Vol. XIV 

 1891 



•] PROCEKDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 133 



In specimen No. 1 the tail is broken off, but it was probably not mucli 

 over 12 inches in lenj^th. Mr. Garnian, in liis description, makes the 

 tail oftliis species more than twice the length of the disk, which is tar 

 from the case in onr specimens. 



Our specimens indicate that the asperities on the younger specimens 

 appear e irlier on the back than on the shoulder girdles. 



This record extends the range of this species north from Mazatlan. 



11. Tachysiiius platypogon Giiutber. 



Bagre. 



Ariits platypogon Giinthcr, Cat. Fislies Brit. Mna. V, 147, 1864. (San Jo84, Guatemala) ; 

 Steindachner, Ichthyol. Rf>itr;ii;e IV, 17, 187.^; Jordan, Bull. U. S. Fish Conim. 

 Ifi8.i, 4i {Mazatlan ; Libertad ; I'unia Arenas ; Panama). 



Six specimens were obtained, the largest having a total length of 17 

 inches. 



x\ good description is given by each of the naturalists referred to in 

 the above synonymy. 



12. Albula vulpes L. 



Sabalo. 



Jlhiihi rulpes, Jordan & Gilbert, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns, 1880, 4.")7 {Montere}! Bay ; San 

 Diign) ; ibid., 1881, 37 aud "^78 {San Diego Bay ; Feqnina Bay, Lower Calif.); ibid., 

 1882, 622 {Panama). 



Numerous specimens of this common and widely distributed fish were 

 obtained. It is one of the most common species here. 



13. Elops saurus L. 



Sabalo. 



Flop'i sawrMS Liniifnu.s, Syst. Natiirne; (Jiiiither, Cat. Fishes, 1868, vii, 470. 



JHops Miinis, .Jordan & Gilbert, Bull. U. S. Fisii Comm. 1882, 105 and 10!) (Mazatlan : 



I'amima) ; ibid., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882, oi");S am\622(Cape San Lucas; I'anania) ; 



ibid., 1885, :^68 (Mazatlan; Panama); Jordan, Cat. Fishes, 1885, 34. 



Tliis, like the preceding, is a common fish at Guaymas, and is known 

 by the same name, i^ahalo, to the local fishermen. Of a half-dozen speci- 

 mens brought home by us, the longest measures 17 inches in total length. 



14. Chanos chanos (Forskiil). 

 Sabalo. 



Miigil chanos Forakal, Descr. Anim.,74 ; ChanoH chanos, Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. 

 1885, -im (Mazatlan). 



Six individuals of this East Indian species were obtained. It appears 

 to be common at Guaymas. 



