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FISHES OF THE ISLANDS OF LUZON AND PANAY.

By DAVID STARR JORDAN and ALVIN SEALE.

BUREAU OF FISHERIES DOCUMENT NO. 606.

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FISHES OF THE ISLANDS OF LUZON AND PANAY.

By DAVID STARR JORDAN anp ALVIN SEALE.

In the summer of 1900, in connection with the investigations in Japan by
Professors Jordan and Snyder, a very considerable collection of fishes was made
at Manila and Cavite, on the island of Luzon, and about Iloilo, on the island of Panay,
in the Philippine Islands, by Dr. George A. Lung, surgeon in the United States
Navy. This collection is the property of Stanford University, but a series of
specimens has been presented to the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries and to the U. S.
National Museum. The specimens in question are in excellent condition, and
the large number of species obtained shows the faithful work of Dr. Lung as
collector. !

The following are the new species in the collection, with the numbers borne
by the types and cotypes in the Stanford University and U.S. National museums.
In cases where specimens are registered in both institutions the first number given
is that of Stanford University, the second that of the National Museum. Where
only one number is given, the Stanford University collection is referred to.

Jenkinsiella nectura (9984). Callyodon elere (9246).
Gymnothorax philippinus (9215). Elates thompsoni (9247, 53068).
Doryichthys spaniaspis (9240). Rhinogobius lungi (9248, 53069).
Polydactylus zophomus (20113, 55598). Rhinogobius ocyurus (9249, 53070).
Amia cavitensis (9241). Gobius panayensis (9250).

Priopis lungi (9242, 53060). Creisson validus (9251).

Scolopsis luzonia (9243). Oplopomus vergens (9256, 53071).
Upeneus luzonius (9244, 53067). Blennius thysanius (9252, 53072).
Abudefduf turchesius (9245). Petroscirtes vulsus (9253).

Family CARCHARID.
SCOLIODON Miller & Henle.

1. Scoliodon acutus (Riippell).
Two specimens from Cavite.

Family SPHYRNID.
SPHYRNA Rafinesque.
2. Sphyrna zygeena (Linnzus).

Length of posterior margin of each lateral expansion of the head equal to its width at eye; a groove along
anterior edge of expansion. Three specimens from Cavite, length 11 to 17 inches.

NoTE.—The accompanying plates are from drawings by Mrs. Chloe Lesley Starks and William S. Atkinson.

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Family RHINOBATIDA.
RHYNCHOBATUS Miller & Henle.
3. Rhynchobatus djiddensis (Forskial).

Dorsal almost over ventrals; a black spot behind eye; scattered round white spots over back. One
specimen from Cavite, length 18 inches.

Family DASYATID.
DASYATIS Rafinesque.

4. Dasyatis kuhli (Miiller & Henle).

Two specimens of this sting-ray are in the collection. The adult is brownish, with dark purple spots on
back; the posterior half of tail has alternate white and dark bands. The young (in spirits) do not show the
dark spots on back.

The specimens from Japan referred by Jordan & Fowler to Dasyatis kuhli do not belong to this species,
but probably rather to Dasyatis akajer. Dasyatis kuhli is not certainly known to occur in Japan.

Family AETOBATID.
STOASODON Cantor.

5. Stoasodon narinari (Euphrasen).

One specimen of this ray was secured at Cavite. In spirits the color is brownish, the upper surface of
disk covered with pale blue spots. The pale spots are much fainter than in Hawaiian examples, the latter,
however, of much larger size.

Family CHIROCENTRID.
CHIROCENTRUS Cuvier.
6. Chirocentrus dorab (Forskal).

Head 5.50 in length; depth 6.75; eye 4.50 in head; dorsal 17; anal 33. Color silvery, blue on back, a
dusky blotch on upper part of opercles. One specimen from Cavite, length 7.50 inches.

Family CHANID®. -
CHANOS Forskal.

7. Chanos chanos (Forskal).

Head 3.75 in length; depth 4.25; eye 3.05 in head; a very large adipose eyelid; dorsal 14; anal 9; scales
13-83-75. One specimen from Cavite, length 10.75 inches.

Family CLUPEIDE.
HARENGULA Cuvier & Valenciennes.
8. Harengula gibbosa (Bleeker).

Head 4 in length; depth 3.55; eye 3.10 in head; dorsal 18; anal 19; scales 42; bluish above, silvery below;
belly sharply serrated; a dusky blotch on opercle; tip of dorsal and spot near base of anterior rays dusky; tip
of caudal dusky. Seven specimens; length 1.50 to 4.25 inches. =

This species is near Harengula sundaica, recorded by us from Negros. It is not quite so deep in body,
and it usually shows some more or less distinct dusky streaks on upper third of body.

9. Harengula moluccensis (Bleeker).

Head 4.10 in length; depth 4.12; dorsal 18; anal 16; scales 45; eye 3 in head; maxillary ending under
anterior third of eye; ventral below middle of dorsal. Color deep blue above, silvery below, the dividing line
of colors sharply marked. Three specimens from Cavite, length 3.25 to 4.35 inches.

This species is near 7. sundaica, but more slender in body.

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DUSSUMIERIA Cuvier & Valenciennes.
10. Dussumieria elopsoides (Bleeker).

Head 3.80 in length; depth 5; eye 3.50 in head; dorsal 19; anal 15. Color bluish above, silvery below,
a more or less distinct line along sides; margin of caudal dusky; belly not distinctly rounded but slightly
compressed, with a ridge which, however, has no sharp scutes.

A second specimen has the head 3.50 in length; depth 6; eye 3.75 in head; dorsal 20; anal 24; scales
about 56; some minute teeth in jaws. Color yellowish white, a distinct black streak down back, another
indistinct one along side. The two colors are not sharply divided on sides. This specimen has the origin of
ventrals under anterior half of dorsal.

Four specimens from Cavite; length 5.75 to 6 inches.

ILISHA Gray.
11. Disha hevenii (Bleeker).

Head 3.50 in length; depth 9.45; eye 2.50 in head; dorsal 17; anal 37; maxillary 2in head. Color silvery;
tip of caudal and dorsal dusky. Eight specimens from Cavite, length 3 to 7.50 inches.

Family DOROSOMATID-.

ANODONTOSTOMA Bleeker.

