line, and oq the tweuty-secoud from the end of the snout; anterior dor- 

 sal spines more than one-half the length of the head, and they are situ- 

 ated on the middle between the end of the snout and the base of the 

 caudal fin. The second dorsal commences on the twenty-third row of 

 scales of the lateral line; the space between the origins of the two dorsals 

 nearly equals the length of the head. Ventrals midway between the 

 base of the pectoral and the spinous dorsal. Anal commences before 

 the soft dorsal ; both emarginate behind. 



Shining golden, darker above, with longitudinal streaks along the 

 series of scales. 

 Locality : Harbor of Honolulu, Oahu. Very numerous. ' 



There seems to be very little difference between this species and 

 Mugil dobula, Gthr. 



AULOSTOMID^. 



AULOSTOMA CHmENSE, (i.) vSc/i%. [No. 15371]. 



Fisiularia chinen^is, Linn., Syst. Nat. i, 1766, 515. 



Atilostbma chinensis, Lacep., Hist, des Poiss., v, 1803, 357. 



Aulostoma cMnense, Schleg., Faun. Japon. Poiss., 1850, 320. — Eichahdson, Eep. 



Ichth. Chin., Eep. 15th Meet. Brit. Assoc, 1846, 247.— Peteks, Arch. f. Na- 



turg., 1855, i, 258.— GtJnther, Cat. Fish., iii, 1861, 538. 

 PohiptericMhys ?7a?enimi, Bi-eeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., iv, l§53j Ternate,ii, 608. 



D. 10-27. A. 28. 



Brownish, with vertical bands along the sides of the body and snout; 

 one or two of the bands on the snout oblique. Base of soft dorsal and 

 anal fins black ; a short black streak a little distance from the base 

 anteriorly, more plainly visible on the dorsal than on the anal fin ; on 

 the former, another short streak above the first. A round black spot 

 on the base of the ventrals, and one above and below on the caudal fin. 



Locality : Honolulu, Oahu. 



EISTULAEIDA 



FISTULARI A SEREATA, Cuv. [No. 179881. 



Fistularia tahaccaria, var. Blocii, Naturg. Ausland, Fische, viii, 1794, 130, pi. 387, f. 



2-3. — Bloch, Syst. Ichth., ed ScHN., 1601, 114. 

 Fistularia immaculata, Cuv., Eegne Anim., 1817.— Eichardson's Ichth. Chin., 



Eep", 15th Meet. Brit. Assoc, 1846, 247. — Schleg. Faun. Japon. Poiss., 1850, 



320.— Bleeker, Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind., iii, 1852, Amb. & Cer., 281 ; Verh. 



Acad. Wet. Amsterd., Japan, ii. 



