ADDENDA 57. SCOMBERESOCIDiE EXOCCETUS. 903 



ii, 135, 136, 1823: HemirTiamphus iroivni and pleii C. & V. xix, 13, 19: Hemirhamphui 

 pleii Giinther, vi, 269: Hemirhamphus fdamcntosus Pocy, Mem. Cuba, ii, 297, 1860.) 



Page 377. The genus 183 (6) Euleptorhamphii^, should x>robably be 

 recognized. After UuleptorJiamphus longirostris add: 



1§3 (c).— CHRIODORUS Goode & Bean MSS. 



(Goode it Bean, Proc.U. S.Nat. Mus. 1882: typo Chriodorus atlierinoidcs Goode S^Benn.) 



Body aud fins as in Hemirhamphns, but both jaws very short, not at 

 all produced, each with two series of large, tricuspid, incisor teeth, 

 •which form a continuous cutting edge. Maxillary anchylosed to pre- 

 maxillary. Ventral fins small, median, ixp^^^', want; 5opo^^ lance.) 



605 {I). C. athcrinoidcs Goode & Bean MSS. 



Light olive; sides with a narrow, silvery band. Interorbital space 

 broad, unevenly convex, its width equal to eye, which is 3^ in head, as 

 long as snout ; premaxillaries much broader than long, their edges con- 

 cave; maxillary 4 in head; mandible 2 J, its tip broadlj^ rounded, not 

 at all produced. Dorsal opposite anal and entirely similar to it; both 

 fins elevated in front, but not falcate, their longest rays half head ; 

 caudal moderate, deeply and subequally forked; ventrals 2^ in head, 

 their insertion midway between snout and base of caudal ; pectorals 1^ 

 in head; vertical fins with small scales. Scales moderate, deciduous. 

 Head ^^, depth 6f-; breadth of body | its depth. D. I, 14; A. I, 15; 

 V. 6; P. 12; scales 7-46-3. L. ^ inches. Key West, Florida. 



' (Goode & Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1882.) 



Page 379. Before -E/j;oc<b*ms californicus insert: 

 607 (&). E. hillianus Gosse. 



Dark green, silvery below, tinged with pinkish; dorsal translucent, 

 "with a large black blotch on upper anterior half; caudal brick-red; pec- 

 toral translucent, dusky; ventrals more or less dusky, with a small 

 black spot at base of outer ray. Body moderately compressed. Head 

 short, the short snout one-fourth its length; eye 3 in head, equal to the 

 flat interorbital space. Pectoral reaching middle of anal, its length If 

 in body; its second ray simple, scarcely shorter than third. Insertion 

 of ventral slightly nearer root of caudal than tip of snout, its tip ex- 

 tending slightly past front of anal, its length 1^^ in head. Dorsal very 

 high, its anterior rays reaching anal. Head 4?{; depth .5; D. 12; A. 14; 

 scales 38-5. L. S inches. West Indies, north to West Florida and 

 South Carolina. 



(Gosse, Nat. Sojourn Jamaica, 11: Pooy, Mem. Cuba, ii, 301: Giiutiicr, \ i. 384.) 



