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24. Fistularia serrata ("uvier. Sivisivi. 



Three young from Bacon (no. 3984; length 9 to 12 in.). 



Fistularia serrata Cuvier, ESgne -inim., ed. I, vol. II, 349. 1817. America; Giinther, Cat., in, 533; Jordan & Evermaim, Bull. 

 U. S. Fish. Comm., xxm. pt. 1, 1903 (1905), 116 (Honolulu). 



Family CENTRISCID.B. 



25. Aeoliscus strigatus (Giinther). 



Two specimens from Bacon (no. 3943; length 4.75 and 5 ui.). 

 Amphisile strigata Giinthor, Cat., iii, 528. Java. 



Family SYNGNATHID.*. 

 26. Gasterotokeus biaculeatus (Bloch). 



Fifteen specimens from Bacon (no. 3447 to 3451, 3.505 to 3508, 3.597 to 3599, 3600, 3601, 3991, and 4190; 

 length 5.25 to 9.25 in.). 



With the exception of no. 4190, these specimens are all pale green, with a more or less distinct dark stripe 

 through the eye. The body is depressed, the dorsal surface of middle body ring being at least 2.5 in 

 ventral, differing in this respect from specimen no. 4190, which is described as follows: 



Head 5.2 in length: depth .5.1 in head, the greatest width of body 3.25 in head; snout 1.75: width of 

 snout at middle one-third less than its depth; eye 4.5 in snout; interorbital 5.75; dorsal 41: rings 17+40; 

 dorsal fin on anterior 10 caudal rings; anal opening on anterior caudal ring; origin of dorsal midway between 

 tip of tail and nostril: tail prehensile, no caudal fin; bod)" elongate, depressed, the ventral surf ace twice as wide 

 as dorsal; plates without spines; pectoral 5.75 in head. Color greenish; snout with 2 indistinct greenish 

 bands. 



Synxjnathus biaculeatus Bloch. Ichth., iv, pi. cxxi, figs. 1 and 2, 1797, no locality given. 

 Gasterotokeus biaculeatus, Giinther, Cat., vin, 194: Day, Fishes India, 081, pi. clxxiv, fig. 5. 



27. Coiythroichthys elerse Evermann & Scale, new species. 



Head 7.2 in length ; snout 2; eye 2.5 in snout ; dorsal 29; rings 164-36; a single ridge across cheek ; inter- 

 orbital 1.75 in eye; snout cylindrical, its depth and width being equal; lower surface of head and ventral 

 surface of snout forming a straight line; depth of body greater than its width; length of body including head 



Fig. 2. — Corythroichthys elerx Evermann *fc Seale, new species. Type. 



1.45 in length of tail without caudal: a distinct nuchal ridge with 2 deep scallops; upper lateral margin of 

 plates projecting, forming a scalloped margin on side of back; ventral surface of body rounded, dorsal surface 

 concave; vent one ring in front of origin of dorsal: dorsal fin on anterior 6 rings of tail; origin of dorsal midway 

 between tip of snout and twenty-fifth ring of tail: height of dorsal fin equal to depth of body at middle 

 of fin; pectoral 14, its length 4.75 in head; caudal 2.2 in snout; anal rays 3, inconspicuous. 



