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Depth of head much fcreatcr than its lc'iif|;th: jaws equal: tri'tli vi-rv line, sharp, in a single scries in each 

 jaw; III) teeth on vomer, palatines or tongue; opercle and preopcrcle entire: gillrakei-s sharp, 13 on lower 

 liml), the longest equal to one-half diameter of eye. 



Spinous dorsal of 4 minute spines, connected only at base; anterior rays of soft doi-sal and anal greatly 

 elongate, the longest donsal ray 2 in length; longest anal ray 2.2.5; caudal deeply forked, 3..'5; pectoral 3..5; 

 ventrals 4, their tips extending to base of anal; vertical fins without scaly sheath. 



Color in spirits, j'ellowish, with .5 vertical brown bands of greater width than interspaces, the anterior 

 one forming a distinct oeidar liand from spinous dorsal through eye to ventrals, the second from anterior of 

 soft doi'sal to belly, the third from fiflh to fuurteentli dorsal rays to anterior of anal; fourth from posterior 



Fig. .'J. — CituJa luiUi Evermann ^\: Seale. new species. Type. 



third of dorsal to middle of anal; the fifth near posterior of dorsal and anal; two oblique bands on each 

 caudal lobe; anterior half of dorsal and anal Mack; ventrals black; pectoral yellowish; opercles dusky; belly 

 with bluish wash. 



One specimen, the type, no. 55914 U. vS. National Museum (original no. 4029), 2.5 inches long, from San 

 Fabian. 



Easily distinguished from Alecti.i rilian.^, to which it Ijears a superficial resemblance, by the low curve 

 of the lateral line. Named for Mr. C. L. Hall, who collected at San Fabian many of the specunens on which 

 this report is based. 



74. Trachinotus baiUonii (Lacepede). BitiUn. 



One specimen from Zamboanga (no. 3761; length 8.75 in.). 



Head 3.8 in length; depth 2.3; eye 3.1 in head; snout 4.1; doreal, anal and caudal lobes much produced, 

 all blackish ; 4 small round black spots on lateral line on middle of side. 



CxsiomOTXis baiUonii Lacop6ile, Hist. Nat. Poiss., in. 9.'!, pi. 3. fig. 1. Indian Ocean. 

 Trachynotus baiUonii, Giinttier, Cat., ii, 484. 



