272 FAPEIMTION Ol" TIIK ■' AI.15ATROSS," 1S<W-1<)00. 



First rays of all fins dusky at tijts: two very small dusky spots on each sido 

 of lateral line. 



No. 08809, a small broken specimen, has dorsal VI-I, 23; anal II-I, 22; 

 anal lobe reaches to last anal ray; black-tipped fins. 



No. 08987, 4.75 inches long, has dorsal VI-I, 23?; anal II -I, 23; anal lol)e 

 reaches to posterior fifth of anal fin. 



Trachinotus oblongus ('ivikh & Valenciennes. 



Hist. Nat. Poiss., 1831, 8, p. 321 (437). 



Trachynoliis baillonii Day, Fishes of India, 1S7(), p. 233 (in parti, and pi. .51.1, lis. I. 

 Tmchynolio! ru.fxetlU Day, Fishes of India, 1S7(), p. 233 (in part), .synonymy, ."^tkad. Edible 

 Fishes of New Soutli W.des, lOOS, p. 92, i^l. (j2. 



I'lair I. 



Seven specimens, Nos. Al-4, .\5, 29733, 7 and 11, M. C. Z. 29734, from 

 10..') to 12. ."i inches long, from Nukuhiva, Marquesas Islands. 



No. Al, M. C. Z. 29732, 11 inches long, has head 4.12 in length; depth 

 2.27; eye 3.42 in head; snout 4; dorsal VI-I, 24: anal II I, 23; dorsal lobe 

 4.3 in length; anal lobe 4.12; each reaching slightly beyond middle of fins; 

 scales about 97 or 98, counting all. 



Color in spirits: general color sihery with gi-ayish on back, one large black 

 spot about size of eye on each side und(>r the lobe of the dorsal and on lateral 

 line; in front of this spot and just above middle of pectoral is a very faint spot, 

 immediately above lateral line, its lower edge touching it. 



No. .\2, 10| inches long, has head 4.14 in length; dejith 2.23; eye 3.7(> in 

 head; snout 4.08; lobe of soft dorsal 4.51 in length, 1.53 in its base; lolie of 

 anal 4.41, 1.67 in its base; dorsal VI-I, 23; anal II-l, 23. 



One large black spot on each side at)out in line with front rays of soft dorsal, 

 .75 of the spot on one side and .(iti of the sjx.t on the other side above the lat- 

 eral line diameter of the spot 1.3 in eye. 



No. A3, 10| inches long, has dor.sal \'I-I, 23; anal 11-1, 23; dorsal lobe 

 1.40 in base of dor.sal fin; anal lobe 1.55 in the base of fin ; two large black spots 

 on right side of body, the greater portion of the anterior one above lateral line, 

 and directly under sixth dorsal si)ine, its diameter about 1.3 in eye; a second 

 spot under 11th dorsal ray, about .(iO of it above lateral line; on left side one 



