406 
Exocoetus atrisigiis GATHER, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 8, 
pt, 16, p. 368, 1909 (Ha-waiij Ualan; Strong Island? Greenwich 
Island). 
Depth 5-| to 5 l/Sj head 4 to 4 l/s in width 1 s/s to 1 4/5. 
Snout 3 3/4 to 4 in head from snout tip; eye 3 to 3 l/s, greatly exceeds 
snout, 1 2/5 to 1^ in interorbital; maxillary reaches 3/5 to 4/5 to eye, 
length 4 l/3 to 4 2/3 in head from snout tip; teeth minute, simple, small, 
in narrow band in each jaw; interorbital 2 l/s to 2 l/3, broad, slightly 
concave. Gill rakers 5 ^ 17, lanceolate, 1 2/5 in gill filaments which 
1 3/4 in eye. 
Scales 50 to 55 in lateral or axial series to caudal base and 
5 to 8 more on latter; 9 above, 3 below, 39 or 40 predorsal. Scales with 
t 
4 to 7 basal radiating striae, edge scalloped; circuli veijr fine, complete, 
D. I, 12 to 14, first bfanched ray 1 7/8 to 2 in total head 
length; A, m 7 to ^ 9, first branched ray 3|? to 3 3/4; least depth of 
caudal peduncle 3 1/8 to 3 l/S; pectoral rays J, 12 to^, 15, fin extends 
li-fc-tle beyond bases of last dorsal and anal rays; ventrals reach penultimate 
anal ray base, greatly longer than head; lower caudal lobe 3 2/5? in rest 
of fish. 
