30 Fishes of the South Pacific. 
rals; length of eighth dorsal spine 3 in head; the longest soft dor- 
sal ray 2.80 in head; base of anal 2.20 in head; the ventrals are 
represented by two minute spines just below the base of the pec- 
torals, the length of these spines is less than one-half the distal 
width of the maxillary; pectorals 1.75 in head, the upper margin 
of their base on plane with the lower margin of orbit; caudal 
deeply forked, the lobes equal, their longest ray equal to the 
length of the pectorals. 
Color, a sepia brown; webs of the spinous dorsal black; soft 
dorsal, anal, and caudal yellowish white with a slight wash of 
dusky; pectorals yellowish white anteriorly, their tips black. 
One specimen, length 24 in., No. 1358 (Fig. 9) B. M., from 
Tahiti. 
FAmIty SCOMBRID. 
Scomber microlepidotus Ruppel. 
Two specimens, Nos. 1130 and 1291 B. M., from Shortland, 
Solomons. 
Two specimens, No. 849 and 845* B. M. from Faté, New Heb- 
rides. 
Color in life, silvery, with wash of greenish, and having obso- 
lescent refleCtion, about 6 darker greenish or yellowish lines from 
head to caudal; top of head green. 
Famity CARANGIDAS. 
Scombroides sanctipetri (Cuvier & Valenciennes ). 
Two specimens, Nos. 1508, 1509 B. M., from Tahiti. 
Elagatis bipinnulatus (Quoy & Gaimard). 
One specimen of this species was secured in Shortland, Solo- 
mon Ids: Iength 23.50 in. INo:), 1209, (hig: 10) Baw Wee vem: 
common and is much used as food. 
Depth 4.90; head 4; eye 6.40; interorbital 3; snout 2.50; D. 
Vie nosh 2s lee, ona 
Trachurops crumenophthalmus (Bloch). 
One specimen, No. 1378 B. M., from Tahiti. 
Seven specimens, Nos. 986, 988, 1031, 1032, 1034, 1058 and 
1059 B. M., from Faté, New Hebrides. 
Four specimens, Nos. 1127, 1128, 1129 and 1292* B. M., from 
Shortland Id., Solomons. 
One specimen, No. 1992 B. M., from Rarotonga, Cook Ids. 
One specimen, No. 2270 B. M., from Nukuhiva, Marquesas Ids. 
Caranx forsteri Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
Two specimens of the common ‘‘Ulua,’’ No. 1376-1377 B.M., 
from Tahiti. 
