with this species. Possibly the fins may to more or less 
extent be darkened by preservation, as they appear so in 
some of our smaller specimens. M. kandavensis 
&® synonym. 
Besides the Wilkes material are several examples in 
Academy. The first of these comprise two examples wrongly 
: ef a ; 
referred to M. kelaarf} Gunther, by Fow er.°* They differ from 
M. kelaarti in the distinctly longer 
the Indian Ocean 
jaw and moderately developed adipose eyelid. A conspicuous 
character in harmony,vhowever, is the long pecto 
which reaches to or nearly opposite 
65 
caldwelli Fowler is also a synonym. 
little developed eyelid it was later placed 
has the lower jaw slightly more advanced in 
of our other examples. Gunther has re 
from Tahiti and Seale from Raiatea. 
Jour. Mus. Godeffroy, 
Proc, Acad. Nat. scl. 
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from shoulder 
sely at soft dorsal or 
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a 
snout 
