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form lijiht brown: tijis of dorsal rays dusky; outer rays of caudal not palp; 

 caudal irregulai-, shallow omarginato. 



No. A59 has dorsal XXI\', 33; anal 31, color dark hi'own on l)ack, a dis- 

 tinct lateral stri]x\ with a tlistinr^t white striiie above and below this stripe; 

 pectoral blue black, lacking white ti]is; caudal deeply lunate with pale outer 

 rays. 



No. A44, dorsal XXIII, 34; anal 32; color, dark brown above, with a darker 

 brown lateral stripe, lighter below, but not so light above as in A59; ends of 

 lower raj's of pectoral pale; dorsal and anal yellowish brown, each with a darker 

 brownish marginal band, with jiale ti]) to tli(^ rays; outer caudal rays ])ale. 

 middle I'ays longest and very dai-k. making the fin double tnmcate. 



Echeneis remora Lixxe. 



Syst. Xat. ed. 10, 17.5S, p. 2ti(). Day, Fislios ul India. l.sTCi, p, 2.5^. 

 JoRD.\N& EvEKMANN, Hull. V . S. Fi.'^li. Comiii,, nin.'i. 23, pi- 1. p. 404. 



Xo. 05940, foLU- specimens, 3j to (ij inches long from Stu-face at Station 

 AAll, Sept. 3, 1899. 



Xo. 05942, AI. C. Z. 294()(1. two sjjecimens, 3^ and 3| inches long fi'om 

 Society Islands. 



Xo. 05941, fotir specimens, 3| to 92 inches long from Fakarava, Patmuitu 

 Islands. 



PLEURONECTIDAE. 



Platophrys mancus (Broi'ssonet). 



Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. 8. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 412. 

 Pleiironecles mancus Brous.'ionet, Ichth. .sist. Pisciimi. 17S2. pi. ii. 4. 



Xo. A178, a specimen, 94 inches long fi'om Arhno, Marshall Islands. Doi'sal 

 99; anal 77; pectoral eciuals head. 



Xo. A43, M. C. Z. 29720, a specimen <S| inches long from Fakarava, Pau- 

 motu Islands. Dorsal 100; anal 79; pectoral slightly shorter than head. 



Xo. A(i9, a specimen l\ inches long from Makemo, Paumotu Ishuids. 

 Dorsal 100; anal 80; pectoral reaches edge of preopercle. 



Xo. 05945, M. ('. Z. 29512, a specimen li inches long from Fakarava, 

 Paumotu Islands. 



