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ocular. Ventral inserted slightly nearer caudal base than hind eye 

 cdgQ, fin little less than postocular, reaches 2^ to vent or 2| to anal. 



Color in alcohol : Faded dull brownish generally. Sides and lower 

 surface paler, evidently silvery white. Fins all brownish. Length. 

 738 mm. (caudal tips damaged). 



Type.— Qui. No. 83421, U.S.N.M., Fiji or Samoa in list, though 

 original label gives Fiji. Wilkes Exploring Expedition. 



This species is unique among all members of the genus in the 

 greatly increased number of scales. 



(Named for the Fiji Islands.) 



Lepthaemulon, new subgenus. 



Type. — Orthopristis rhahdotus, new species. 



This section of Orthopristis is distinguished by the increased gill- 

 rakers and slender body, in the latter character approaching 

 Evapiistis Jordan and Evermann. Besides the weakly armed pre- 

 opercle, the fins are scaleless. 



(AeTTTos, slender; Tlacniulon.) 



ORTHOPRISTIS RHABDOTUS, new species. 



Head 3 J : depth 3f ; D. XIII, 14, i ; A. Ill, 12, i ; P. ii, 16 ; V. I, 5 ; 

 scales in 64 rows close along and above lateral line to caudal base; 

 tubes 50 in lateral line to caudal base and 10 more in latter ; 9 scales 

 above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin, 10 above to soft dorsal 

 origin, and 14 below to spinous anal origin; 50 predorsal scales: 

 head w^idth 2iV in its length; head depth at hind preopercle edge 

 1^; fourth dorsal spine (tip damaged) about 2| ; first dorsal ray 3; 

 third anal spine of; first anal ray 3^; lower caudal lobe If; pectoral 

 1^; ventral 2; snout 3^ in head from upper jaw tip; eye 4; maxillary 

 34; interorbital 3^. 



Body elongately fusifonn, well compressed, deepest slightly for- 

 ward and predorsal with slight keel, edges otherwise convex. Caudal 

 peduncle well compressed, least depth 1| its length or 4^ in total 

 head length. 



Head compressed, flattened sides slightly approximate below. 

 Snout conic, long as wide. Eye round, little elevated, and hind 

 edge very slightly before center in head length. Mouth small, closed 

 lower jaw slightly protrudes. Maxillary with upper edge completely 

 ensheathed by preorbital, extends beyond hind nostril though not 

 quite to eye; expansion about half of eye. Teeth, small, simple, conic,. 

 in bands in jaws and outer row slightly enlarged. No teeth on 

 mouth roof. Nostrils close together, similar vertical slits; front one 

 about last third in snout; hind one slightly elevated. Interorbital 

 convexly elevated. Preopercle armed with short weak denticles. 

 Suprascapula entire. 



