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reports the palatine teeth absent. There are, however, fine teeth on 

 the palatine, which are scarcel}^ visible until the mouth parts have 

 been dried. 



Family ENGRAULID^. 



4. COILIA NASUS Schlegel. 



About 100 specimens are in the collection. These agree verv well 

 with the plate of this species published b}' Schlegel. Anal ra3\s, 80 to 

 82; spine bearing scutes on ventral region, 42 to 43; scales, 60 to 63; 

 scales in front of dorsal on the median line, 11 to 13; distance from 

 tips of snout to front of dorsal, 2f to 3 times; combined length of e\'e 

 and snout in postorbital part of head, 1^. In the last character 

 Schlegel's plate agrees better with 0. ectenes. 



5. COILIA ECTENES Jordan and Scale. 



Six specimens, among about a hundred of C. nasus. Coilia ectenes 

 differs from ColUa nasus and from other species in having more anal 

 rays. It is described as having 123 anal rays. This is probably a 

 misprint for 113 as the figure of the type shows but 115, and the sole 

 cotype has 106. Our Port Arthur specimens have from 96 to 106 anal 

 rays. Giinther in his description of C. nasus"' evidently included this 

 species with the other. Coilia ectenes differs further from C. nasus in 

 having 48 or 49 ventral scutes; 71 to 73 scales in a lateral series; 18 to 

 20 scales before dorsal; the distance from tip of snout to occiput con- 

 tained in distance from tip of snout to front of dorsal 3^ to 3| times; 

 and the combined length of eye and snout contained in postorbital 

 part of head If times. 



Family SALANGID.F:. 



One specimen. 

 One specimen. 



6. SALANX HYALOCRANIUS Abbott. 



Family EXOCCETID.E. 



7. HEMIRAMPHUS SAJORI Schlegel. 



Family MUGILID^. 



8. MUGIL CEPHALUS Linnaeus. 

 {Mugil (xur Foriskal) . 

 One specimen. 



Family STROMATEOIDID.E. 



9. STROMATEOIDES CINEREUS (Bloeh). 



A single large specimen 28 cm. in length. Depth, 1^ in length to 

 base of caudal; pectoral, 3; anterior lobe of dorsal, 4; lower caudal 

 lobe, 2i; upper lobe, 3|. 



«Cat. Brit. Mus., VII, p. 405. 



