254 KXI'KDITIOX OF THK ' ALBATROSS," ISOQ-lflOO. 



and three have 7; only one has 9 rays, tlic rest have 10. Of th(> anal rays, one 

 has 12. four have 13. the others have 14. 



Atherina endrachtensis (^i'oy & GaimarT). 

 Voy. rranic. Zool., IS'ir,^ p. :K4. (Unther. Oit., IStil, 3, p. 401. 



Four specimens from Marshall Islands, No. 09035, I2 inche.s with dorsal 

 VII-I, 10; anal I, 10 or 11 from IJkieb and three specimens. No. 09071, \u to 

 2i inches long from Ahrno. Origin of dorsal a little nearer ventral than anal. 



1. D. VII-I, 9; A. I. 10 or 11; scales 42 counting all the developed scales 

 in longitudinal series. 



2. D. VI-I, 9; A. I, 10 or 11; scales 42. 



3. D. V-I, 9; A. I, 11; scales 42. 



Fourteen specimens from Moen, Truk (iroup, Caroline Islands, as follows; — 



No. 09084 (part) six specimens Ig to 1§ inches long and No. 08901) (part) 

 eight specimens, M. C. Z. 29394, to if inches long. 



No. 08906, had D. VI-I, 9; A. I, 10 or 11 for seven specimens, the other 

 s])ecimen has D. VII-I, 9; A. I, 10 or 11. 



Twenty-seven specimens, No. 09055 (poor condition) 1 to li's inches long, 

 from Suva, Fiji Islands. Five specimens, u to Ig inches long from Rangiroa, 

 Faumotu Islands. 



One specimen, part of No. 09017, li inches long from Guam. 



Head 2i in length; depth 5t; eye about equal interorbital, 2t in head; 

 snout about I of eye; mouth very obliciue, maxillary reaching anterior margin 

 of eye; origin of dorsal slightly nearer ventinl than anal, about midway between 

 tip of snout and base of caudal. 



We have identified this as .1. cndrachlcnsis, although it differs slightly from 

 current descriptions, most noticeably in length of snout and width of inter- 

 orbital. It is close to A. vaigiensis, but is generally more slender and with a 

 deeper cauilai ])e(luncle, proi)ortionally smaller eye, and considerably longer 

 snout. 