12. Anodontostoma chacunda (Ilamilton).

Head 3.50 in length; depth 2.25; eye 3.50 in head; adipose eyelid well developed; tip of snout projecting
beyond the narrow under jaw; maxillary ending under anterior margin of pupil; scales 39; dorsal 18; anal 19.
Color light brown above, silvery below, a brown spot above axil of pectoral just posterior to upper edge of
opercle. Five specimens from Cavite, length 3.50 to 6 inches.

Family ENGRAULID&.
ANCHOVIA Jordan & Evermann.

13. Anchovia commersoniana (Lacépéde).

Head 4.20 in length; depth 5.50; dorsal 15; anal 21; small teeth in jaws, vomer, and palatines; scales 36.
Color yellowish white, caudal with wash of dusky at tip. Seven specimens from Manila, length 2 to 4.20
inches.

14. Anchovia hamiltonii (Gray).

Head 4.45 in length; depth 3.50; eye 4 in head; scales 40; dorsal 12; anal 37; maxillary ending as a
sharp spine almost on line with posterior margin of opercle; maxillary 4.25 in head. Color brownish above;
silvery below; red at base of anal; a blotch of short narrow black lines on shoulders; belly sharp, serrated.
Two specimens from Cavite, length 3 and 7.35 inches.

15. Anchovia indica (Van Hasselt).

Head 4.50 in length; depth 6; eye 3.20 in head; dorsal 16; anal 18; scales about 40; deciduous teeth in
jaws, vomer, and palatines. Color yellowish white; a silvery line on side. Six specimens from Cavite, length
2.50 to 6 inches.

Related to Anchovia commersoniana, but easily distinguished by the greater length and the greater number
of scales.

Family SYNODONTIDA.
SAURIDA Cuvier & Valenciennes.

16. Saurida japonica (Houttuyn).

Head 4 in length; depth 9; eye 4.25 in head; dorsal 11; anal 10; scales 54; adipose eyelid thin. Color
in spirits brownish above, with some indistinct blotches on side, white below; outer half of pectoral and
caudal shaded with gray. Eight specimens from Cavite, length 3.50 to 5.50 inches.

This species differs from Saurida badi (Cuvier) in the thin adipose eyelid, and pale ventrals. Saurida
tumbil has the scales 60, and the back with dark crossbars.

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17. Saurida gracilis (Quoy & Gaimard).

Head 4.10 in length; depth 6.20; eye 5 in head; dorsal 10; anal 9; scales 49. Color brownish, with
dusky blotches along the side, extending to below lateral line; fins spotted and irregularly banded with brown.
Three specimens from Manila, length 4.25 inches.

Family LEPTOCEPHALIDA.
UROCONGER Kaup.

18. Uroconger lepturus (Richardson).

Teeth in double rows in jaws; vomerine teeth in a single pointed row; outer and anterior teeth largest.
Tail tapering to a very fine point Color in spirits dull uniform brown; head and chin lighter. One specimen
from Manila, length 12.50 inches.

Family MURANESOCID.
MURZNESOX McClelland.

19. Murznesox cinereus (Forskil).

Vomerine teeth large and sawlike, with a basal lobe before and behind. Two specimens from Manila,
length 12.75 and 13.50 inches.
Family MYRID.

20. Murenichthys gymnopterus (Bleeker).
Two specimens, one of 4 inches, one of 12, from Cavite.
Family OPHICHTHYIDA.
OPHICHTHUS Ahl.
21. Ophichthus tapeinopterus (Bleeker).

Teeth small, pointed, of equal size, forming broad bands in maxillary, in two rows on mandible and vomer;
trunk half the length of tail; gape 2.75 in head. Color in spirits uniform yellowish brown, a little darker on
upper part. One specimen from Cavite, length 11 inches.

22. Ophichthus sp. (larva).

Four specimens, from Manila, of a larval eel with sharp-pointed mouth, rather long teeth in a single series;
no pectorals; anal, dorsal, and caudal fin differentiated, body very strongly compressed, rather short. Length
4 to 5 inches.

23. Jenkinsiella nectura Jordan, new species.

Fic. 1.—Jenkinsiella nectura Jordan, new species. Type.

Body slender, subterete, the greatest depth about 3 in head; head 9.75 in total length, 2.25 in trunk; head
and trunk 3.5in tail; eye very small, nearly 9 in head, 1.75 in snout; mouth rather large, extending much past
eye nearly 3 in head; edge of upper lip with a row of conspicuous fleshy fringes posteriorly, the longest about

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1.66 in eye; teeth slender, even, sharp, arranged in single series; no canines; upper jaw wider than lower and
projecting around it; snout sharp, about 5.5 in head; anterior nostril with a moderate tube; gill openings
small, placed rather low. Pectorals long, 1.6 in head; insertion of dorsal close behind base of pectoral. Dorsal
fin very low, not much higher than eye. Anal very low; tip of tail without fin. Color light brown, darkened
above by minute dots, which become sparse below; no distinct spots or bars; fins plain yellowish.

A single specimen, 7.5 inches long, was taken by Dr. Lung at Cavite. It is numbered 9984 in Stanford
University.

The species is close to Jenkinsiella macgregori (Microdonophis macgregori Jenkins, Bull. U.S. Fish Com-
mission xx11, 1902, p. 422) described by Jenkins from Maui, Hawaii. It differs from that species in the more
posterior insertion of the dorsal, in the lower dorsal, and much longer pectoral. The coloration is much the
same, but the tail is much longer in the Philippine species, Jenkinsiella nectura. The fringe of barbels, as in
the genus Cirrhimurena, well separates Jenkinsiella from Microdonophis.

Family MORINGUIDE.
24. Moringua lumbricoidea Richardson.
One specimen, 6.5 inches in length, from Cavite.
Family MURANID.
GYMNOTHORAX Bloch.

25. Gymnothorax philippinus Jordan & Seale, new species.

Fie. 2.—Gymnothoraz philippinus Jordan & Seale, new species. Type.

Head 3.45 in trunk; length of head and trunk greater than length of tail by a distance equal to length
of snout; eye rather large, 1.90 in snout; length of mouth to angle 2.40 in head; a single row of sharp-pointed
teeth in lower jaw; teeth in upper jaw in a single row, reinforced by 3 or 4 additional teeth in palatine series;
three large fang-like vomerine teeth in front, with a row of smaller ones extending back; anterior teeth large
canines; fins of moderate height.

