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D, _I, 11 or 12, first branched ray 1 7/8 to 2^ in total 
head length; A, _I, 7 or _I, 8, first branched ray 2 s/i to 3; least depth 
of caudal peduncle 3 to 3 l/S; pectoral 1_, 14 or 15, i*eaches slightly 
beyond bases of last dorsal and anal rays; ventral length longer than head, 
reaches base of last anal ray; loisrer catidal lobe 3 l/s? to 3 s/s? in rest 
of body. 
Back olive brown, sides below and under surfaces silvery white. 
Iris silvery white. Dorsal and caudal pale uniform brownish. Iris whitish. 
Pectoral brownish, membranes darker terminally, upper half of fin with 
scattered blackish spots or blotches mostly terminally and sometimes much 
less numerous or absent tovjard fin base. Ventral largely whitish marginally, 
medially dull or pale brownish, 
India, East Indies, Formosa, Japan, Melanesia, Polynesia, Hawaii, 
I have identified the Indo Pacific Exocoetus poeoilopterus Valenciennes 
with the present species as I have fouind no constant characters to separate 
them by, 
4768, 4777 to 4781, Hogas Point, Panay, February 4, 1908. Length 275 
to 310 mm, 
U, S, N, M,, no. 52358, Samoa, Bureau of Fisheries (04720), Length 220? 
mm. As Cypsiluims poeoilopterus . 
II, S. N, M., no. 52796. Bureau of Fisheries (03569), 
Length 298? mm. D, I, 11; A, 7; P, 1, 14, with round scattered black 
spots terminally, 
U, S. N. M., no. 55472, ' Bureau of Fisheries (03542), 
Length 290? mm. D. I^ 12; A, I, 7; P. I^ 14, marked with many black spots. 
