LARVAL AND POST-LAllVAL FISHES— REGAN. 137 



intestiue very long jind suppoitrd licliiud ])y a t-artilagiiicus i-od. A series of seven 

 dark spots along the l)iu;k. 



Tropical Atlantic. Station 49. 18" 51' S., SS'^ 40' W. Surlaee. .May Glli, i'Jl;j. 



Sfj/liijihtlifilniu.'i p/irado.vu-^, BraiK^r. 



A larva, (I mm. long, of the type figured on pi. V, fig. 5, of the Valdivia report. 

 South Atlantic. Stati<m 311. SS"" 2U' S., oO° 20' W. 2 metres. Ajiiil 22n<l. 1913. 



GONOSTOMATIDAK. 



Cyclothonc microdioi, Giinth. (I'l. \\ fio-. o). 



Several examples 6 to 8 mm. lung have the fins fully developed, hut the licad is 

 intermediate hetween that of the Gonostomatid larva floured l)y Ilolr and IJvrne 

 (Fisheries livlaiid Sci. Invest. 1912, I. pi. II, tig. 5). and that of the adult tisli. tlie 

 maxillary not extending l)ark l)eyond the eye. I count 12 dorsal and 1(1 anal rays 

 and 30 myotomes. 



Tropical Atlantic. Station 39. 6 miles oft' mouth of Eio de Janeiro JIarliour. 

 2 metres. April 27th, 1913. 



South Atlantic. Station 311. 35° 29' S., 50° 2G' W. 2 metres. April 22nd, 1913. 



Vinriijui'ri'iit lucefia, (iarm. (PI. V, tigs. G, 7). 



Seven examples, 8 to 10 mm. in total length, dift'er from the adult tish in that 

 they are more slender and the photophores are not developed ; also the mouth is 

 smaller. A specimen of 15 mm. has the lower series of photophores developed, Imt 

 the upper series is incomplete. All are from the Atlantic, taken at the surface. 



Station 45. 21° S., 37° 50' W. May 4th, 1913. Station 50. 18° S., 31° 45' W. 

 ]\Iay 7th, 1913. Station 08. 27° 22' K, 33° 40' W. May 28th. 1913. 



INIOMI. 



Syxodoxtidae. 



Synodus synodufi, Linn. (PI. VII, tig. 4). 



A larva of 14 mm. difters from those descrilied l)y J\lax AWdter (Sihoga Fishes, 

 p. 82, fig. 28) in having 13 patches of dark pigment on each side of the gut instead of 

 11. Prol)al)lv this is a specific difference distinguishing the Atlantic S. fiynodtis from 

 the Indi)-Pacific .S. rdri/is. I count GO myotomes and 9 anal rays. 



Station 4G. 20 30' S., 36° 30' W. Surface. May 4th. 1913. 



SUDIDAE. 



Pri/>ii HI 'f III lints, Richards. 



The onlv larvae known to lii'long to this family arc of tlic type described as 

 •■ /'ri/iniiiif/iiuu/s ■' ((jiinther, " Challenger" Pelagir Fishes, p. :!9. [)1. V, 1889). These are 



