2U8 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OP' FISHERIES. 



EULEPTOKHAMPHUS Gill. 



254. Euleptorhamphus long-irostris I Cuvier & Valenciennes). Hawaii; upen I'acili<'; warm 



seas generally. 



ZENARCHOPTERUS Gill. 



255. Zenarchopterus dispar (Cuvierct Valeniieinie.-:^) , New (luinea (Maeleay); Ea.st Indies. 



256. Zenarchopterus maculosus Garman. Fiji. 



257. Zenarchopterus vaisiganis Jordan & Scale, new species. Taolo. 



Head, without lower jaw, 4.30 in length, with lower jaw, 2.30; lower jaw from tip of upper 3.!«i 

 eye 3.60 in head; upper jaw slightly broader than long, about equal to eye; interorbital slightly greatii 

 than eye; dorsal 12; anal 12; modified with a clasping organ, with a fleshy intromittent organ ju-t 

 anterior to base; scales 2-43-3; snout 3.10. 



Body elongate, the depth 1.75 in head, the width 2.75; scales deciduous, the lateral line runniuL' 

 very low on body; depth of caudal peduncle equal to interorbital space; width of preorbital in front nt 

 eye equal to pupil; opercle and preopercle entire; suborbital with more or less adipose membranr; 

 villiform teeth in jaws, none on vomer, maxillary ortongue; gill-rakers thick, rather blunt, thelongest 

 about 2 in pupil, 12 developed on lower limb; base of dorsal fin 1.30 in head, fully one-half being on 

 caudal peduncle, fourth and fifth rays are elongate, being about equal to base of fin; longest ray of anal, 

 which is widened and elongate, forming one of the w'ings of the claspers, is about equal to length of 



Fifi. f[.—/nicirrlit,pln-us raid'janis Jordan & Sculc, new species. Type. 



head; fleshly base of anal equal to eye; ventral small, 2.95 in head, its origin far back at lieginniiii;- 

 of posterior third of body; pectoral 1.20 in head; intromittent organ very prominent, situated 

 lietween tip of ventrals and base of anal, its width 2 in length; caudal rounded, 1.20 in head. 



Color in spirits, silvery below, darker above, with wash of greenish blue, a distinct dark-blue line 

 from opercles to base of caudal; lower jaw deep blue; orbit with rim of blue; anterior of anal with 

 dusky wash; a black spot on anterior dorsal, the fin more or less washed with dusky; caudal with 

 dusky wash; other fins with very slight trace of dusky. 



Color in life, pale olivaceous; a silvery streak along side; fins dirty-yellowish olive. 



Fourteen specimens from Vaisigano River, at Aj)ia. The type is no. 51718, U. S. National Museum, 

 length 6 inches. 



EVOLANTIA Snodgrass & Heller. 



258. Evolantia microptera (Cuvier & Valenciennes ). Hawaii: New Ireland; East Indies; Gala- 



pagos Is. 



FAREXOCCETUS Bleaker. 



259. Parexoccetus brachypterus (Solanderi . Tahiti; Hawaii; Laysan; West Indies. 



260. Parexoccetus brevipinuis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). New Ireland. , 



261. Parexoccetus rostratus ((iimther). Hawaii. 



EXOCffiTUS Linnsens. 



262. Exocoetus volitaus Linna-us. Hawaii: East Indies: Atlantic Ocean. 