Color in spirits, everywhere powdered with yellow and brown, lighter on belly and chin, darker on posterior
two-thirds of body, which shows rather wide indistinct darker bands; a distinct black blotch at angle of
mouth, which unites with a black band around chin; a second dusky blotch midway between angle of mouth
and gill opening; gill openings uncolored; fins dark, without white margins.

One fine specimen, the type, no. 9215, Museum Stanford University, 23 inches long.

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Family SILURID.
NETUMA Bleeker.
26. Netuma nasuta (Bleeker).

Head 3.50 in length; depth 4.50; barbels 6; maxillary barbel single; dorsal 1, 7; anal 17. Teeth villi-
form, those of palate in subtriangular patches, as in Bleeker’s figure. Three specimens from Cavite, length
7 to 12 inches. In all of these specimens the spines have been broken off by the fishermen.

Family PLOTOSIDA.

PLOTOSUS Lacépede.
27. Plotosus anguillaris (Bloch).

Head 4.75 in length; depth 8; barbels 8. Color in spirits brown, with 2 longitudinal pale bands. Four-
teen specimens from Manila, length 3 to 6.25 inches.

Family CLARIDA.

CLARIAS Gronow.

28. Clarias magur (Hamilton-Buchanan).

Head 3.30 in length; depth 1.75; barbels 8; top of head entirely ossified except the small fontanelle.
Dorsal 65; anal 53; pectoral spine finely serrated, hidden under the skin.
Family BELONIDA.
TYLOSURUS Cocco.
29. Tylosurus leiurus (Bleeker.)

Head 2.75 in length; depth 4.30 in snout; eye 2.75 in postorbital part of head; snout 4 in length without
caudal. Dorsal 19; anal 23; insertion of dorsal over the eighth to ninth anal rays; caudal truncate; no
teeth on vomer. Color in spirits bluish above, silvery below, a silvery and blue band along side; no keel
on caudal peduncle. One specimen from Cavite, length 14 inches.

30. Tylosurus giganteus (Schlegel).

Head 2.30 in length; depth 3.30 in snout; eye 2.10 in postorbital part of head. Dorsal 24; anal 21;
origin of dorsal very slightly posterior to origin of anal; caudal with lower lobe prolonged. Color in spirits
bluish green above, silvery below, a blue line on side. Two specimens from Cavite, length 11.75 inches.

Family EXOCETIDA.
HEMIRAMPHUS Cuvier.

31. Hemiramphus quoyi Cuvier & Valenciennes.

Head 4.75 in length; exposed lower jaw 1.50 in head; depth 8.50; dorsal 16; anal 15; scales about 52.
Color in spirits bluish above, a blue line on side; top of dorsal and tip of caudal bluish. Seven specimens
from Cavite, length 4 to 8.75 inches.

32. Hemiramphus cantoris Bleeker.

Head 5 in length; exposed lower jaw 2.75; depth 6.50; dorsal 15; anal 15; caudal forked. Color in
spirits yellowish white, side with a wide blue band; tip of caudal dusky; lower jaw and top of head dusky.
Four specimens from Cavite, length 4 to 5.50 inches.

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ZENARCHOPTERUS Gill.
33. Zenarchopterus dispar (Cuvier & Valenciennes).
Hemirhamphus dispar Gunther, Cat., v1, 274.

Head 3.50 in length; the exposed lower jaw 2.50 in length without caudal; caudal almost rounded; scales
about 39; base of anal modified into a reproductive organ; dorsal 11; anal 10. Color in spirits yellowish,
with wash of light brownish; side with a silvery line, with a narrow dark line above it. One specimen from
Cavite, length 4 inches.

: PAREXOCETUS Bleeker.

34. Parexoccetus mento (Cuvier & Valenciennes).
Exocetus mento Giinther, Cat., v1, 281.

Head 4 in length; depth 5; eye 2.75 in head; dorsal 11; anal 12; ventrals short. Color in spirits bluish
above, silvery below; pectoral bluish above, whitish below; dorsal with broad dusky tip. Eight specimens
from Cavite; length 3.50 to 4.75 inches.

CYPSILURUS Swainson.
35. Cypsilurus brachysomus (Bleeker).

Head 4 in length; depth 5; eye 3 in head; dorsal 12; anal 8; ventral extending to middle of base of anal;
pectoral reaching middle of base of dorsal. Color in spirits bluish aboye, silvery below; pectoral uniform
bluish, the lower ray whitish. One specimen 7 inches long from Cavite.

Family FISTULARIID.
FISTULARIA Linneus.
36. Fistularia serrata Cuvier.
Four young specimens from Cavite.
37. Fistularia petimba Lacipéde.
One fine adult from Cavite, length 32 inches.
Family CENTRISCID®.
CENTRISCUS Linnzus.
38. Centriscus scutatus Linneus.
Head 3 in length; depth 2.10 in the projecting snout; dorsal 11, 10; anal 12; dermal skeleton with the
ventral margin sharp. Nine specimens from Manila, length 3 to 3.20 inches.
Family SYNGNATHID.
CORYTHROICHTHYS Kaup.
39. Corythroichthys spicifer (Kaup).

Head 7.15 in length; snout 1.85 in head; rings 15+39; dorsal 26; a single ridge across cheek. Color in
spirits brownish, with black bands around belly, a row of black dots on side of lower jaw. One specimen,
length 6 inches, from Manila, and one 4.50 inches long from Cavite.

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DORYICHTHYS Kaup.
40. Doryichthys spaniaspis Jordan & Seale, new species.

Head 8.75 in total length; snout 2.30 in head; rings 13+34; dorsal 20; no distinct filaments on head;
cheek with a single keel; dorsal fin on 5 rings; profile about eye not elevated; snout narrow, its width being
1.50 in depth; trunk 1.75 in tail; egg-sac on abdomen; lateral line running down to caudal ridge, where it is

FiG. 3.—Doryichthys spaniaspis Jordan & Seale, new species. Type.

interrupted; caudal small, its length 3.90 in head; pectoral of 14 rays, short, 5.50 in head; edges of rings not
distinctly serrated; no strong median line on interorbital space. Color in spirits grayish with tint of green;
alternating darker bands over body, narrow dusky crossbands of dots on chin and throat. One specimen
from Cavite, the type, no. 9240, Museum Stanford University, 4.24 inches long.

