with silvery. Fins and iris all brownish, without mark- 
ings. Length 93 to 150 mm, One without locality and another 
from Samoa? 
The drawing by Richard is also based on a Samoan example, 
We also include an example in the Academy from Sumetra, 
When fresh in arreck- the Sumatran example was pale 
slaty with silvery tinge above, and lower surface silvery- 
white. Fins more or less dusky and front lobes of soft 
dorsal and small blackish, Pectoral dusky basally and medi- 
ally, 
Trachinotus guadripunctatus (Rtippell). Pac 1S 3. 
Head 3 2/5; depth 1 9/10; D. I, VII, 19; - III, 18; 
snout 4 in head;.eye 4; maxillary 2%; interorbital 3, 
Body elongately ovoid, deepest at dorsal origin, strong« 
ly compressed, Head width half its length, Snout obtuse, 
surface convex, length 2/35 its width. Eye rounded, hind edge 
midway in head length, with narrow adipose-eyelid all around, 
Mouth moderately small, closed lower jaw included, Maxillary 
nearly to eye center; expanse 2 1/3 in eye, ands of villt 
form teeth in jaws, on vomer, palatines and tongue, Inter 
orbital elevated convexly and median keel to occiput, Rakers 
7+10, vi, lenceolate, about 2 in filaments which 13 in eye, 
Scales rather elongate, very small; basal radiating striae2 
to 11; largest scales on hind half of trunk and caudal puiiaite: 
minute on predorsal and breast; patch of scales close behind 
eye in 5 or 4 rows only ones on head; lateral line slightly 
waved medially, Soft dorsal inserted slightly nearer caudal 
