Though this letter is being airmailed, the other things are 
going regular. I hope that the Houston will stay put in Long Beach tin- 
til they arrive. 
You fiemeraber that picture of a striped fish from Cllpperton. 
It was a tan colored fish with vertical black stripes rather distantly 
spaced. The name is Hspatus. triostegus . It is a member of the family 
ftoanthuridae, or surgeon fishes, as they are kno*n. 
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Waldo L. Schmitt, Curator, 
Division of Marine Invertebrates. 
