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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., Xo. i^o s (Fig- 9) B. M., from 

 Tahiti. 



Family SCOMBRHLSE. 



Scomber microlepidotus Riippel. 



Two specimens, Xos. 1130 and 1291 B. M., from Shortland, 

 vSolomons. 



Two specimens, Xo. 849 and 845* B. M. from Fate, Xew 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. 



Family CARAXGID.F.. 

 Scombroides sanctipetri (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Two specimens, Nos. 1508, 1509 B. M., from Tahiti. 

 Ivlagatis bipinnulatus (Quoy & Gaimard . 



One specimen of this species was secured in Shortland, Solo- 

 mon Ids. Length 23.50 in. Xo. 1209 (Fig. 10) B. M. It is very 

 common and is much used as food. 



Depth 4.90; head 4; eye 6.40; interorbital 3; snout 2.50; D. 

 vi, 1, 25, 2; A. 11, 18, 2. 



Trachurops crumenophthalmus ( Bloch). 



One specimen, Xo. 1378 B. M., from Tahiti. 



Seven specimens, Xos. 986, 988, 1031, 1032, 1034, 1058 and 

 1059 B. M., from Fate, Xew Hebrides. 



Four specimens, Xos. 1127, 1128, 1129 and 1292* B. M., from 

 Shortland Id., Solomons. 



One specimen, Xo. 1992 B. M., from Rarotonga, Cook Ids. 



One specimen, No. 2270 B. M., from Xukuhiva, Marquesas Ids. 



Caranx forsteri Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Two specimens of the common "Ulua," Xo. 1376-1377 B. M., 

 from Tahiti. 



