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palatines and tongue, dorsal and anal little elevated in front, with- 

 out filamentous raj^s so far as known; the dorsal with 18 or 19 soft 

 rays, the anal with 15 or 16. Scutes few and weak, spinous dorsal 

 disappearing with age; lateral line strongly arched. 



Genus TRACHUROPS Gill 



TRACHUROPS MAURITIANA (Quoy and Galmard). 



{Tracliurops crumenophthahmis Jordan and Evermann.) 



In Wakiya's subdivision of ( Trachurops Gill) the common Hawaiian 

 Akule is referable to Selar mauritianvs. The earliest restriction of 

 Selar Bleeker to Garanx hoops Bleeker can not hold, as hoops is not 

 one of the species originally named by Bleeker, under Selar. The 

 proper type is Caranx hasselti=:iG aranx a^nis., and the name Selar 

 must replace Atule Jordan and Jordan. 



Genus SCOMBEROIDES Lacepede 



SCOMBEROIDES TOLOOPARAH (RiippeU). 



The common Lae of the Hawaiian markets corresponds to Scom- 

 heroides moadetta Ehrenberg, 1831, in Wakiya's classification. But 

 S. tolooparah of Riippell (1828), described also from the Red Sea, 

 seems to be the same fish, as indicated by Jordan and Evermann. 

 The more slender form, called Scomberoides sancti-petn, was not 

 seen by us. 



Family BRAMIDAE 



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Genus TARACTES Lowe 



TARACTES STEINDACHNERI (Doderlein). 



Recorded by Fowler. 



Family NOMEIDAE 



Genus CUBICEPS Lowe 



(Ariomma Jordan and Snyder.) 



The genus Ariomma differs from Ouhiceps, if at all, in the rather 

 larger scales, 55 in A. luHda, 60 to 66 in CuMceps. 



Fowler describes another species of these fragile fishes as Giibiceps 

 thompsoni. It differs from Gubiceps lumdus in having 14 rays in 

 the soft dorsal instead of 17. Gubiceps evermanni Jordan and 

 Snyder, also from Hawaii, has a blunter head and larger scales than 

 either of the others. 



Family SERRANIDAE 



Genus STEREOLEPOIDES Fowler 



STEREOLEPOIDES THOMPSONI Fowler. 



A huge " jewfish," 6 or 7 feet in length, described as new by 

 Fowler. 



