| PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. 135 
° Dasybatis dipterura Jordan & Gilbert. 
J. & G., 80, 31; R. Smith, ’80; J. & G., 80a, 457; id.,’81, 35; id., ’83, 48; R. Smith, 
SD sce) Wy. 
One specimen taken with hook and line in October, 1889; another 
in a seine November, 1890. 
MYLIOBATIDZ. 
Mybliobatis californicus Gill. 
J. & G., ’80, 31; R. Smith, ’80. 
Common. 
MANTIDA. 
Manta birostris (Walbaum). 
No authentic specimens have been recorded from here. 
Jordan & Gilbert credit it to San Diego on the authority of whalers. 
Mr. Medina claims to have seen one about five years ago. Noneof the 
other fishermen know anything about it. 
CYPRINIDA. 
Phoxinus orcuttii Eigenmann & Eigenmann. 
E. & E., 90, 2. 
This species is very abundant in the Temecula River, at the Temecula 
station, and in its tributaries. Some specimens were also found at San 
Bernardino. 
ALBULIDA. 
Albula vulpes (Linnzeus). 
J. & G., 80, 30; R. Smith, 80; J. & G., 80a, 457; id., ’81, 37; id., °82, 258: R. 
Smith, ’85, July. 
This species has not, at any time during the past year, been abun- 
dant at San Diego. It is occasionally caught during the summer and 
early spring. A few specimens were taken September 10 and it was 
not seen again till December 19, when a single small individual was 
taken. I have not seen it with ripe sexual elements. 
CLUPEIDA. 
Clupea mirabilis Girard. (Plate xt.) 
J. & G., 80, 30; R. Smith, ’80; J. & G., 80a, 457; id., 81, 37; id., ’82, 265; R. 
Smith, ’85, July. Eigenmann, Am. Nat., 1, March, 1889. 
This species entered San Diego Bay September 11, 1889, and no more 
were seen after February 15, 1890. It spawns probably during the 
whole time of its stay here, as ripe females were seen the first and last 
days it was taken. The young have not been observed in the bay 
during summer. The whole of the catch is sold fresh. 
On January 3, 1888, a ripe male and a ripe female were procured, and 
although the fish had been dead some time fertilization was success- 
ee 
JN 
