﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  RANZANIA 
  MAKUA 
  JENKINS 
  AND 
  OTHER 
  

   SPECIES 
  OF 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  RARE 
  OCCURRENCE 
  ON 
  THE 
  

   CALIFORNIA 
  COAST. 
  

  

  John 
  Otterbein 
  Snyder, 
  

  

  Of 
  Stanford 
  University, 
  California. 
  

  

  This 
  paper 
  contains 
  some 
  observations 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  made 
  from 
  

   time 
  to 
  time 
  on 
  certain 
  fishes 
  which 
  are 
  rarely 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  California 
  

   coast. 
  The 
  first 
  part 
  is 
  a 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  appearance 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  

   of 
  Ranzania 
  mdkua 
  Jenkins, 
  while 
  the 
  second 
  part 
  deals 
  with 
  species 
  

   living 
  in 
  Monterey 
  Bay. 
  

  

  The 
  type 
  of 
  Ranzania 
  malcua 
  and 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  species 
  

   are 
  m 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  PART 
  1. 
  

  

  RANZANIA 
  MAKUA 
  Jenkins. 
  

   Plate 
  63. 
  

  

  The 
  appearance 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  Pacific 
  of 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  Ranzania 
  

   malcua 
  is 
  of 
  considerable 
  interest, 
  siace 
  the 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  

   only 
  from 
  Hawaii 
  and 
  Japan. 
  The 
  Hawaiian 
  record 
  is 
  based 
  on 
  

   two 
  specimens, 
  the 
  type^ 
  and 
  a 
  smaller 
  example,- 
  and 
  also 
  on 
  

   a 
  paititing 
  by 
  a 
  local 
  artist.^ 
  The 
  Japanese 
  record 
  rests 
  entirely 
  

   on 
  an 
  old 
  painting 
  in 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  Count 
  Date.* 
  

  

  The 
  California 
  specimen 
  was 
  found 
  dead 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  at 
  Oceano, 
  

   San 
  Luis 
  Obispo 
  County, 
  in 
  August, 
  1909, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  P. 
  Latronel. 
  

   It 
  was 
  rather 
  well 
  preserved, 
  although 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  washed 
  about 
  

   in 
  the 
  breakers 
  until 
  the 
  silver 
  color 
  was 
  almost 
  completely 
  removed 
  

   from 
  the 
  body. 
  It 
  measures 
  460 
  millimeters 
  in 
  length. 
  The 
  upper 
  

   surface 
  of 
  the 
  body 
  is 
  dark, 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  hexagonal 
  scales 
  being 
  

   very 
  light 
  in 
  comparison. 
  The 
  sides 
  show 
  traces 
  of 
  silver 
  here 
  

   and 
  there, 
  but 
  not 
  even 
  a 
  suggestion 
  of 
  dark 
  bands 
  or 
  reticulations 
  

   appears. 
  When 
  compared 
  directly 
  with 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

  

  1 
  Oliver 
  P. 
  Jenkins, 
  Description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Ranzania 
  from 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  Islands, 
  Proc. 
  Cal. 
  Acad. 
  

   Sci., 
  ser. 
  2, 
  vol. 
  5, 
  1895, 
  pp. 
  780 
  to 
  784, 
  colored 
  plate. 
  

  

  2 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Evermann, 
  t'ishes 
  Hawaiian 
  Islands, 
  Bull. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fish 
  Commission, 
  No. 
  23, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  440. 
  

  

  3 
  Jenlcins, 
  Proc. 
  Cal. 
  Acad. 
  Sci., 
  ser. 
  2, 
  vol. 
  5, 
  1895, 
  p. 
  783. 
  

  

  < 
  Jordan 
  and 
  Snyder, 
  A 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  Gymnodont 
  fishes 
  of 
  Japan; 
  Proc. 
  U. 
  S. 
  Nat. 
  Mus., 
  vol. 
  24, 
  p. 
  262. 
  

  

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