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Hyporhamphus unifasciatus, Halfbeak..........0..00. 0.0 c ccc cece eee eee ees 212 
Fodiator acutus, Sharp-nosed Flying-fish. . ..........00...0.00cceeueeeeeees 213 
Cypselurus californicus, Catalina Flying-fish..........0..00. 000 ceca ceceeees 214 
Chirostoma humboldtianum, Pescado blanco......0...00c cee cece cee neeeaes 217 
Kirtlandia vagrans, Silverside or Brit............ bshoseaseda ees Dadtery aandn ean Dee 217 
Atherino psis californiensis, Blue Smelt or Pez del Rey..........00-00200 eee 218 
Iso flos-maris, Flower of the Waves. ... 0... 0.0.0 cece cece ene c eee eee eens 218 
Mugil cephalus, Striped Mullet. ..... 2.00.00. e eee ees 221 
Joturus pichardi, Joturo or Bobo........... 0 cece cece cence nen eee err 222 
Sphyrena barracuda, Barracuda... 6... 66. e nee ees 223 
CODA PSS GOULO 5 ooo doa olans cic e eMA LAH -OY gee yee NEE EARLE LEER RS 224 
Shoulder-girdle of a Threadfin, Polydactylus approximans ..........00.0 000s 225 
Polydactylus octonemus, Threadfin ... 2.0... cece cece cece e eee 225 
Shoulder-girdle of a Stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus.............000.0000- 227 
Shoulder-girdle of Fistularia petimba, showing greatly extended interclavicle, 
thesuriace: ossified sis dat 1d boo uys Satan aad anual ona alin cera es 227 
Gasterosteus aculeatus, Three-spined Stickleback .................0.0se eee 232 
Apeltes quadracus, Four-spined Stickleback.............0.0.2 00s cece eee eee 232 
Aulostomus chinensis, Trumpet-fish. . 0.2.0.6 0 6 cece cece cence 234 
Macrorhamphosus sagijue, Japanese Snipefish. ... 0.2.60... cece eee eee eee 234 
Afoliscus strigatus, Shrimp-fish..... 2.0.66. eee eee eee n ees 235 
FOL S CUS WOVUT UCN A 6g. sss Ba Rane ag ates GO Sie Pat athe Bia a a Sets tea ee Weta Se ee as 235 
SolenostOmus CYANOPLELUS.. 06 ee ete e teens 237 
Hippocampus hudsonius, Sea-horse.... 0... 6600 e eects 238 
Zalises umitengu, Sea-moth. ... 2... nee eens 240 
Percopsis guttatus, Sand-roller. .. 2.6.60. 6.0 cece etn 241 
Erismatopterus endlichert. 0.0.0.0 0c cece eee n ene c ees 242 
Columbia transmontana, Oregon Trout-perch. ......... 0. ec cece eee eee eee 242 
Shoulder-girdle of the Opah, Lampris gutiatus (Briinniach), showing the en- 
larged infraclavicle:s .:2220ca2ck ica aeend ey ieee eee pete dee nets 243 
Semiophorus velifer. 0.00.0 c ccc cece ntti 246 
Amphistium paradoxum. 0.0.6.0 247 
Zeus faber, John Dory. .....-. 0-6-2200 c eee ete en enn enc nees 248 
Skull of a Berycoidfish, Beryx splendens, showing the orbitosphenoid ......... 250 
Beryxe splendens. 0. ccc ccc ee en tenets 251 
Hoplopteryc lewesiensis. ..... 020.00 cece n ete tt eens 252 
Paratrachichthys prosthemius.. 0.0.0.0 000 c ccc nent e eens 253 
Holocentrus ascenscionis, Soldier-fish. .. 6.0.0... 00sec cence cee e eens 254 
Holocentrus ittodai. 0.600. ett anne tree nen ees 254 
Ostichthys japonicus... 00.000. c cece eee ence teen eee 255 
Monocentris japonicus, Pine-cone Fish.......-... 0.0020 e eee eee ence eens 256 
Scomber scombrus, Mackerel. ........-- 000s e cece etree eee eee nes 260 
Germo alalunga, Long-fin Albacore... - 1.0.6... eee e ete cette tenes 263 
Scomberomorus maculatus, Spanish Mackerel ............---+++++ Bsc la thal 264 
Trichiurus lepturus, Cutlass-fish.. 0.20.00. 0 cece cece cece eens Saaeiesiass 268 
