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Note. The fish described by Day (Fish. India 4°, 1878— 1888, 

 p. 518) as E. potxilopterus seems to be C. spilopteriis (C.V.) 

 a species with smaller scales. 



9. Cypsilurus atrisignis Jenk. 



Cypsilurus atrisignis Jenkins, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm. XXII. (1902) 1904, p. 436. 

 Cypsilurus atrisignis Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm. XXIII. (1903) 



1905, p. 136. 

 Exocoetus atrisigfiis Giinther, Fische d. Siidsee, Hefl VIII. 1909, p. 368. 



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D. 13 — 15; A. 10; P. 1. 13; V.6; L.l. 56—62; L.tr. i . 



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Somewhat compressed, the breadth of the body going about 

 1.3 in its height. Height somewhat more than 5 — 5.5, 6.5 in 

 length with caudal. Head 4.3, about 5.5 in length with caudal. 

 Eye 3, somewhat less than postorbital part of head, which is 

 equal to the somewhat concave interorbital space. Snout some- 

 what shorter than eye. Teeth comparatively well developed, 

 slender, simple, in two rows in the jaws and in a small patch 

 on each side on the palatines. Origin of anal opposite to 6th 

 dorsal ray. Origin of dorsal separated by about 40 scales from 

 occiput, its distance from first rudimentary rays of caudal 

 longer than head. Pectorals reaching to end of dorsal. Ventrals 

 reaching almost to middle of anal, much longer than head, 

 their origin midw^ay between hindmargin of eye and base of 

 caudal. Caudal deeply forked. Colour of preserved specimens 

 brownish above, golden below. Pectorals dusky, with round 

 and oblong spots, more or less arranged in rows. Ventrals and 

 anal hyaline, dorsal with a large black spot in its posterior 

 half, which may be wanting". Caudal dusky. Length 340 mm. 



Habitat: Malacca straits !. — Hawaii ; Strong Island ; Green- 

 wich Island. 



10. Cysilurus spilopterus (C. V.) 



Exococttts spilopterus Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. nat. Poissons XIX. 1846, p. 113. 

 Exocoetus spilopterus Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. III. .1866, p. n6: — Atl. 



ichth. VI. 1866 — 1S72, p. 74. 

 Exocoetus spilopterus Giinther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VI. 1866, p. 292. — Fische der 



Sudsee Heft VIII. 1909, p. 368. 

 Exocoetus poecilopterns Day, Fishes of India 4°, 1878 — 1888, p. 518 (nee C.V.). 

 Exocoetus spilopterus Max Weber, Siboga-Expeditie, Fische 1913, p. 126. 



D. 12 — 13; A. 10; P. 1. 13 — 14; V.6; L.l. 50— 55; L.tr. 



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