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individuals just dead, they having been transferred at once from the 

 live wells of the boats to the place of sale. 



Descriptions of the new species have been published in previous 

 volumes of these Proceedings. 



The drawings were made by Mr. W. S. Atkinson. 



The writer acknowledges with pleasure his obligations to Dr. David 

 Starr Jordan for as.sistance in matters pertaining to nomenclature, 

 and to Dr. C. IT. Gilbert, who, as naturalist in charge of the Albatross 

 expedition, made this study possible. 



Family SCYLIORHINID^. 



STEGOSTOMA TIGRINUM (Gmelin). 



One sniiill specimen, with the yolk sack attached, was seen in the 

 collection of the fisheries school at Itoman near Naha. 



Family ^TOBATID^E. 



AETOBATIS TOBIJEI (Bleeker). 



FamHy ELOPID^. 



ELOPS HAWAIENSIS Regan. 



One specimen agrees almost perfectly with examples from Hawaii. 

 Vertebrae, 68; scales, 94; interorbital space, 5.5 in head; pectoral, 2; 

 gillrakers, 14; lower jaw included. This represents the E. machnata 

 of Temminck and Sclilegel, and it is probable that no other form 

 occurs in Japan or the Riu Kiu Islands. Many were seen in the 

 markets. 



MEGALOPS CYPRINOroES (Broussonet). 



Family CLUPEIDiE. 



CLUPEA OKINAWENSIS Kishinouye. 



SmaU specimens were seined in shallow water near shore. 

 FamUy SYNODONTID.Ti:.' 



SYNODUS JAPONICUS (Houttuyn). 

 SAURmA ARGYROPHANES (Richardson). 

 SAURIDA GRACILIS (Quoy and Gaimard). 



Family PL(^TOSTD^. 



PLOTOSUS ANGUELLARIS (Bloch). 



Seined in shallow water near the shore. 



1 Family Chanid^. 

 Chanos chanos (Forsk&l). 



