308 
Depth 9 2/3 to 10, body -well compressed, sides flattened; head 
2^ to 2 3/5, head from snout tip 4 2/5 to 4 2/3, width 2 4/5 to 3. Snout 
2 4/5 to 2 7/8 in head from snout tip; eye 4 to 4-|, if to 1 2/3 in snout, 
I to 1 1/5 in interorbital; maxillary reaches 2/3 to 3/4 in snout, length 
3 2/3 to 4 in head from snout tip; interorbital 4 to 4^, flat. Gill rakers 
II 29 or 30, lanceolate, length 1^ in gill filaments, which 1 4/5 in eye. 
Scales 57 to 59 in axial lateral series from above gill opening to 
caudal base and 6 or 7 more on latter; 7 above, 2 below, 39 or 40 predorsal 
foi*mrd to occiput. Vertical fins largely with small scales. Scales with 
1 to 4 short basal close set radiating striae; cirouli as very fine vertical 
parallel striae, usually more or less complete. 
D. II, 11 or II, 12, first branched ray 5 7/8 to 6 in total head; 
A. II, 10 or II, 11 , first branched ray 7 3/4 to 8| caudal well forked, 
lower lobe much longer or 2^ to 2 2/3; least depth of caudal peduncle 9 
to 10; pectoral 2 2/5 to 2 3/5; ventral 6 to 6^, origin about an eye 
diameter nearer cavxdal base than pectoral base. 
Back and upper surfaces brown, sides and below paler to whitish. 
Sides of head with silvery white reflections. Iris silvery white. Fins 
all dull brovmish. 
India, East Indies, Micronesia, Polynesia, Hawaii. Also in the 
tropical and subtropical Atlantic. 
A;. N. S. P., no. 7530 to 7532. Hawaiian Islands. Dr. J. K.. Tov/nsend. 
Length 340 to 357 mm* 
A, H. S. P., nos. 29501 and 29502. Honolulu. Dr. T. D. Wood. Stanford 
University# Length 247 to 255 mm# 
