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Order IV. Physostomi or Malacoptcri — Continued. 



Clupea.. 329 



CInpea mirabilis 329 



Meletta 330 



Meletta coerulea 330 



Uyodon 332 



Hyodon tergisus 332 



Engraulis 333 



1. Engraulis mordax 334 



2. Engraulis nanus 33.5 



3. Engraulis delicatissiinus 335 



4. Engraulus compressus 336 



Order V. Plectognathi 338 



Family Balistidae 338 



Family Gymnodontidae - 339 



Tetraodon 339 



Tetraodon politus 340 



Order VI. Lophobranchii - - 341 



Family Hippocampidae 342 



Hippocampus - -. - 342 



Hippocampus ingens 342 



Family Syngnatliidae . - 343 



Sy ngnathus 344 



1. Syngnathus californiensis .. 344 



2. Syngnathus brevirostris 345 



3. Syngnathus leptorhynclius 345 



4. Syngnathus abboti 3i6 



5. Syngnathus arundinaccus 346 



Order VII. G.anoidei 348 



Family Amiadae 348 



Amia... 349 



1 . Amia ocellicauda 349 



2, Amia occidentalis 350 



Family Sauridae 350 



Lepidosteus - - 350 



1. Lepidosteus leptorhynchus -- 351 



2. Lepidosteus (Cylindrosteus) latirostris 352 



3. Lepidosteus (Atractosteus) berlandicri 353 



Family Sturionidae 354 



Acipenser 354 



Acipenser brachyrhy nchus . 355 



1. Acipenser transmontanus .--. ......... 355 



2. Acipenser acutirostris .... 355 



3. Acipenser medirostris 356 



Scaphirhynchus- . . 357 



Scaphirhy nchus platirhynchus 357 



Polyodon - — ---'- 357 



Polyodon folium 358 



Order Tin. Holocephali 359 



Family Chimaeridae - - 359 



Chimaera 359 



C'himaera coUiei 360 



Order IX. Plagiostomi 361 



Sub-order I Squall 361 