GASTEROTOKEUS Heckel.
41. Gasterotokeus biaculeatus (Bloch).

Head 5.25 in length; snout 1.85 in head; dorsal 44; rings 17+44; filaments on under side of body and
tail. Color in spirits grayish, with slight tint of green; a row of black spots on each side of belly. Two
specimens from Iloilo, length 5.75 and 6.25 inches. One specimen from Cavite, length 6.25 inches.

HIPPOCAMPUS Linneus.

42. Hippocampus aterrimus Jordan & Snyder.
Hippocampus aterrimus Jordan & Snyder, Proc. U. S. National Museum, vol. xx1v, 1902, p. 14, pl. 1x, Riukiu Islands.
Snout equal to postorbital part of head; spines blunt, short; dorsal 16; rings 114386. Color black,
spines enlarged at ventrals. One specimen from Cavite, agreeing with the Riukiu Islands type, length about
5 inches.

43. Hippocampus kuda Bleeker

Snout longer than postorbital part of head; rings 11+35; dorsal 17; spines blunt. Color in spirits,
brownish. One specimen from Cavite, length 5.50 inches. It corresponds well with the account given by
Jordan and Snyder.

Family PEGASIDA.
PARAPEGASUS Dumeéril.
44, Parapegasus natans (Linneus).

Head 3 in length; depth 13; snout 4.75 in head; dorsal 5; anal 5; vent much nearer eye than to base of
caudal; tail compressed, with 12 rings; upper surface of head and trunk concave; pectoral rays equally
slender; snout prolonged into a large flat process which is denticulate on sides; pectoral and dorsal spotted
with brown. One specimen from Cavite, length 2.20 inches.

The generic name Zalises is synonymous with Pegasus.

Family MUGILID.
MUGIL Linnezus.
45. Mugil longimanus Giinther.

Head 4 in length; depth 3.75; scales 32, 9 in vertical series; dorsal 1v, 8; anal 11, 8. Color in spirits
silvery, with narrow indistinct longitudinal lines along each row of scales; a black spot at axil of pectoral.

Five specimens from Cavite, length 4 to 7.50 inches.

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46. Mugil sundanensis Bleeker.

Head 4.10 in length; depth 4; dorsal 1v, 9; anal ur, 9; scales 27 to 30, 9 in vertical series; a well-
developed adipose eyelid; snout equal to eye; 17 or 18 scales in front of dorsal. Color in spirits silvery ;
no spot at axil; narrow line indistinctly along each row of scales. Two specimens from Cavite, length 7.50
inches.

47. Mugil ceramensis Cuvier & Valenciennes.

Six specimens from Cavite.
LIZA Jordan & Swain.

48. Liza amarula (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 3.75 in length; depth 4; eye 3.10 in head; dorsal 1v—-1, 9; anal 111, 9; scales 37; upper jaw rather
wide, smooth; lower jaw thin, the symphysis prominent; preorbital strongly bent and serrated. Color
silvery, light below, outer margin of caudal dusky. One specimen from Cavite, length 3.25 inches.

49. Liza troscheli (Bleeker).

Head 3.50 in length; depth 3.55; eye 3.50 in head, 1 in snout; scales 32, 11 in vertical series; no adipose
eyelid; dorsal rv-1, 8; anal 11, 9; 19 rows of scales before dorsal; lip thin; premaxillary hidden, except
tip; preorbital strongly spinous at end; maxillary scaled; origin of dorsal over anterior third of anal; caudal
emarginate. Color in spirits silvery, a light brownish wash above; caudal with dusky wash at margin, fins
otherwise uniform. One specimen from Cavite, length 2.75 inches.

50. Liza waigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard).

Head 3.50 in length; depth 3.75; dorsal 1v-1, 8; anal m1, 8; scales 27. Color in spirits yellowish, with
silvery reflections, the centers of scales with narrow dark longitudinal line; dorsals and upper half of pectoral
black, other fins gray. Two young examples from Cavite, length 2.50 inches. '

Family SPHYRENIDE.
SPHYRANA Linneus.
51. Sphyrzena obtusata Cuvier & Valenciennes.

Head 3 in length; depth 6.05; eye 4.25 in head; snout 2.50; dorsal vi, 9; anal 1, 9; scales 83, about
16 series in front of dorsal and 16 between the 2 dorsals. Color in spirits dusky above, silvery below, an
indistinct dusky band on side. Five specimens from Cavite, length 5 to 9.50 inches.

52. Sphyrzena jello Cuvier & Valenciennes.

Head 2.90 in length; depth 8; scales about 130; dorsal v-1, 9; anal 1, 9. Color in spirits yellowish,
with indistinct darker bands over back and on sides. One specimen from Manila, length 5.25 inches.

Family POLYNEMID.
POLYDACTYLUS Lacépede.

538. Polydactylus zophomus Jordan & McGregor, new species.
Polynemus plebejus Cantor, Malayan Fishes, 27, 1854, Malayan Peninsula; not of Broussonet. Giinther, Cat., 1, 329, 1860;
Amboyna; Malayan Peninsula; not synonymy
Polydactylus plebeius Jordan & Evermann, Proc. U. 8. Nat. Mus., xxv, 1902, 351, Kotosho, Formosa.

Head 3.2 in length to base of caudal; depth 3.25; dorsal vir, 13; anal 11, 13; first dorsal spine and
first anal spine minute; 5 free pectoral rays, the longest reaching a little beyond tip of pectoral fin; eye 4 in
head; scales large, ctenoid, deciduous, about 58 in lateral line.

Color in alcohol light golden brown; fins browner, all of them more or less speckléd with black; first
dorsal most heavily speckled and with a narrow but distinct black border; a horizontally oblong black spot
with serrate edges, three-eighths of an inch in diameter, above gill-opening, the lateral line passing through
its middle.

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Four specimens, 0.25 to 8 inches in length, from Cavite, Luzon. The type is numbered 55598, U. S.
National Museum. Cotype is no. 20113, Museum Stanford University.

