detected, except that due to age, as all small or medium 
sized individuals have but 3 basal radii and the fourth 
only appears in larger examples. All the scales have fine 
circuli basally, none apically and becoming coarser above 
(12) iPree. Aeoad,. Nat: Sci. Phile., 3913 (1912), p. 566, 
fig. 3, Hawaiian Islands. 
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and below. 
We have 3 from Fiji, and one from the Hawaiian Islands, 
which show: Head 3°1/3 to 3 3/5; depth 6 to 72; Die4%i, 10, 
1; A. 9; lateral line with 59 or ‘60 scales to caudal base 
3 
and 4 more on latter; 5 or 6 scales above 1. 1. to dorsal 
origin, 6 or 7 below to anal origin; 19 to 22 predorsal 
scales; snout 4 or 5 in head measured from upper jaw tip; 
1 3 ~2 9 J : 4 
eve 56 to 72; maxillary ls to l 3/5; interorbital 5 7/8 
to 7; ventral reaches 1 2.3 to 1 7/8 to anal; length 77 to 
180 mm, 
Saurida gracilis (Quoy and Gaimard). 
5 
= 
Head 3 2/3 to 44; depth 6= to 84; , branch- 
> 
Fu F. 
ead reyes rarely $5; A. ii, S;.1, branched rays *vary; 7 to? 
and rarely 10; scales 47 to 51 in lateral line to caudal 
base and 3 or 4 more on latter; 35 scales above 1. 1., seldom 
pe we 
4, and 5 below, vary 4 to 6; predorsal scales 16 to 19; 
b 
snout 4 to 4 4/5 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 4 to 6 1/5; 
