325 
D. 5604. Bilatu (totra), N. 26° W,, 8. 7 miles (lat. 0° 22’ 30” N., 
long. 122° 42' 30"E.), Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. November 15, 1909. 
Length 66 ram. (beak broken). 
A. N. S. P., no. 16000. From stomach of Gannet taken 150 miles south 
of Rivellagidedos. June 1875. Dr. W, H. Jones. 
Genus Parexoooetus Bleeker 
Parexocoetus BLEEKEE, Nederland Tijds. Dierk., vol. 3, 
p. 126, 1866. (Type Exoooetus mento VALENCIENNES, monotypic.) 
Body moderately ong, elliptical in cross section, compressed. 
Snout short. Eye large. Jaws protractile, lower with symphyseal knob 
projecting beyond upper jaw. Teeth minute, conic, in few rwws, in jaws, 
on vomer, palatines, pterygoids and tongue. Gill rakers lanceolate. 
Scales large. Lateral line low. Dorsal high, opposite anal. Anal long 
as dorsal, lower, Pecto3*al moderate, not reaching beyond middle of 
dorsal. Ventral short, not reaching anal, insertion median or little 
postmedian, 
Parexoooetus brachypterus (Richardson) 
Exocoetus brachyopterus RICHARDSON, Ichth, China Japan, p, 
265, 1846 (type locality: Tahiti), —STEINDACHNER, Denks, 
Akad, Wiss, Wien, mat, -nat, Klu, vol. 70, p.C512, 1900 
(Honolulu; Laysan). 
