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 Order IV.. Physostomi or Malacopteri Continued. 



Clupea _ 329 



Clupea niirabilis 329 



Meletta ., 330 



Meletta cocrulea _ _ 330 



Hyodon 332 



Hyodon tergisus _ 332 



Eugraulis 333 



1. Engraulis mordax _ 334 



2. Engraulis nanus 335 



3. Engraulis delicatissimus 335 



4:. Engraulus compressus 336 



Order V. Plectognathi 338 



Family Balistidae 338 



Family Gymnodontidae 339 



Tctraodon 339 



Tetraodon politus 340 



Order VI. Lophobranc-hii _ . 341 



Fami ! y Hi pp&amp;lt; &amp;gt;campidae 342 



Hippocampus 342 



Hippocampus iugens _ _ 342 



Family Syngnathidae _ _ _ 343 



Syngnathus _ 344 



1. Syngnathus ealiforniensis _ _ _ 344 



2. Syngnathus brevirostris 345 



3 . Syngnathus leptorhy nchus 345 



4. Syngnathus abboti 346 



5. Syngnathus arundinaceus 346 



Order VII. Ganoidei 348 



Family Amiadae - 348 



Amia 349 



1 . Amia ocellicauda . _ _ 349 



2 Amia occidentalis 350 



Family Sauridae 350 



Lepidosteus 350 



1. Lepidosteus leptorhynchus - 351 



2 . Lepidosteus (Cy lindrosteus) latirostris - - 352 



3. Lepidosteus (Atractosteus) berlandieri.. 353 



Family Sturionidae _ 354 



Acipenser 354 



Acipenser brachyrhynchus - - 355 



1. Acipenser transmontanus 355 



2. Acipenser acutirostris .- - . . _ - 355 



3. Acipenser medirostris . 356 



Scaphirhynchus 357 



Scaphirhynchus platirhynchus ....... . 357 



Polyodon .-. 357 



Polyodon folium 358 



Order VIII. Holocephali 359 



Family Chimaeridac 359 



Chimaera 359 



Chimaera colliei .- - -- 360 



Order IX. Plagiostomi 361 



Sub-order I Squall 361 



