351 
Ptenonotus OGILBY, Proc. Roy* Soc* Queensland, vol. 21, 
p. 13, 1908. (Type Exocoetus cirriger PETERS, raonotypic.) 
Body elon^te, mostly compressed. Head moderate or small. 
Snout "blunt. Eyes large, advanced. Teeth very feeble, small or absent, 
in jaws and sometimes on palate, none on vomer, pterygoids orttongue. 
Gill openings wide. Gill rakers lanceolate, moderate. Lateral line 
low. Dorsal little or not very high, begins before or opposite anal. 
Anal usually shorter than dorsal. Pectoral very long, reaches to or 
nearly to caudal base. Ventral postmedian, nearer caudal than snout, 
usually long. 
Tropical and subtropical seas* 
Cypselurus chloropterus (Valenciennes) 
Exocoetus chloropterus VALEMCIEHIilES, Hist, Nat, Poiss,, 
vol, 19, p, 109, 1846 (type locality: lat. 30° 14’ S,, 
long, 44° 30’ W,), --SLEEKER, Naturk, Tijds. Nederland 
Indi@, vol, 21, p, 56, 1860 (Cape of Good Hope), ——GILCHRIST", 
riarine Invest, South Africa, p» 153, 1901 (name), —THOJiPSON, 
• Marine Biol, Rep, South Africa, no, 3, p, 92, 193.6 (references), 
—BARNARD, Ann, South African Mus,, vol, 21, pt, 1, p. 
271, June 1925 (on Bleeker), 