This species differs from the true Polydactylus plebeius of Samoa in its much larger scales and also in its
different color, its less concave anal and second dorsal, its deeper body, and shorter, blunter snout. In
P. zophomus the free pectoral filaments reach but little beyond tip of pectoral, while in P. plebeius they reach
beyond tip of ventral.

F1G. 4.—Polydactylus zophomus Jordan & Seale, new species. Type.

P. zophomus has been confounded with Polydactylus plebeius, as the above synonymy indicates. It is,
however, quite distinct from the latter and equally so from the common Japanese species, Polydactylus agonasi
Jordan & McGregor, which also has been recorded as Polydactylus plebeius.

Family HOLOCENTRID.
HOLOCENTRUS Bloch.
54. Holocentrus ruber (Forskal).

Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.75; dorsal xm, 13; anal 1v, 9; scales 37. Color in spirits yellowish, with 8
dark longitudinal stripes; a dusky blotch at base of soft dorsal; tip of ventrals and upper and lower margins
of caudal, web between first and second anal rays, and portions of spinous dorsal dusky. Three specimens
from island of Panay, length 3 to 3.25 inches.

Family SCOMBRID.
SCOMBER Linneus.
55. Scomber microlepidotus Riippell.

Head 3.35 in length; depth 3.75; eye 3.90 in head; adipose eyelid covering all but middle of eye. Dorsal
X-I, U,V; anal 1, 1-v; teeth minute, in both jaws; none on vomer or palatines; maxillary reaching to below
posterior margin of eye. Color, back bluish, old individuals with longitudinal stripes, silvery below; young
with dusky spot under pectoral fin; adults usually showing some dusky spots at base of spinous dorsal, the
fin with dusky margins; other fins yellowish white; pectoral with slight wash of dusky at tip. Twelve speci-
mens from Cavite, length 3 to 11 inches.

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SCOMBEROMORUS Lacépede.
56. Scomberomorus commersoni (Lacépéde).

Head 3.75 in length; depth 5; eye 4.75 in head; dorsal xvi—-u, 14+1x; anal u, 12+1x; maxillary long,
extending to posterior margin of eye; teeth strong, canine-like. Color bluish above, with irregular vertical
bands, silvery below; first dorsal black, posterior dorsal with a black margin. One young example from
Cavite, length 4 inches.

Family TRICHIURIDE.
TRICHIURUS Linneus.
57. Trichiurus savala Bleeker.

Head about 7 in length; depth 2 in head; eye 5.50 in head, 2 in snout; jaws with long fang-like teeth;
anal fin consisting of small spinules. Color silvery, slightly darker above; fins with slight dusky tint at tip.
Six specimens from Cavite, length 10 to 17 inches.

Family CARANGID.
SCOMBEROIDES Lacépede.
58. Scomberoides tala (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 4.50 in length; depth 3; eye 3.75 in head; dorsal vu—-1, 20; anal 1-1, 17; teeth on jaws, vomer,
tongue, and palatines; enlarged canines in each jaw; maxillary long, ending slightly posterior to hind-margin,
of eye. Color in spirits dull bluish above, silvery below; a row of about 7 large vertical brown blotches along
side; tip of dorsal dusky; a small black spot in axil of pectoral. Five specimens from Cavite, length 4 to 12
inches.

This species is easily distinguished from Scomberoides toloo-parah by its great depth and by its markings
and from S. lysan by the presence of canines. ,

59. Scomberoides toloo-parah (Riippell).

Head 4.50 in length; depth 4; eye 4.10 in head; dorsal v-1r, 18+1x; anal 11, 20, the posterior 10 or 12
anal rays united by a very narrow membrane at base only. Maxillary ending under posterior third of eye;
minute teeth on jaws, vomer, palatines, and tongue, enlarged canine-like teeth in outer row in jaws; dorsal
spines not connected. Color bluish above, silvery below; 8 or 9 dusky spots along side, a black spot at axil
and a wide dusky area from upper margin of opercle to interorbital; anal fins golden; dorsal yellowish, with
a black blotch on its upper half; tips of caudal slightly dusky; other fins yellowish white. Fourteen speci-
mens from Cavite, length 4 to 10 inches.

TRACHUROPS Gill.
60. Trachurops crumenophthalma (Bloch).

Head 3.20 in length; depth 3.20; eye 2.75 in head; dorsal vir—-1, 24; anal 1-1, 21; entirely scaled, scales
of straight portion of lateral line forming keeled plates, about 38 in number. Color yellowish white, with
golden reflections; a dusky opercular spot; caudal with dusky tip. Two specimens from Cavite, length 10
inches.

CARANX Lacépede.
61. Caranx hasselti Cuvier & Valenciennes.

Head 3.50 in length; depth 3.10; dorsal vir, 1, 25; anal m, 21; plates well developed; maxillary short,
ending under anterior third of eye; pectoral very long, falcate, 2.75 in length. Color brownish above, silvery

below; a very distinct opercular spot. One specimen from Cavite, length 7.50 inches.

62. Caranx forsteri Cuvier & Valenciennes.

Three specimens from Cavite.

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63. Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy & Gaimard.

Head 3.10 in length; depth 2.75; eye 3.75 in head; adipose eyelid well developed; maxillary 2 in head,
the end under posterior third of eye; teeth on jaws, vomer, palatines, and tongue; a row of slightly enlarged
teeth in jaws; breast scaled; 53 scales in curved portion of lateral line; 34 plates along straight portion;
dorsal vir, 20; anal 1-17. Color yellowish; tip of dorsal, anal, and caudal dusky; a dusky wash along
plates; axil dusky; a black opercular spot. Three specimens from Cavite, length about 11 inches.

These specimens seem to belong to the species from Hawaii and Samoa called Caranx rhabdotus by Dr
Jenkins.

64. Caranx nigripinnis Day.

Head 3.60 in length; depth 2.75; dorsal vu—23; anal u, 21; plates 54; breast scaled; no teeth on vomer
or palatines. Color silvery below, dark bluish above; a distinct opercular spot; spinous dorsal dusky, soft
dorsal more or less marked with dusky. Eight specimens from Cavite, length 3 to 4 inches.

65. Caranx ignobilis (Forskal).

Head 3.50 in length; depth 2.50; eye 3 in head; maxillary reaching to below posterior third of eye; no
scales on breast; dorsal vi-1, 20; anal u-1, 18. Color silvery, darker above, with 5 wide vertical dusky
bars. Eleven specimens from Cavite, length 1.50 to 3.75 inches.

