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Family XIII. SYN0D0NT1D4L 
30. Trachinocephalus myops (Forster). 
A specimen of this fish appears in Dr. Wood’s collection. It is 7.25 inches long and is No. 2069. 
1 did not obtain it. 
Sctimo.m.yops Forster, in Schneider, Syst. Ichth., 421, 1801, St. Helena. 
Scturus trachinus Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 231, pi. 106, fig. 2, 1842, Japan. 
Synodiis myops, Bleeker, Atlas Ichth., vi, 153, pi. 278, fig. 3, 1870-72. 
Trachinocephalus myops, Jordan & Everjnann, Fishes North & Mid. Amer., I, 533, 1806. 
31. Synodus varius ( Lacepede). 
Two examples of this fish were obtained (field Nos. 2070 and 2071) 5 and 5.5 inches in length. 
There is one 4.5 inches long in Dr. Wood’s collection. It is found with Saurida gracilis in the coral 
sand on the reef, and with it exposed for sale in the market. 
Salmo varius LacOpede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., v, 224, pi. 3, fig. 3, 1803, Isle de France. 
Synodus varius, Steindachner, Denks. Ak. Wiss. Wien, i.xx, 1900, 513 (Honolulu and Laysan). 
Synodus sharpi Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Scl. Phila. 1900, 497, pi. xtx, fig. 2, Hawaiian Islands. (Types, Nos. 16084 to 16086, 
Ac. Na't. Sci. Phila. Mus.; coll. W. H. Jones.) 
32. Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard). 
Color in life, upper part of body drab, lower white; upper part with many pearly white, dark, and 
blackish spots so intermingled as to give the colors and shadings of coral sand in which the species is 
found; 8 or 9 groups of black spots along the lateral line. I have 8 specimens, 5.5 to 6 inches in 
length. I saw none larger than 6 inches. They abound in the corai sand on the reef and elsewhere 
and are sold in the market. 
Saar us gracilis Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. de l’Uranie, Zool., 224, 1824, Timur. 
Saurida ncbalosa Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xxii, 504, pi. 648, 1819, Isle de France; Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. 
Mus., No. 7, 76, 1877 (Honolulu). 
Saurida tumbil, Fowler, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1900, 498 (Hawaiian Islands). 
Family XIV. BELONIDyE. 
33. Belone platyurus Bennett. 
A number of specimens of this fish were taken by me. The longest (field No. 392) is 16 inches 
long. It is abundant and is brought to the market. 
Belone platyurus Bennett, Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc., 1830, 168. 
Belone platura, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xvm, 451, 1846; Gunther, Cat., vi, 237, 1866; Streets, Bull. U. S. Nat. 
Mus., No. 7, 75, 1877 (Honolulu). 
Belone carinata, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xvm, 437, 1846 (Sandwich Islands). 
Mastacembeius platurus, Bleeker, Atlas Ichthy., vi, 50, pi. 257, fig. 1, 1872 (Singapore, Amboyna). 
34. Tylosurus giganteus (Schlegel). 
Two specimens were obtained by me in 1889, the larger (field No. 104), 440 mm. in length, gives: 
D. 23; A. 22; origin of ventrals midway between base of median caudal rays and center of eye; eye 
1.5 in interorbital, 2.33 in postorbital part of head. The smaller, 195 mm. long: D. 22; A. 21; origin 
of ventrals midway between base of median caudal rays and front of eye. 
Color in life, upper parts light green; lower parts silvery white. 
Belone giganlea, Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., 245, 1846, Japan. 
Belone annulata, Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., xvm, 447, 1864, pi. 550; Gunther, Cat., vi, 240, 1866; Steindachner, 
Denks. Akad. Wiss. Wien, lxx, 512, 1900 (Honolulu and Samoa). 
Mastacembeius annulatus, Bleeker, Atlas Ichthy., vi, 48, pi. 258, fig. 3, 1872 (East Indies). 
35. Athlennes hians (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 
Three specimens were obtained by me at Honolulu, the largest 26 inches in length. These are the 
first specimens of the species reported from the Pacific west of the American coast. My specimens do 
not differ from the description of A. hians nor in any way from a specimen of that species in the Stan- 
ford University collection from North Carolina, with which they have been compared. 
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