18 Mr. C. T. Regan on Fi'slus from 



4. Exocoetus Solandri, Cuv. & Val. 

 Previously recorded from the Indian Ocean. 



5. Avimodijtes alascanus, Cope. 

 Previously recorded from Alaska. 



6. Sphyrcena pinguis, Giintli. 

 Previously recorded from Cliefoo. 



7. Bregmaceros MaccleUandi\ Thomps. 



Previously recorded from the Indian Ocean, China, and 

 the Philippine Islands. 



8. Caprodon Schlegelii^ Giinth. 



Depth of body 21 in the length, length of head 3?. Snout 

 nearly as long as eye, tlie diameter of which is 3f in the 

 length of head. Maxillary extending to below posterior edge 

 of pupil, the width of its distal extremity § the diameter of 

 eye. 24 gill-rakers on the lower part of anterior arch. 

 Dorsal X 21, the spines increasing in length to the fourth, 

 which is f the length of head and nearly as long as the longest 

 soft rays. Anal 111 8. Pectoral 1^ the length of head ; 

 ventral shorter than the head, not extending to the anal. 

 Caudal truncate. Scales ^Q^i- Lateral line 'o'l. Pink ; two 

 yellow stripes in front of the eye ; fins yellowish ; posterior 

 part of spinous dorsal with an irregular blackish blotch. 



Total length of the specimen described, 270 mm. 



This species is principally distinguished from the South 

 Pacific C. longimanus, Giinth., by the wider mouth and tlie 

 truncate caudal. 



9. Chcetopterus Sieboldii, Bleek. 



Body ovate, moderately compressed. Depth of body 2^ in 

 the length, length of head 3J. Snout shorter than eye, the 

 diameter of which is 3^- in the length of head, interorbital 

 width 2§. Mouth oblique ; jaws equal anteriorly ; maxillary 

 exposed, without supplemental bone, extending to below 

 anterior \ of eye, the width of its distal extremity 5 the 

 diameter of eye; pramaxillaries protractile; small villiform 

 teeth in bands in jaws and on vomer and palatines ; both jaws 

 with a moderately enlarged outer series of teeth and with 

 2 or 3 moderate canines on each side anteriorly. Praiorbital 