66. Caranx speciosus (Forskiil).

Color silvery, with about 11 dusky lines alternating narrow and wide, the one through the eye and the
one over nuchal region very dark. Two specimens from Cavite.

67. Caranx plumbeus Quoy & Gaimard.

Head 3.20 in length; depth 2; eye 3.75 in head; dorsal vi-1, 21; anal m-1, 18; maxillary 2.18 in head;
42 plates along lateral line; axil black; several of dorsal and anal rays elongate and filiform in males. Color
yellowish, with bright reflections; the young banded vertically, with anterior rays of dorsal and anal extremely
elongate; in females, a dusky blotch on posterior margin of opercle. Eight specimens, length 3.50 to 10 inches.
This species seems identical with the one from Samoa which we call Caranx plumbeus.

68. Caranx armatus (Forskal).

Head 3 in length; depth 1.50; eye 3.10 in head; small teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines; maxillary
extending to below anterior margin of pupil; breast naked; a dusky opercular spot; dorsal vir, 20; anal
11-1, 18; about 48 scales in straight portion of lateral line; the anterior rays of dorsal and anal elongate. Three
specimens from Cavite, length 2 to 3 inches.

ALECTIS Rafinesque.
69. Alectis ciliaris (Bloch).

Head 2.75 in length; depth 1.20; eye 4 in head; dorsal vir, 19; anal 1-1, 16; teeth villiform. A small
keel on side of caudal peduncle; anterior dorsal and anal rays greatly prolonged into black filaments; anterior
rays of ventrals greatly prolonged; five wide, rather indistinct bands down the side. Three specimens from
Cavite.

Family “RACHYCENTRIDA.

RACHYCENTRON Kaup.
70. Rachycentron pondicerrianum (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 4 in length; depth 7.50; dorsal vi1-30; anal 27. Villiform teeth on jaws, vomer, palatines, and
tongue. The young have the caudal rounded; in the adult it becomes lunate. Color in spirits brownish;
two brown longitudinal lines along side; upper and lower margins of caudal white. Two specimens from
lloilo, Jength 4.15 and 6.75; one specimen from Manila, length 8.5 inches.

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Family MENID.
MENE Lacépéde.
71. Mene maculata (Bloch).

Head 3.10 in length; depth 1.18; eye 3.20 in head; dorsal rv, 42; anal 33; no scales; origin of dorsal
fin on back; teeth villiform. Color silvery below, with large bluish blotches above a line from pectoral to
top of caudal peduncle; a dusky spot in front of eye. The young have the ventral fins filiform. Three
specimens from Iloilo; length 2 to 7.50 inches.

Family EQUULID.
EQUULA Cuvier.
72. Equula insidiator (Bloch).

Head 3.75 in length; depth 2.10; eye 2.26 in head. Color yellowish white, with several incomplete
bands over back, down to middle of side; a black band from lower anterior orbital margin to chin. Four
specimens from Cavite, length about 3.25 inches.

73. Equula ruconia (Hamilton-Buchanan).
Equula interrupta Giinther, Cat., 11, 504. Day, Fishes of India, 242, pl. LI, c, fig. 4.

Head 3.75 in length; depth 1.50; eye 2.50 in head; dorsal vir, 16; anal ut, 14; lateral line extending
to opposite middle of soft dorsal. Color yellowish above, silvery below; axil of pectoral black; a black line
from orbit to chin: a dusky spot on upper part of opercle; dorsal tipt with dusky. Five specimens from
Cavite, length 2 to 2.75 inches.

This species is very similar to Equula insidiator; but the body is deeper.

LEIOGNATHUS Lacépéde.
74. Leiognathus fasciatus Lacépéde.

Head 3.20 in length; depth 2; eye 2.60 in head; dorsal vu, 16; anal mm, 14; lateral line complete;
lower margin of preopercle finely denticulate; teeth minute, two minute spines above upper anterior margin
of orbit; second dorsal and second anal spines greatly elongate, the third and fourth dorsal spines rugose on
sides. Color silvery, with indications of irregular vertical streaks on body. One specimen from Cavite,
length 4.12 inches.

75. Leiognathus dussumieri (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 3 in length; depth 1.60; eye 3 in head; dorsal vu, 16; anal m, 14; lateral line complete; two small
spines .vove anterior margin of eye; teeth villiform; thorax naked. Color silvery, bluish above; axil of
pectoral black. Two specimens from Cavite, length 2 and 7 inches.

GAZZA Ruppell.
76. Gazza minuta (Bloch).

Head 3 in length; depth 2; eye 3 in head; dorsal vit, 16; anal m, 14. Color silvery bluish above, a
slight yellowish wash above the head, a dusky spot in axil; iris yellow. Eight specimens from Cavite, length
4 to 5.50 inches.

Family STROMATEID.
APOLECTUS Cuvier & Valencienne

77. Apolectus niger (Bloch).

Head 2.75 in length; depth 1.75; eye 3.30 in head; dorsal yr, 42; anal 37; 5 or 6 rudimentary spines in
front of dorsal; minute teeth in jaws, apparently none on vomer or palatines; scales minute, breast appar-
ently naked; scales of lateral line very slightly modified into feeble plates on caudal peduncle. Color grayish
brown; dorsal and anal bluish; young with about 4 indistinct vertical bluish bands, a dusky ocular band.

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A specimen 2.75 inches long has ventral fins 0.75 of an inch long, while a larger specimen, length 3.75
inches, has the ventrals but 0.30 of an inch long; these fins disappear in the adult.
Two specimens (young) from Cavite.

Family APOGONICHTHYIDE.
AMIA Gronow.
78. Amia quadrifasciata (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 2.75 in length; depth 3; eye 3.75 in head; dorsal vii—-1, 9; anal 11, 8; scales 25. Color in spirits
yellowish, with 2 longitudinal brown stripes, one from tip of snout thru eye and along median line of body to
tip of caudal, the other from upper part’ of snout back to base or near base of caudal; about 11 indistinct vertical
bands on side of body; a black band through the basal portion of soft dorsal and anal; anterior part of spinous
dorsal marked with dusky; tip of ventrals dusky; anal also indistinctly tipped with dusky; no black spot at
base of caudal. Six specimens from Cavite, length 2.50 to 3 inches. Three of these, which differ in no other
respect, have the colors much less distinct, not showing any trace of the vertical bands, and a very indistinct
trace of bands through anal and dorsal.

