Head 3.9, about 5 in length with caudal. Eye 3, equal to 

 concave interorbital space and somewhat less than postorbital 

 part of head. Snout 1.4 in eye. Teeth in several rows in jaws, 

 none on palate. Origin of anal about opposite to 6th dorsal 

 ray. Origin of dorsal separated by about 29 scales from occiput. 

 Pectorals reaching to middle of anal. Ventrals much longer 

 than head, reaching a little farther than pectorals, their origin 

 midway between hindborder of eye and base of caudal. Caudal 

 deeply forked. Colour of alcohol specimen brownish above, 

 golden below. Pectorals with a broad oblique white band across 

 its lower half, and with a broad whitish edge. Ventrals white, 

 the middle rays greyish. Length 215 mm. [Description made 

 after the type, seen by us in the British Museum]. 

 Habitat: New Guinea. China, Japan. 



4. Cypsilurus nigricans (Benn.) 



Exocoetus nigricans Bennett, Whaling Voyage II. 1840, p. 287. 



Exocoetus bicolor Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. nat. Poissons, XIX. 1846, p. ill. 



Exocoetus spilopus Cuvier & Valenciennes, I.e. p. Il8. 



Exocoetus bicolor Bleeker, Ned. Tijdschr. Dierk. III. 1866, p. 132. 



Exocoetiis nigricans Gunther, Cat. Brit. Mus. VI. 1866, p. 290. 



Exocoetus nigricans Bleeker, Atl. ichth. VI. 1866 1872, p. 73. 



Exocoetus spilopus Liitken, Vidensk. Meddel. naturh. Foren. 1876, p. 401 (resum6 



p. 107). 



Exocoetus nigricans Jordan & Evermann, Fishes N. America I, 1896, p. 737. 

 Exocoetus nigricans Giinther, Fische der Siidsee, Heft VIII. 1909, p. 367. 

 Exocoetus (jilgricans^ Max Weber, Siboga-Expeditie, Fische, 1913, p. 126. 



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D. 1416; A. 9 ii; P. 1.13 14; V. 6; L.I. 45 50; L. tr. F. 



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Somewhat compressed, the breadth of the body going about 

 1.2 in its height. Height 6 7, nearly 8 8.5 in length with 

 caudal. Head 4.3 4.6, about 6 in length with caudal. Eye 

 about 3, less than postorbital part of head, which is equal to 

 concave interorbital space and a little less than or equal to 

 snout. Teeth well developed, conical, pointed, in several rows 

 in the jaws and in a small oblong patch on each side on the 

 palatines (absent on the palatines according to BLEEKER). Origin 

 of anal opposite to 6 th or 7 th dorsal ray. Origin of dorsal 

 separated by 27 28 scales from occiput. Pectorals quite or 

 nearly reaching base of caudal. Ventrals much longer than head, 

 reaching to middle of anal or farther, their origin about midway 

 between hindborder of praeoperculum and base of caudal. 



