244 KXPKDITIOX OF TIIK " ALHATIiOSS." ISW)- 1000. 



Harengula commersoni (CrviER & \'ale\cie.\nes). 



Clupeonina commersoni Cuv. & Val., Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1M7. 20, |i. ii.'jO. 



Alansa melanura Cuv. & Val., Hist. Xat. Poiss., 1847, 20, p :;J 1. 



Clupea (Harangula) melanurus Bleekkr, Atlas Ichth., lS6t)-72, 6, p. S>.1, 101). 111. 



Clupea (Paralosa) meUinurus, tab. 269, Chip. 11, fig. '). 



?Clupea alricaudu Gl'nther, Fischo der SUdsee, 1909, 8, p. 381. 



Two specimens, Nos. 05788-9, M. C. Z. 2938(), each 4? inches Ions, from 

 Vavau, Tonga Islands. One specimen, No. 05793, 31 inches, Papeete, Tahiti, 

 Society Islands; six specimens, Nos. 08817-19, 08825, 08887-8, A\ to ob 

 inches long from 8nva, Fiji Islands. 



SYNODONTIDAE. 



Saurida gracilis ((^ioy & Gaimaud). 



•GiiNTHEii, Fische der Siidsee, 1909, 8, p. ::!7ti. 



Saurus gracilis QuoY & Galmard. ^"oy. t'ranie. Zool., 1S24, p. 224. 



One specimen. No. 09005, (il inches long, from Makcmo, Pauniotu Islands. 

 Three specimens, No. 08907, M. C. Z. 29525, \\-l\ inches long, Truk Cnmp. 

 Caroline Islands. 



ANGUILLIDAE. 



Anguilla mauritiana Hk.n.nett. 



Prof. Coiiim. Zool. Soc. Lond., ls:3l, p. 128. Jordan it Skai.k, Bull. f. S. Bur. Fish., 19(M1, 25. p. 

 192. 



No. A19t), Al. ('. Z. 29737. 27 inches, and No. A197, 32 inches long from 

 Kusaie, Caroline Islands. 



Anguilla otaheitensis Iwri'. 



Neue Aalachnliche Fische des Haiiil)uifriT .Mus.. ls.i9, p. 17. uih. 2. \\^. 2. 

 Anguilla nniclensis GiJNTHER, Chall. Kept., 1880, p. .58. 



We have the following .specimens from Paix-ete, Tahiti, Sdcicty Islands: 

 No. .\33, a specimen 171 inches long. X'oincriiic teeth exlending almost or 

 quite as far back as the maxillary teeth; gape ahmil :! in head, {■xtcnding past 

 posterior border of eye ; dorsal begiimhig about an inch in fiont of \-enl. 



