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VOL. XXXII. 



Family (^ARANGID^. 



NAUCRATES DUCTOR Linnseus. 



One specimen of this oceanic species was obtained. We are unable 

 to separate it from the pilot lish of the Atlantic. A specimen from 

 Misaki, Japan, in Stanford Universit\^, is apparently also referable to 

 Nauerates ductor. We have seen no Pacitic specimens as deep in body 

 or as large scaled as Naucrates polysarous^ lately described from the 

 west coast of Mexico by Mr. Henry W. Fowler. 



Family LUVARID.E. 



LUVARUS IMPERIALIS Rafinesque. 



A specimen of this widely ditt'iised oceanic tish was taken at Avalon 

 by Doctor Holder. 



Family POMACENTRID^. 



CHROMIS PUMCTIPINNIS (Cooper). 



This species, very abundant about Santa Catalina, is, in life, of a 

 milky sky blue. 



Family BALISTID^. 



BALISTES CASTANEUS Richardson. 



( Bnlhtea poli/lepis Steindachner. ) 



A specimen of this species was seen in the aquarium at Avalon. 

 We have also an example taken . t Santa Catalina by Mr. T. Shooter. 



Family PLEURONECHID.F. 



CITHARICHTHYS STIGMiEUS Jordan and Gilbert. 



This little flounder, otherwise rare, is common on the sands of 

 Avalon Bay. 



Family RFXIALECID^. 



REGALECUS RUSSELLI (Shaw). 



A specimen of oar-lish has been taken at Newport, Orange County 

 (February 22, 1901). It was 22 feet in length and weighed 500 to 600 

 pounds. Others, old and young, have been taken about Avalon, but 

 none have been preserved. An account of these is given ])y Jordan.'^' 

 Doctor Holder thus speaks of a specimen 2 feet long taken at Avalon. 

 "Its topknot (it can be compared to nothing else) was a vivid red or 

 scarlet mass of seeming plumes. These dorsal plumes merged into a 

 long dorsal tin extending to the tail. The color of the body was a 



« Guide to the Study of Fishes, II, p. 474. 



