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Order IV. Physostomi or Malacopteri—Continued. 
Clupea_ 
Clupea mirabilis__ 
Meletta___ 
Meletta coerulea ... 
Hyodon..... 
Hyodon tergisus_ 
Engraulis_._ 
1. Engraulis mordax_ 
2. Engraulis nanus_ 
3. Engraulis delicatissimus 
4. Engraulus compressus .. 
Order V. Plectognathi___ 
Family Balistidae__ 
Family Gymnodontidae____ 
Tetraodon___ 
Tetraodon politus__ 
Order VI. Lophobranchii_._._ 
Family Hippocampklae ____._ 
Hippocampus__ 
Hippocampus ingens___ 
Family Syngnathidae .___ 
Syngnatkus___ 
1. Syngnatkus californiensis___ 
2 . Syngnatkus brevirostris_ 
3. Syngnatkus leptorkynckus.... 
4. Syngnatkus abboti_ 
5. Syngnatkus arundinaceus_ 
Order VII. Ganoidei__ 
Family Amiadae_ 
Amia ...._ 
1. Amia ocellicauda___ 
2. Amia occidentalis_ 
Family Sauridae __-_ 
Lepidosteus_ 
1. Lepidosteus leptorkynchus ...___ 
2. Lepidosteus (Cylindrosteus) latirostris. 
3. Lepidosteus (Atractosteus) berlandieri. 
Family Sturionidae_____ 
Acipenser_ 
Acipenser brackyrhynckus___ 
1. Acipenser transmontanus_ 
2. Acipenser acutirostris_ 
3. Acipenser medirostris_ 
Scapkirkynckus._ 
Scapkirkynchus platirkynclius......._ 
Polyodon __,_ 
Polyodon folium_ 
Order VIII. Holocepkali___ 
Family Chimaeridae ___ 
Ckimaera_____... 
Ckimaera colliei_____...._ 
Order IX. Plagiostomi______...___ 
Sub-order I Squali_...___,___ 
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