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indication with which we are acquainted, that the Suez Canal has served 

 as a channel through which fishes have extended their ranges. 



In H. PiNGUis the premaxillary processes are about half as long as 

 the eye, and the mandibular rami are not elevated posteriorly. 



28. Hepsetia edelensis (Castelnau), 1872. 



Atherinichthys edelensis Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Soc. Victoria, 2, 134, 1873; 

 Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 6, 42, 1881 (1882) (after Castelnau). 

 Type-locality. — Freemantle, western Australia. 

 Range. — Shores of western Australia. 



The inadequate description of this species renders its generic dis- 

 position doubtful. 



'29. Hepsetia lacunosa (Forster), 1801. 



Atherina lacunosa Forster, in Bloch and Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 112, 1801; 

 idem., Desc. Anim., Lichtenstein ed., 298, 1844; Ogilby, Mem. Queensl. Mus., 

 1, 40, pi. 12, fig. 2, 1912. 

 Type-locality. — New Caledonia. 

 Range. — New Caledonia and eastern Australia. 



We follow Mr. Ogilby in accepting this species. It is possible that 

 it should be retained in Atherina. 



30. Hepsetia morrisi (Jordan and Starks), 1906.-^'- 

 (Plate I, Fig. 2) 

 Atherina morrisi Jordan and Starks, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 30, 697, fig. 3, 1906. 



Type-locality. — Miyanoura, Yaku Island, southeast of Kiusiu, Japan. 

 Range. — Shores of islands of southern Japan. 



Hepsetia morrisi is closely related to H. pinguis. It agrees with 

 that species in the characters of the mandibular rami and premaxillary 

 processes. 



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 31. Hepsetia insularum (Jordan and Evermann), 1903.-^*- 



(Plate I, Fig. 3) 

 Atherina insularum Jordan and Evermann, Bull. U. S. Fish. Comm., 22, 170, 

 1902 (1903) ; 23, 138, fig. 47, 1903 (1905). 

 Type-locality. — Honolulu, Hawaii. 

 Range. — Hawaiian Islands. 



Gill-rakers, 7 -\- 2Z; vomerine teeth moderate ; mandibular rami not 

 elevated within the mouth. 



32. Hepsetia valenciennesii (Bleeker), 1853. 



Atherina valenciennesii Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Neder. -Indie, 5, 507, 1853; 

 GUnther, Catalogue Fishes Brit. Mus., 3, 398, 1861 (after Bleeker). 

 Type-locality. — Padang. 

 Range. — Shores of the East Indies (Padang, Batavia, and Singapore). 

 This species may belong in Atherina. 



