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Head 3.09 in length without caudal; depth 2.39; eye 4.84 in head; pre- 
orbital at narrowest place 5.41; scales from origin of dorsal downward and back- 
ward to lateral line 9 counting one in lateral line; in a perpendicular series 63; 
from lateral line downward and backward to anal 13; in lateral line 52: dorsal 
XI, I, 16; anal III, 9; pectoral 3.27 in length reaches a line from base of 12th 
dorsal spine. 
Three young examples 27 to 32 inches long from Acapulco. 
Orthopristis chalceus (Gi:NTHER). 
Jorpan & EverMann, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus., 1898, pt. 2, p. 1338. 
Pristipoma chalceum GiNTHER, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1864, p. 146. 
One specimen, No. 3111, M. C. Z. 29625, 93 inches long from Perico Island. 
One specimen, No. 3112, 9 inches long from Panama. 
Gnathodentex aureolineatus (Lachpmpe). 
JorDaNn & Seate, Bull. U.S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 269. 
Sparus aurolineatus Lacépzpe, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1802, 4, p. 132. 
Seven specimens, 4 to 62 inches long from Manga Reva. 
Five specimens 67 to 8% inches long, Nos. 3300-4, M. C. Z. 29704, 29705, 
from Manga Reva. 
SPARIDAE. 
Lethrinus rostratus Kuni & Van Hass.er. 
Cov. & Vat. Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1830, 6, p. 220 (296). Ginruer, Cat., 1859, 1, p. 454. 
One specimen, No. 3312, 24 inches long, from Rikitea, Manga Reva. 
It has the following measurements: — head 2.78 in length; depth 3.14; 
eye 7.11 in head; snout 1.65; preorbital, measured from eye to corner of mouth 
* ° r 1 1 
2.80; pectoral equals ventral and is 1.81 in head; dorsal X, 92; anal III, 83; 
caudal deeply forked; scales 7-50-16. 
The specimen shows no distinct black blotch above the pectoral fin; color 
of the body is pale yellowish, with brown margins to the scales which vary in 
width in different parts giving the specimen an irregularly barred or coarsely 
mottled appearance; head plain brown; fins plain. 
GERRIDAE. 
Eucinostomus californiensis (GiLL). 
JorDAN, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1895, ser. 2, 5, p. 469. Gimsertr & Srarxs, Mem. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1904, 
4, p. 113. 
Diapterus californiensis Gru, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., 1862, p. 245. 
A specimen, No. 3261, 72 inches long from Wreck Bay, Chatham Island. 
