740 Bulletin 4j, United States National Museum. 



Exocirtus hahieiisis, Ranzani, Nov. Comiii. Ac. Sci. lust. Bonon., V, 1842, 362, pi. 38, Bahia; 



GliNTHER, Cat., vt, 293, 1866; Poey, Synopsis, 384, 385, 1868; Lutkex, Vid. Medd. Naturh. 



Foren.,402, 108, 1876. 

 Exoartus vermicukilm, Poey, Memorials, ii, 300, 1861, Cuba. 



Exoccetus spilonotoplerus, Bleekeu, "Nederl. Tydsclir. Dierk., iii, 113, 18t>3," Sumatra. 

 f Exocaliis parne,VoE\, Synopsis, SS5, 1!S68, Cuba; description iusuflScient; taken from an old 



drawing. 



1093. EXOCCETUS CALIFORNICUS, Cooper. 

 (Great Flyino-fish; Volador.) 



Head 5; depth 6. D. 12; A. 10; scales 58 ; vertebne 33 + 16 = 49. 

 Body stoutish. Lower jaw rather the longer; both jaws with minute 

 teeth. Eye large, rather longer thau snout, 3 in head, nearly e<jual to the 

 diameter of the slightly concave interorbital space. Pectoral fin reach- 

 ing past the dorsal and falling just short of the caudal ; secoud ray of pec- 

 toral divided, the third longest ; ventrals about reaching middle of anal, 

 their length 3* in body, their insertion midway between middle of opercle 

 and base of caudal. Anterior rays of dorsal half the length of the head ; 

 43 rows of scales between occiput and dorsal, 7 between the dorsal and 

 the lateral line. Steel blue above and on both sides, belly abruptly sil- 

 very ; pectorals blackish, with the posterior edge paler; an obscure 

 oblique pale band across lower part ; caudal ])lain dusky; ventrals pale, 

 partly dusky ; dorsal rather pale, with a dusky blotch above. Length 

 18 inches. Southern California, Point Concepciou to Cape San Lucas, 

 very abundant in great schools in summer about the Santa Barbara 

 Islands. It is not known whither it retires in winter, as it has not been 

 seen outside of California, it being the only species known in the Eastern 

 Pacific north of Cape San Lucas. It is probably the largest of the flying- 

 fishes and has the greatest power of movement in the air. An excellent 

 food-fish, sometimes taken by the thousand ofl:" Santa Barbara. 



Exoctrlus californicm, CooPER, Proc. Cal. Ac. Sci., m, 1864, 93, fig. 20. Santa Catalina Island; 

 GiiNTHER, Cat., VI, 295, 1866; Jordan & Gilbert, Synopsis, 379, 1883; Jordan & Meek, 

 I. c, 15. 



1094. EXOCOETUS CALLOPTERUS, Giinther. 



Head nearly 4 in length (to base of caudal); depth 5. D. 11 or 12; A. 



8 to 10. Anal fin short, its base i to | lengthof base of dorsal ; its insertion 



behind first ray of dorsal ; its rays 9 or 10 ; secoud ray of pectoral divided 



(first simple); third and fourth rays longest; pectoral fins covered with 



small, round, dark spots, the edges paler ; ventral fins pale, the middle 



rays grayish, obscurely spotted ; other fius pale. Pectoral fins reaching 



to end of dorsal ; ventral fins inserted midway between preopercle and 



base of caudal, their tips reaching nearly to base of anal ; dorsal fin 



rather high, its anterior rays about half length of head. Scales 46, 34 



before the dorsal fin, and 9 between lateral lineand dorsal fin. Snout obtuse 



and depressed, f diameter of eye, which is 3 in head, and less than width 



of interorbital space, which is slightly concave. Length 10 inches. A 



beautiful little flying-fish, common at Panama, but not yet seen elsewhere. 



(/i(i;^Aof, beauty ; Trrtpoi', fin.) 



Exocrrlua callopteruK, GfiNTHER, Cat., VI, 292, 1866, Panama, (Coll. Capt. Dow); Gi'NTHER, 

 Fishea Central Amer., 479, pi. 83, 1869 ; LI'tken, \\A. Medd. Naturh. Foren., 401, 107, 

 1876; Jordan k Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., ii, 1882, 109; Jordan & Meek, /. c, 65. 



