NO. ii.iH. i''isiii:s i-'i:<>M EciADon axd I'lmi- s'lwnKs. 7h:', 



Family SYNCiNATIII I ) j;. 



39. SYNONATHUS STAKKSI (Jordan an.l Culver^. 



A .sp(u-iiii('M ivoiw the ri\cr ill Siiiitii R(>s:i, KciukIcm-, diUcis Intm (he 

 typi<'Hl sp(!cim(!M.s only in li;ivinj( tlic snouf: s( lonj^ly curved tip and 

 tlio doi-sal siliiiilcirl aboiii half a hody r'\\\<^ moic p(>s(cii<;il y. 'V\n: 

 (iinnlxT of iiii<(s and fin rays arc tlic, same. 



Family ATlIFin .Ml )j;. 



40. KIRTI.ANDIA I'ACJiYLKPIS (GUntherj. 



A sineic sniidl specimen I'lom (iiia\ :i()inl. Iviiador. 



41. HASILICUTHYS KEGII.LUS Abbott. 



Sevei'al specimens colleclcd at ("allao, IIk; Ujje locality oI'IIm! ,sp<;. 

 cjes. Tht^y aj^ree in all essential i-(!sp('cts with the typical specimens, 

 will) which they have been <;om|)ai-<'d. In (he f»rieiiiul d(!scriplion tiu! 

 -fatement ""orioin of (ii-st d(jisal nearei- snout than hase (jf candal l»v 

 Kiie-lhir-d lenj^lli of head," should i'<!ad, n(;ar<;i- hasti of caudal than 

 -nout l)y one-thiid letioth of head. 



Fandiy MICilUDj;. 



42. MUGIL CUREMA Cuvier and Valenciennes. 

 'I'wo specimens taken al (iuaya(|uil. Iv-nador. 



43. MUGIL HOSPES Jordan and Culver. 



A specimen fiv^m (iuayaqiiji, F<uador, aj^rees in all cha)"actei"s with 

 >pecimetis from Panama, and with tlio typical sp<;cim(!ns from Ma/at- 

 lan. Like them it has in the moulh the )>arasitic crustac(;Hn. 



Family POLYNEMIDJ-:. 



44. POLYDACTYLUS APPROXIMANS (Lay and Bennett). 



Dno rnod(;ratc-siz(Hl spcciiricn from (iuayaquil. It and a sp(;cimcn 

 fiom Callao, Peru, that is in the Stanfoid University <ollc<'ti<jns, have 

 \:> anal rays rather than V^ or 14, as in all of th(; sjjecimens examined 

 from l*anama and Mexico. It is much darker thaji tlie. noithern sjxici- 

 metis, but differs in no other respect. 



Family SCO M BR 11)71^:. 



45. SCOMBER JAPONICUS Houttuyn. 

 Specim(Mis from (.allao, I-'ej'u. 



