, with an oblique, whitish band which begins in the axil 

 and runs obliquely backward to middle of fin ; edges of pectorals whitish. 

 Pectoral fins 1| in length of body, their tips reaching beyond dorsal ; 

 ventrals 3^ in body, reaching about to ninth ray of anal; longest dorsal 

 ray 2^ in head, anal ray 3; lower lobe of caudal 31^ in body. Ventral fins 

 white, with a slight dusky shade in the axil; no dark markings on dorsal 

 or anal. Length 12 inches. Open seas; not rare on our Atlantic Coast, 

 ranging north to the Grand Banks; also found in Southern Europe and 

 the Hawaiian Islands, {volitims, Hying.) (Eu.) 



Exococlus, Artedi, Genera Piscium, 18, 1738, locality not known. 



Exocalus volUans, Linn.tcus, Syst. Nat., Ed. x, 1758, 316; after Balk, wlio copied from Artedi; 



Jordan & Meek, I. c, 57. 

 Exocoetiis 1-ubescens, Kafinesque, Amer. Monthly Mag., 1818, 205, Banks of Newfoundland. 

 Exnca-lns upecvliger, CnviER & Valenciennks, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xi.\, 93, 1840, Friendly Islands; 



Straits of Sunda; Isle of France; Indian Ocean; Peros-Banhos; Pacific Coast 



of South America; Gi'NTHER, Cat., \ i, 287, 1S06; Hitton, Fishes New Zealand, 55, 1872; 



LiJTKEN, Vid. Mod. Naturh. Foren., 403,109, 1876. 



