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Cypselurus arcticeps Chu, Biol. Bull. St. John's Univers., No. 1, January 1931, p. 88 (reference).

Depth 52; head 39/10; snout 1 2/5 in eye; eye 3 in head, equals concave interorbital. Scales 47 in lateral line, 29 predorsal.

Dorsal rays

13; anal 8 with origin opposite sixth dorsal ray; pectoral reaches middle of anal; ventral much longer than head, extend little farther than pectoral and origin midway between hind eye edge and caudal base. Brownish above, golden below. Pectoral with broad oblique white band across lower half and edge broadly whitish. Ventral white, median rays grayish. Length

(Weber and Beaufort).

215 mm.

China. (New Guinea, Japan).

A Synopsis of the Fishes of China

Cypselurus cirriger (Peters). Figure 22.

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Exocoetus cirriger Peters, Monatsber. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1877, P.

China, 555, pl., fig. 1.

Exonautes cirriger Chu, Biol. Bull. St. John's Univers., No. 1, January 1931, p. 88 (reference).

Depth 734 head 51/5; snout 4 1/5 in head from snout tip; eye 3; mandible conic, with brush of 16 to 18 barbels, longest of head. Scales 53 in lateral line. Dorsal rays 13, fin higher than head length; anal 12. Pale generally, sides and below whitish. Outer portions of dorsal, anal and paired fins blackish. Length 180 mm.

China,

(Peters).

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Figure 21. Cypselurus hirundo (Steindachner).

Cypselurus hirundo (Steindachner). Figure 21.

Exocoetus hirundo Steindachner, Verh. Zool. Bot. Gesell. Wien, vol.

16, 1866, p. 482, pl. 6, fig. 2. Hong Kong,

Cypselurus hirundo Chu, Biol. Bull, St. John's Univers., No. 1, January 1931, p. 88 (reference).

Depth 6; head 42/5; snout 4% in head; eye 27/8. Scales 54 to 56 in lateral line. Dorsal rays 13; anal 10. Contrasted dark and whitish, especially fins, all with more or less blackish, basally pale or whitish. Caudal with base of upper lobe pale and 2 large rounded whitish spots on lower lobe. Belly blackish. Length of figure 185 mm.

Hong Kong.

(Steindachner).

The Hong Kong Naturalist.

December 1932.

Figure 22. Cypselurus cirriger (Peters).

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