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1090. EXOCCETUS LINEATUS, Cuvior & Valenciennes. 



Head 4*; depth 6|. Anal short, its rays I, 10; dorsal 13. Second ray 

 of pectoral divided, the first ray f length of longest. Head rather 

 pointed, the interorbital area flat; snout 4 in head; eye 3&. Pectoral 

 extending to base of last anal ray ; ventrals reaching nearly as far, their 

 insertion midway between base of caudal and edge of preopercle. Dark 

 lines on sides of back conspicuous only where scales have been rubbed 

 off, not forming an important feature of coloration ; fins mostly dusky; 

 ventrals with faint dusky shades; anal with an obscure dark shade; 

 dorsal and caudal somewhat dusky, but unmarked. Close to Exoccetus 

 heterurus, distinguished by the more backward position of the ventrals. 

 Tropical Atlantic, recorded from Corea, the Canaries, Madeira, and Ber- 

 muda. The above description from the original type, 16 inches long, 

 from Corea. (lineatus, streaked.) 



Exoccetus lineatus, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xix, 92, 1836, Corea; Canaries; 

 GiiNTHER, Cat., vi, 287, 1866; GOODE, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., v, 76, 1876; JORDAN, Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., 1886, 528. 



1091. EXOCCETUS CYANOPTERUS, Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



D. 12; A. 11. Second ray of pectoral divided, the first f length of fin. 

 Snout pointed; interorbital area transversely concave. Snout 3 in 

 head ; eye 31 ; tail strong ; dorsal moderately high, its base longer than 

 that of the rather short anal. Insertion of anal considerably behind 

 that of dorsal. Pectoral extending beyond tips of last ray of dorsal and 

 anal. Ventrals not quite to the base of the last ray. Insertion of ven- 

 trals midway between base of caudal and edge of preopercle. Fins all 

 pale, except a round black blotch, about as large as eye, on tips of mid- 

 dle dorsal ray ; ventrals white. Coasts of Brazil and Caribbean Sea ; 

 not common ; close to Exoccctus bahiensis, and perhaps not even distinct ; 

 also recorded from James Island of the Galapagos. The anal rays are less 

 numerous in E. bahiensis than in the original type of E. cyanopterus, from 

 which the above account is taken. (Kvdveoc, blue; Trrrpov, fin.) 



Exoccetus cyanopterus, CUVIER & VALENCIENNES, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xix, 98, 1846, Bahia; Rio de 

 Janeiro; GUNTHER, Cat., vi, 294, 18C6; JORDAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1886, 528; JORDAN 

 & BOLLMAN, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1889, 180. 



ExoccKtns albiduclylus, GILL, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1863, 167, Caribbean Sea; errone 

 ously ascribed to Panama. 



1092. EXOCCETUS BAHIENSIS, Ranzani. 



Head 5i; depth 6* with caudal. D. 13; A. 9-10; scales 50. 

 Length of snout * of that of eye, which is 3i in head ; pectorals reach- 

 ing end of dorsal, ventrals to middle of anal ; insertion of ventrals mid- 

 way between end of snout and extremity of upper caudal lobes ; dorsal 

 of moderate height, its origin far in advance of that of anal. Coloration 

 of the pectorals uniform; dorsal with a large dark blotch. (Giinther.) 

 Tropical seas, north to Cuba, where it seems to be the commonest of the 

 flying-fishes; not examined by us. (Name from Bahia.) 



