18 MEMOIRS OF THE CARNEGIE MUSEUM. 



Order SYNENTOGNATHI. 



Family XXXVI. BELONfD.^ (Needle-fishes). 



Platybelone Fowler. 



{Eiirycaidus Ogilby, Proc. Royal 8oc. Queensland, XXI, 1908, p. 91, type 

 Belone platyura Bennett, is preoccupied, and Platybelone Fowler, Jan., 1919, is 

 substituted. The gill-rakers are present as in Belone, the tail is broad, depressed, 

 and keeled.) 



114. Platybelone platyura (Bennett). (J. &E., p. 122.) 

 South Seas. Not rare about Hawaii. 



Tylosurus Cocco. 



115. Tylosurus giganteus (Temminck and Schlegel) Aha aha; Auau. (J. & E., 

 p. 124.) 



This large Hawaiian fish requires to ho compared with the original sjiecies 

 from Japan. Not rare in the open sea. 



Ablennes Jordan and Fordice. 

 (Originally written in error Athlennes.) 



116. Ablennes hians (Cuvier and Valencieijnes) . (J. & E., p. 125.) 



It is wery douV)tful whether the rare Hawaiian form is identical with .4. Inann 

 of the West Indies. 



Family XXXVU. HEIVIIRHAMPHID.E (Half-beaks). 

 Hyporhamphus Gin. 



117. Hyporhamphus pacificus (Steindachner). (J. & E., p. 126.) 



Common at times. 



•t 

 Hemirhamphus Cuvier. 



118. Hemirhamphus depauperatus Lay and Bennett. Me'eme'e; Iheihe. 

 Locally abundant. 



EULEPTORHAMPHUS Gill. 



119. Euleptorhamphus longirostris (Cuvier). Iheihe. (J. & E., p. 128.) 

 Not rare in the o^Jen sea. 



