occiput. Bony interorbital narrow concave ridge about 25 to 
3 in eye. Gill-opening forward to hind pupil edge. Skin 
smooth, except in young minute asperities scattered on trunk 
behind dorsal and anal. Young also with rudimentary short 
bony keeled plates along lateral line between dorsal snd anal, 
better developed but without spines, in larger exemples. 
Dorsal inserted near last fourth Between front eye edge and 
caudal base, slightly posterior in young; fin equals post- 
orbital to same with = of eye. Ansl opposite and like dorsal. 
Caudal lobes about = of dorsal. Caudal filaments long, or 
even longer than beak. Ventral 13 to 2 in eye. 
Color in alcohol: uniform brown above, much paler below. 
Iris whitish. Fins all brownish-white. Length 204 to 413 mn. 
to caudel tips. Oahu, Pomotou Islands and Fiji, three ex- 
amples. Also 5 in the Academy. Hawaiian and Philippine. 
last is represented by an example identified by Fowler 
F, serreta Cuvier. °° 
From F. depressa Gunther’ ’this species hes been disting- 
uished by the more serrate lower lateral ridges of the snout, 
certainly a slight character. I. corneta Gilbert «and Starke” 
enother species which differs but slightly, apparently 
the smaller eye and brosder interorbiteal. Jordan end Starks 
—————aaT RAR BREE ORES NEON I NG MB 
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Copeia, June 18, 1918, No. 58, p. 62. 
Rep. Voy. Challenger, vol. 1, 1880, | Oh ses, es aie 
Mem. Cal. Acad. Sci., vol. 4, 1904, rhs 10,5. Coe8s 
18-188. Panama and Mazetian. 
distinguish F. depressa Gunther by the two median ridges 
on the snout well separated, diverging on the front part of 
5 me ol 
the snout and converging finally on its foremost part. Also 
