eve edge midway in head, slightly posterior in young ex- 
ample, and covered with large paioan tia. Mouth small. 
Maxillary not quite to eye, slips below long preorbital, 
toothless. Mandible slightly included in upper jaw. Gill- 
rakers 147 to 165, very fine, extremely Slender, about 27/5 
of filaments. Scales with 10 or 11 parallel apical striae; 
base notched; rather coarse circuli 12 to 15, 1.1. with 
simple tubes. Dorsel origin midway between front eye edge 
end caudal base, or midway between front pupil edge and caudal 
base in young example. Anal small, little nearer caudal base 
than ventral origin. Ventral inserted behind dorsal origin, 
reaches 3/5 to anal. caudal deeply forked, half an eye-diameter 
longer than head. Pectoral reaches 3/5 to ventral. In alcohol 
brownish, paler below. Two examples 120 and 160 mm., from 
Fiji and Oahu respectively. 
A head 145 mm. long, from a large example without local- 
ity shows: snout 3 1/5 in head; eye 7; maxillary 4; interorb- 
ital 24. According to Draytorts painting "caught with the 
seine in Hilo Bay, Jume 18th. Length 2 feet 6 inches long. 
Ciupeidse. 
Etrumeus micropus (Schlegel). ran ll, 
Haan Ss tS ta 4: depth 57: to 5 7/8: By 141, 16,.13 Ay 
iii, 8, 1, branched rays rarely 7; scales (pockets) usually 
54, sometimes 53 or 55, to caudal base, and 4 more on latter; 
13 or 14 scales (pockets) transversely between ventral and 
dorsal origins; 21 scales (pockets) before dorsal, rarely 
22; snout 3 to 3 1/8 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 3 to 