Amia fasciata (White), from Sydney, as represented by specimens sent by Mr. Edgar R. Waite, seems to
be distinct from this species, and equally so from Amia novemfasciata (Cuvier & Valenciennes) and Amia
aroubiensis (Hombron & Jacquinot), with both of which Dr. Giinther confounds it in Fische der Siidsee.

79. Amia cavitensis Jordan & Seale, new species.

Head 2.90 in length without caudal; depth 3.05; dorsal vir-1,9; anal 11,8; eye 3 in head; scales 2-26-5;
maxillary 2 in head, its distal end under posterior third of eye; posterior limb of preopercle serrated; snout
1.35 in eye; interorbital equal to snout.

Vain.

Fic. 5.—A mia cavitensis Jordan & Seale, new species. Type.

Body compressed, of moderate depth, the profile from origin of dorsal to tip of snout almost straight;
depth of caudal peduncle 2.20 in head; small teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines; lateral line complete; origin
of spinous dorsal directly over origin of ventrals, third dorsal spine 1.90 in head; second less than half as long,
the first very minute; the spine of soft dorsal 2.20 in head, the longest dorsal ray 1.50; base of anal 2.75 in
head, longest ray of anal 1.75 in head; ventrals 1.75 in head; pectorals 1.50; caudal slightly emarginate, with
lobes rounded.

Color in spirits yellowish, a distinct dusky line on median line of nuchal region; a distinct dusky line from
snout over eye, extending to upper base of caudal, very indistinct posteriorly; a wide dusky line from snout
thru eye to opercle; about 5 indistinct shadowy, longitudinal lines on side of body; tips of fins dusky; a
distinct round spot on middle of base of caudal, dorsal fins yellowish, with slight wash of dusky more dis-
tinctly dusky on posterior rays of soft dorsal, other fins yellowish-white with slightly dusky wash, the anal
with indistinct dusky line at base.

One specimen from Cavite, the type, 2.75 inches long, no. 9241, Museum Stanford University.

This species seems related to A. hartzfeldii (Bleeker).

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80. Amia nove-guinee (Bleeker).

Head 2.50 in length; depth 3; eye 3.75 in head; dorsal vii-1, 9; anal 11, §; scales 25; lateral line complete;
outer limb only of preopercle denticulate, and that very minutely: maxillary reaching to below posterior
margin of pupil; teeth in jaws, vomer, and palatines. Color yellowish: anterior spines of spinous dorsal
dusky, tip of soft dorsal dusky and a dusky line thru its lower third; caudal with dusky tip; othe: fins without
markings. Three specimens, apparently young and faded, the smallest two showing an indistinct banded
appearance; length 2.25 to 3.25 inches.

MIONORUS Krefft.
81. Mionorus glaga (Bleeker).

Head 2.45 in length; depth 2.75; eye 4.12 in head; dorsal vu—1, 9; anal 11,8; scales 27; maxillary 2 in
head, its end under posterior margin of orbit. Color yellowish, with about 8 irregular dusky longitudinal
stripes, no spot on caudal peduncle; upper half of spinous dorsal black; soft dorsal with about 4 irregular
oblique dusky bands; caudal margined and tipped with dusky; anal with 2 or more dusky bands on basal half;
ventrals and pectoral yellow. Four specimens from Cavite, length about 1.50 to 4 inches.

82. Mionorus mydrus Jordan & Seale.
One young example from Manila.
FOA Jordan & Evermann.

83. Foa fo Jordan & Seale.

Head 2.55 in length; depth 2.30; dorsal vi-1, 9; anal m1, 8; scales 22; opercle and preopercle entire;
lateral line strongly developed on anterior 9 scales, connected with a broken line of points on caudal peduncle;
villiform teeth in jaws, vomer, and palatines; maxillary 2 in head, its distal and under posterior margin of
eye. Color in spirits yellowish, with dark mottlings, ventrals dusky. Three specimens from Cavite, length 2
to 2.25 inches, identical with the original type from Samoa.

Foa differs from Mionorus in the incomplete lateral line.

ARCHAMIA Gill.

84. Archamia lineolata (Ehrenberg.)
(A pogon lineolatus Giinther, Cat., I, p. 244.)

Head 2.50 in length; depth 2.25; eye 3.10 in head; maxillary 2, reaching to below posterior margin of
pupil; scales 23; lateral line complete; cheek scaled, lower limb of preopercle only denticulate; teeth in jaws
and on vomer, none on palatines; second dorsal spine 2.75 in depth; dorsal vi-1, 10; anal u,17. Color in
spirits yellowish white, slightly shaded with minute black dots which are largest and most abundant on
cheek; fins unmarked; some have a spot at base of caudal and on opercle; others do not. Six specimens
from Cayite, length 1.50 to 3.50 inches.

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PSEUDAMIA Bleeker.
Pseudamia is apparently well distinguished by its small scales.

85. Pseudamia polystigma (Castelnau).
A pogonichthys polystigma, Bleeker, Atlas, pl. ccCXLVII, fig. 2.

Head 2.75 in length; depth 4.12; eye 4.75 in head; dorsal vi-1, 8; anal mu, 10; scales 42, a distinct mem-
branous flap at each anterior nostril; maxillary reaching to below posterior margin of eye. . Color grayish,
each scale with dark specks which form irregular rows, a large black blotch on base of caudal; dorsal fins
dusky, with submarginal area of deep black on soft dorsal; caudal blackish; anal dusky; ventrals yellowish;
top of head black; a black dot on posterior maxillary. One specimen from Cavite, length 4.25 inches.

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Family AMBASSID.
86. Ambassis kopsi (Bleeker).

Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.50; eye 2.75 in head; scales 30, two rows of scales on cheek; lateral line
curved, continuous, 24 rows of scales above it, 9 or 10 scales before dorsal; preorbital and lower limb of
preopercle serrated; first dorsal spine 3.50 in length. Color yellowish white, uniform or with indistinct
silvery line down middle of body; a black tip to second to fifth dorsal spines and membranes. Two specimens
from Cavite, length 3 and 3.50 inches.

