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line, aud on the tweuty-secoud from the end of the snout ; anterior dor- 

 sal spines more than one-half the length of the head, and they are situ- 

 ated on the middle between the end of the snout and the base of the 

 caudal fin. The second dorsal commences on the twenty-third row of 

 scales of the lateral line; the space between the origins of the two dorsals 

 nearly equals the length of the head. Ventrals midway between the 

 base of the pectoral and the spinous dorsal. Anal commences before 

 the soft dorsal ; both emarginate behind. 



Shining golden, darker above, with longitudinal streaks along the 

 series of scales. 



Locality : Harbor of Honolulu, Oahu, Very numerous. 



There seems to be very little difference between this species and 

 3Iugil dobula, Gthr. 



AULOSTOMID^. 



AULOSTOMA CHINENSE, (X.) Schleg. [No. 15371]. 



Fisiularia chinensis, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 515. 



Aulostoma cMnensis, Lacep., Hist, des Poiss., v, 1803, 357. 



Aulostoma cMnense, Schleg., Fuun. Japon. Poiss., 1850, 320. — Richardson, Rep. 



Ichth. Chin., Rep. 15th Meet. Brit. Assoc, 1846, 247.— Peters, Arch. f. Na- 



turg., 1855, i, 258.— Gunther, Cat. Fish., iii, 1861, 538. 

 Polupterichthya valeniini, Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., iv, 1853, Ternate,ii, 608. 



D. 10-27. A. 28. 



Brownish, with vertical bands along the sides of the body and snout; 

 one or two of the bands on the snout oblique. Base of soft dorsal and 

 anal fins black ; a short black streak a little distance from the base i 

 anteriorly, more plainly visible on the dorsal than on the anal fin ; on j 

 the former, another short streak above the first. A round black spot I 

 on the base of the ventrals, and one above and below on the caudal fin. 



Locality : Honolulu, Oahu. 



EISTULAEID^. i 



FISTULARIA SERRATA, Cuv. [No. 17988]. I 



Fisiularia tabaccaria, var. Blocii, Naturg. Auslilnd, Fische, viii, 1794, 130, pi. 387, f. 



y-3.— Bloch, Syst. Ichth., ed Schn., 1601, 114. 

 Fisiularia immaculaia, Cuv., Rfegne Anim., 1817.— Richardson's Ichth. Chin., 



Rep. 15th Meet. Brit. Assoc, 1846, 247. — Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss., 1850, 



C20.— Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., iii, 1852, Amb. & Cer., 281 ; Verh. 



Acad. Wet. Amsterd., Japan, ii. 



