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Til Goode'.s fijeiuis I f ijj)haloii('drnn* (sinco^ regarded as synonymous 

 A\itli Chloro))thalm'>in), tlie tongue is stated to ))e entirely smooth. 

 With reference to this Giinther writes: — "The only point in 

 which Dr. Goode's diagnosis apparently difTiM's from that given 

 b}'^ me in Fish., Vol. v., p. 403, is that he denies tlu^ presence of 

 lingual teeth. However, these teeth are so minute in (Jhluroj)- 

 tliahuiii^ ai/asxizii as to recpiire a magnifying glass to find them, 

 ami therefore may easily be overlooked" {loc. cit., p. 192). 

 In our examples of ChloropfJialmiix iiigrijnniiiK, the lingual teeth 

 are very noticeable, and can be seen l)y the unaided eye : they 

 occur in a narrow band which embraces the front and sides, 

 lea\ing the central portion naked. 



Famihj EXOCCETIDJ^. 



EX O COITUS, Linnmts. 



EXOCCETUS EVOLANS, Linnceus. 



Flying Fish. 



Exocoetus evolans, Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. xii., 1766, p. 521. Day, 

 Fishes of India, 1878, p. 519, pi. cxx., fig. 5. 



During the gale we encountered off Wollongong on Mai'ch 1 6th 

 two FIjdng Fishes were blown aboard, and in a similar manner we 

 obtained another on our way to Lord Howe Island. They are of 

 the same species and belong to the genus Uxocoetus, characterised 

 by the small size and forward position of the ventral fins. As 

 U. evolans, the type of Linnteus, and U. volitmis, are the same 

 species, Exoccetus and not Halocypsehis, Weinland, is the correct 

 name of the genus. The larger example, measuring 150 mm., in 

 no wise differs from the figures and descriptions ; the smaller one, 

 which is but 45 mm. in length, possesses the barbel common to 

 immature specimens, and has a black blotch at the base of the 

 rays of each ventral fin. It has also two dark bands towards the 

 caudal, and the general colour of the body, instead of being of 

 uniform tint, is represented by dots only, another indication of 

 immaturity and a feature common to very many fishes. 



Flying fishes were met with all along the area traversed ; some- 

 times shoals wei-e seen in the distance, when they appeared like 

 glittering specs passing through the air, generall57^ all in one direc- 

 tion ; at other times they rose from beneath our bows, evidently 

 disturbed by the passage of the vessel, and scattered all ways. 



* Goode— Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., ISSL p. 483. 



