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in the vicinity. It is probably a migratory species common at 

 certain more or less infrequent intervals. It is a common 

 species in Japan and in the Hawaiian Islands. 



Polydactylus approximans (Lay and Bennett) 



A specimen a foot in length, preserved by the San Diego 

 Chamber of Commerce, is included in the collection. This is the 

 first record of the occurrence of this species north of the Gulf 

 of California. Starks and Morris in their "Marine Fishes of 

 Southern California" (Univ. Calif. Puhl. Zool., vol. 3, no. 11, 

 p. 188, 1907) recorded Polydactylus opercularis from an oil 

 painting made by Mrs. Andrews, of San Diego, of a fish she had 

 procured in the local market. The painting may have been of 

 the species now at hand, or it is possible that both species occur 

 on our coast. 



Lepidopus xantusi Goode and Bean 



The second adult specimen known is in the collection. It is 

 of the same size as, and entirely agrees with the specimen 

 described by Jordan and Starks (Proc. V. S. Nat. Mus., 32, p. 

 70, 1907). 



Abeona minima (Gibbons) 



In a young specimen dark vertical bars are very distinct. 

 An anterior one commences as a blotch at the first ray of the 

 soft dorsal and extends vertically downward two-thirds of the 

 height of the body. A posterior one extends only slightly past 

 the black band along the axis of the body. In adult specimens 

 in alcohol these dark cross bars are quite indistinct. 



Halichoeres semicinctus (Ay res) 



A single female specimen, 7 inches in length, from La JoUa, 

 shows color markings not before described. Following the third 

 longitudinal row of scales from the dorsal base is a row of round 

 black spots, one on the base of each scale. These are frequently, 

 but not regularly, duplicated below thus making an irregular 

 double row. It is interrupted on the caudal peduncle for 2 or 3 



