75 



Fistularia serrata, Cuv., E^gne Anim., 1817.— GOnther, Cat. Fish., iii, 1861, 533. 

 FUtvlaria commersoni, Ruppell, N. W. Fische, 1837, 142. — Peters, Arcb. f. Naturg., 



1855, i, 258. 

 Cannorhynchus immaculatus, Cantor, Catalogue, 211. 



Locality: Honolulu Harbor, Oahu. 



BELONID^. 



BELONE PLATURA, Eilpp. [No. 17983]. 



Bdone platura, Ruppell, N. W. Fische, 1837, 73, pi. 20, f. 1.— Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. 



des Poiss., xviii, 1846, 451.— Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sc. Indo-Ned., ii, 1857, Amboiua, 



viii, 85.— GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish., vi, 1866, 237.— Klunzinger, Verh.zool.-bot. Ges., 



xxi, 1871, Fische d. Roth. Meer, 577. 

 Belone carinaia, Cuv. & Val., op. cit., xviii, 1846, 437. — Gunther, Cat. Fish., vi, 1866, 



236. 



D. 14-15. A. 19-20. 



Body subpentagpnal ; tail depressed, strongly cariuated ; the mediaa 

 shallow groove on the upper surface of the head scaly. Two specimens 

 gave nineteen rays in the anal fin, and one gave twenty. 



Length, 15 inches. 



Locality : Harbor of Honolulu, Oahu. 



SCOMBERESOCIDiE. 



EXOCGETUS SPECULIGEE, Cuv. & Val. [No. 17985J. 



Exocoetus speculiger, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. des Poiss., xix, 1846, 94. — Bleeker, Ned. 

 Tydsch. Dierk., iii, 1865, 122.— Gunther, Cat. Fish., vi, 186G, 287. 



Origin of the dorsal fin is behind the anal ; pectoral with an oblique 

 white band across its lower half anteriorly ; white edged. Ventrals 

 white; grayish in the axil, and with the middle rays gray. 



Locality : Hawaiian Islands. 



EXOCOETUS BRACHYPTERUS, Solander [No. 17986]. 



Exoccctus hrachypterus, Solander, MSS.— Richardson, Rep. Ichth. Chin., Rep. l.^)th 

 Meet. Brit. Assoc, 1846, 265.— Gunther, Cat. Fish., vi, 1866, 280. 



Exoastm mcnto, Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. des Poiss., xix, 1846, 124.— Bleeker, Verh. 

 Bat. Gen., xxiv, 1852, Sncck., 21. -Gunther, Cat. Fish., vi, 1866, 281. 



ParexoccBtus mento, Bleeker, Ned. Tydschr. Dierk., iii, 1865, 126. 



D. 12. A. 13. 

 One or two very short barbules at the symphysis of the lower jaw. 

 Height of the body is contained 5^ times in the total length, and the 



