numerous. When young ribbon-shaped, passing through a 

 series of stages like those seen in Albnla. 



Synopsis of the species. 



A. Lower jaw included, the whole of the intermaxillary 



band of teeth exposed when the mouth is closed. 



Head 3% 4 E. hawaiensis p. 3. 



JB. Lower jaw projecting, covering the anterior part of 



the intermaxillary band of teeth when the mouth 



is closed. Head ^k 4 2 /5 > &- machnata p. 4. 



i. Elops hawaiensis T. Regan. 



Elops saurus Bleeker. Atl. Ichth. VI. 1866 1872, p. 84 (not of Linne). 

 Elops hawaiensis Regan. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 8. III. 1909, p. 39. 

 Elops hawaiensis Giinther. Fische der Siidsee. Heft VIII. 1909, p. 386. 

 Elops hawaiiensis Jordan & Richardson. Mem. Carnegie Mus. Vol. IV. 



no. 4, 1909, p. 165. 

 Elops haivaiensis Max Weber. Siboga-Exp. Fische. 1913. p. I. 



Fig. 2. Elops hawaiensis Reg. 



B. 2731; D. 24; A. 1516; P. 1718; V. 1415; L. 

 1. 9698. 



Height 5 ] / 2 , head 3 3 / 5 4, eye 4 5. Snout nearly as long as 

 or a little longer than eye. Maxillary extending far beyond 

 eye. Lower jaw included, the whole of the intermaxillary band 

 of teeth exposed when the mouth is closed. Origin of 

 dorsal much nearer to caudal than to snout. Height of dorsal 

 about equal to its length and equal to head without snout. 

 Anal far behind dorsal. Ventrals a little nearer to base of 

 caudal than to tip of snout, longer than half of head, about 

 as long as pectorals, which are a little less than half their 

 distance from the ventrals. Their origin before origin of dorsal. 

 Fine teeth on jaws, vomer, palatines, pterygoids and tongue. 

 Thirteen to 14 strong flattened gillrakers, with conspicuous 



