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do not think proper to describe it as new. The rays both in dorsal and 
anal are 14 or 15; the lower jaw is contained 4 times in the total length. 
It is allied to ZH. pleit and H. wnifasciatus, but it is probably distinet 
from both. 
40. Belone exilis Girard. 
Occasionally taken. One specimen seen. 
CYPRINODONTID i. 
41. Fundulus parvipinnis Girard. 
Very common in the Bay of San Diego. 
ALBULID:. 
42. Albula vulpes (L.) Goode. 
This species visits the bay at intervals, in considerable schools. Sev- 
eral specimens were obtained. 
CLUPEID/. 
43. Clupea sagax Jenyns. 
Very abundant in San Diego Bay. The very largest are nearly plain 
in coloration. The ordinary specimens have a very distinct series of 
round, blackish spots along the sides of the back, with smaller ones 
above it, which form stripes along the rows of scales. 
44. Clupea mirabilis Girard. 
Very abundant in San Diego Bay. The vomerine teeth in this spe- 
cies are very few and often not to be found. It should not be generic- 
ally separated from the preceding. . 
ENGRAULID AE. 
45. Engraulis delicatissimus Girard. | 
Very common. 
46. Engraulis ringens Jenyns. 
Very common. 
MURZENID ZA. 
47. Gymnothorax mordax (Ayres) Jor. & Gilb. 
Not rare in rock-pools. This species is extremely pugnacious, strik- 
ing at a stick after the fashion of a snake. It is also very tenacious of 
life. 
Length of tail almost exactly equal to that of the rest of the body, 
head forming one-seventh of the total length; snout short, narrow, and 
pointed, occipital region becoming fleshy and much elevated with age; 
dorsal fin beginning immediately in front of the gill openings. 
