t;? 



Separated by about 30 scales from occiput. Pectorals less thari 

 twice as long as head, not reaching ventrals. Ventrals about 

 half as long as head, their origin about midway between tip 

 of snout and end of caudal, more or less nearer to caudal 

 than to branchial opening. Caudal deeply forked. Colour of 

 preserved specimens brown above, silvery below; pectorals 

 blackish, broadly edged with whitish below and less so above, 

 other fins more or less darker. Length 175 mm. [A specimen 

 of unknown locality in the museum of Amsterdam examined 

 by us]. 



Habitat: Ambon; Burn. New Ireland, Hawaiian Islands, 

 Australia, New Zealand ?, Galapagos Islands, tropical and sub- 

 tropical Atlantic. 



3. Exocoetus Linne. 



(LiNNE, Syst. Naturae Ed. Xa 1758, p. 316). 



Elongate, compressed. Jaws equal. Very small teeth in the 

 jaws. Palate and tongue edentulous. Dorsal beginning about 

 opposite to anal and about as long as lastnamed fin. Pectorals 

 long, reaching base of caudal or nearly so. Ventrals short, 



Fig. 62. Exocoetus vo titans L. X 3 /5- 



their origin much nearer to tip of snout than to base of caudal. 

 Scales rather^large. Lateral line running low down. Gillrakers 

 well developed. Gillopenings wide. 



Distribution: Tropical and subtropical parts of Indie, 

 Pacific and Atlantic. 



i. Exocoetus volitans L. [Fig. 62, p. 177]. 



Exocoetus volitans Linne, Syst. Nat. Ed. Xa, 1758, p. 316, Ed. XII0, 1766, p. 520, 

 Exocoetus evolans Linn<, Syst. Nat. Ed. Xlla, 1766, p. 521, 

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