2 Fishes of the South Pacific. 
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Caranx lugubris Poey. 
One specimen, No. 1991 B. M., Rarotonga, Cook Ids. 
Four specimens, Nos. 2266-2269 B.M., from Nukuhiva, Mar- 
quesas Ids. 
One specimen, No. 1274 B. M., from Shortland, Solomons. 
One specimen, No. 1407 B.M., from Tahiti. 
Caranx melampygus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
Depth 2.75; head 3.50; eye 4, a posterior adipose lid; scutes 
24; Wy Vily22; Av 1, 19; interorbital space sxc5o. 
Body oblong, compressed, the back evenly curved. Head 
compressed, mouth low, oblique, the lower jaw slightly projecting; 
maxillary scarcely reaching to below anterior margin of eye; teeth 
of upper jaw in villiform bands, with an outer row of larger canine- 
like teeth; lower jaw with a single row of small teeth; teeth on 
vomer, palatine, and tongue; breast and cheeks scaly; lateral 
line arched, becoming straight under the fifth dorsal ray; a recum- 
bent spine under the skin; soft dorsal and anal fins similar, falcate 
in front, the dorsal the highest; pectorals 3 in length of head and 
body; ventrals short, 2 in head; caudal well forked, the lobes 
equal. 
Color in spirits, olivaceous, bluish above, opercular spot obso- 
lete; caudal, dorsal, and anal tipped with dusky. 
Three specimens from Tubuai Ids., of Austral Group, Nos. 
TAD 78072 ea We , 
Two specimens, Nos. 1212 and 1213* B. M., from Shortland, 
Solomon Ids. 
One specimen, No. 2271 B.M., from Nukuhiva, Marquesas Ids. 
Three specimens, Nos. 947, 943 and 948 B. M., from Faté, 
New Hebrides. 
FAMILY PEMPHERIDA. 
Pempheris mangula Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
One specimen, No. 1511 B. M., from Tahiti. 
Famiry APOGONICHTHYIDZ. 
Amia amboinensis Bleeker. 
One specimen of this species was taken at Shortland Id., Solo- 
mons, No. 1307 B. M. 
Color in life, pale yellow, with two bright yellow stripes, made 
up of round dots, along the sides; four golden dots on opercles; 
fins all yellowish; eye blue, with narrow blue line from eye around 
tip of snout. 
Amia novemfasciata (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
Two specimens, Nos. 985 and 1016* B. M., from Faté, New 
Hebrides. 
