Whitley has named Gunther’s Northwest Australian specimen 
Platybelone dorsalis , chiefly on the distinction of but 16 dorsal rays. 
If allowance is made for the first 2 rays as simple or unbranched, the 
formula would be D. II, 14. As this is only one ray more than I have 
found in my materials I can hardly believe it of specific importance. 
One example. Anchorage, Toumindao Island. February 25, 1908. 
Length 47 mm (broken). 
One example. Shore above Iloilo River. June 2, 1908. Length 
80 mm. 
Two examples. Sandakan, Borneo. February 29, 1908, Length 
43 to 44 mm. Two examples. 
Three examples. S ndakan, Borneo. March 1, 1908. Length 47 
to 50 mm. Three examples. 
U. S. N. M. no. 17983. Honolulu. Dr. T. H. Street. Length 
380 to 402 mm. Three examples. 
U. S. N. M. no. 51063. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries 
(04993). Length 333 mm. 
U. S. N. M. no. 52527, Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries 
(025471). Length 326 ram# 
U. S. N. M. no. 52699. Hawaiian Islands. Bureau of Fisheries 
(04994). Length 376 mm. As Tylosurus giganteus. 
U. S. N. M. no. 65763. Kambara, Fiji. Albatross Collection 
(A136). Length 313 to 384 mm. Three examples. 
U. S. N. M. no. 92251. Hawaiian Islands. July 1930. Length 
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464 mm. 
A. N. S. P. nos. 7573 and 7574 Hawaiian Islands. Dr. J. K. Townsend 
Length 400 to 439 mm. These two examples among the first of the species obtained 
in the Hawaiian Islands, several years before Valenciennes described it as 
Belone carinata 
