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Sipe cile's Further distribution of the genus 
24. Paralichthys caeruleostriata Both coasts of Amer.; Ea. and S. Ea. Asia. 
25. » Sernandezianus » » 
26 » hilgendorfii > » 
27. Umbrina reedi Pac. and Atl. coasts of Amer.; Atl.; Mediter.; India. 
28. Atherinichthys gracilis Coasts of Amer.; Tasmania: Austr. 
29. Sertolella caerulea Chile and N. Zealand. 
30. Lotella fernandeziana N. Zealand; Austr.; Japan and Chine seas; southem 
Chile; Gulf Stream. 
31. Trachichthys fernandezianus N. Zealand: Austr. 
2. Scorpts chilensts N. Zealand; Austr. 
Soe CO BTIEAISS BAG LN. Zealand; S. and W. Austr.; India; Afr.; Eur.; Japan. 
34. » guttata 
35. Chilodactylus bicornis Chile and Peru; N. Zealand; Austr.; Hawaii; Cape 
seas; Chin. and Japan seas. 
36. Mendosoma fernandeziana Chile. 
37. Gtrella albostriata S. Calif.; Austr.; Chin. and Japan seas. 
38. Labrichthys gayi Indo-Pacific. | 
| 39. Callanthias platei Tasmania; Mediter.; Madeira, | 
40. Malacoplerus reticulatus | Endemic. 
Conclusions. 
1. The fish-fauna of the Chilean coasts includes three elements: a) Sub- 
antarctic species, distributed to about Chiloé; in the coastal waters mainly 
north of this region b) South Pacific species’, the chief part of which either 
is confined to the Chilean waters or ranges to the coasts of New Zealand 
and South Australia, c) Tropical Pacific species, which belong to genera of 
mainly tropical distribution and either identical with species occurring northward 
at the Pacific shores of tropical America or having their nearest relatives among 
such species. 
2. The fish-fauna of Juan Fernandez consists for the largest part of 
species, which are also found at the coast of Chile or are replaced there by 
related forms. 
3. Most of the species belong to the above groups I b or I c. 
4. The number of endemic species is large; 50% of the known species. 
5. Nearly all the Tropical Pacific species are also Chilean or — con- 
cerning the endemic ones — closely allied to Chilean fishes (Nos. I—7, 21, 
23, 24—26). 
6. Of the South Pacific species a part is common to these islands and 
Chile, many of the same ranging, however, westward at least to the coasts of 
N. Zealand (Nos. g—13). To this group can also be referred some of the en- 
demic species (29, 35, 36). 
7. Another part of the South Pacific species has its nearest affinity 
with forms from the western district of the South Pacific region, either in iden- 
‘ To this group I in this connection also refer some species (e. g. 7rachurus trachurus) 
the western range of which reaches beyond the Pacific Ocean. 