The generic name Chanda Hamilton-Buchanan, 1822, has priority over Ambassis Cuvier, 1828. The
name Ambassis is not used in a generic sense by Commerson or by Lacépéde. The first reviser of Chanda,
Fowler (Proc. Ac. Nat. Sei. Phila. 1905, p. 500), has chosen Ja/a as type, and as this is a species of the group
called Pseudambassis, Chanda would replace the latter name, thus allowing Amlassis to stand for the original
type, Ambassis ambassis.

PRIOPIS Kuhl & Van Hasselt.

87. Priopis buruensis (Bleeker).

Head 2.75 in Jength; depth 2.25; second dorsal spine 3.40; preorbital serrated; two rows of scales on
cheek; lateral line interrupted; maxillary 2.75 in head, its tip under anterior margin of eye. Color yellowish
white, slightly shaded above with minute dots, a silvery_band along median line; membrane between third
and fourth spines dusky, between third and fourth anal spines white. Two specimens from Cavite, length
3.25 and 4 inches.

88. Friopis interruptus (Bleeker).

Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.20; eye 2.75 in head; scales 26; second dorsal spine very strong, equal to
head, scales on cheek in 2 rows of 5 scales each. Color yellowish white; membrane between second and third
dorsal spines dusky; a dusky line on a silvery band from base of caudal forward, fading out under anterior
of spinous dorsal. One specimen from Cavite, length 2.75 inches.

89. Priopis lungi Jordan & Seale, new species.
(Ambassis urotznia, Day, not of Bleeker.)

Head 2.75 in length without caudal; eye 2.85 in head; dorsal vi—-1, 9; anal m1, 9; scales 3-24-6; a single
row of scales on cheek; snout 1.85 in eye; interorbital 1.50 in eye; lateral line interrupted under third dorsal

Fic. 6.—Priopis lungi Jordan & Seale, new species. Type.

ray and turned downward to middle of side, where it is continued to base of caudal; anterior portion with 14
pores, oblique portion one complete pore and one partial pore, posterior portion 12 pores.

Body moderately elongate, compressed; depth of caudal peduncle 2.50 in head; snout pointed, lower jaw
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maxillary 2.85 in head; minute teeth on jaws, vomer, and tongue; preorbital and lower limbs of preopercle
serrated; gillrakers rather long, sharp-pointed; second dorsal spine strong, 1.50 in head; spine of second
dorsal 2.35; base of anal 1.90; third anal spine the longest, 2.10; pectoral 1.60; ventral 1.60, its origin directly
below origin of pectoral; caudal deeply forked, its length greater than head.

Color in spirits yellowish white: a narrow dark line along median line of side, becoming more distinct
posteriorly; a dark line along base of dorsal fins; membrane between second and third dorsal spines dusky;
membrane between second and third anal spines slightly tinted with dusky; upper and lower margin of caudal
white, the submarginal area dusky; 2 dusky blotch on upper part of orbit; eye golden.

Two specimens from Cavite. Type, no. 53060, U.S. National Museum, length 2.85 inches. Cotype, no.
9242, Museum Stanford University.

This species is charactetized by the single row of scales on cheek, the broken lateral tine, and by the
marking of the fins. Priopis urotenia Bleeker, with which Day confounds this species, has a double row of
scales on cheek.

Family SERRANID.
PLECTROPOMUS (Cuvier) Oken.
90. Plectropomus calearifer (Bloch).

Head 2.60 in length; depth 3.20; eye 4.20 in head; dorsal vn—-1, 12; anal m1, 9; scales 46 to base of caudal;
preopercle serrated, with a strong spine at angle; opercle with a small flat spine; maxillary reaching to below
posterior third of iris; minute teeth on jaws, vomer, palatines, and tongue; no canines. Color dusky brownish,
with numerous indistinct longitudinal dusky stripes; fins brownish; tips of ventrals, anal, caudal, and soft

dorsal with slight wash of dusky. One specimen from Cavite, length 5 inches.
The generic name Plectropomus, later called Plectropoma, belongs apparently to this species as the chef de
jile of Cuvier, calcarifer.
CEPHALOPHOLIS Bloch & Schneider.

91. Cephalopholis stigmatopomus (Richardson).

Head 2.50 in length; depth 2.75; eye 5 in head; dorsal 1x, 15; anal m1, 8; scales about 187; teeth in
several series in jaws, with 4 outer anterior canines in each jaw; small teeth on vomer and palatines; opercle
with 3 strong spines, the upper the longest, the lower two closer together; preopercle with small denticulations;
mouth long; maxillary 2 in head. Color uniform brown, becoming blackish posteriorly, fins black, unmarked.
One specimen from Manila, length 7.50 inches.

CROMILEPTES Swainson.
92. Cromileptes altivelis (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.75; eye 4 in head; dorsal x, 18; anal m1, 10; scales 136; teeth in jaws,
vomer, and palatines; preopercle serrated and rounded; opercle with 3 spines, the middle one the largest.
Color light brown, with scattered round deep black spots, about size of eye on fins and body, small on head, a
few running together on belly. One specimen from Manila, length 4.50 inches.

EPINEPHELUS Bloch.
93. Epinephelus malabaricus Bloch.

Head 2.60 in length; depth 3; eye 4.75 in head; dorsal x1, 17; anal mt, 8; scales about 100 in lateral
series; gillrakers 14; preopercle serrated, with about 3 of the teeth at angle enlarged; opercle with spines, the
two lower ones nearer together than upper and middle, the middle one largest and most posterior; canines in
anterior of jaw. Color dull brownish, apparently without stripes or markings. Two specimens from Cavite,
length 3.75 and 4.50 inches.

94. Epinephelus diacanthus (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 2.85 in length; depth 3.20; eye 5 in head, 1 in snout, and 1 in interorbital; preopercle serrated, the
serrations larger at angle; dorsal x1, 16; anal 1m, 8; scales about 100. Color brownish, with 6 dark bands over
back, which slope obliquely forward; numerous vermiculating brownish lines with some spots on side of body;
dark bands of body extending into dorsal fin. Fourteen specimens from Cavite, length 3 to 8 inches.

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Two of these specimens have the eye much larger and the body slightly more elongate, and may prove to
be a different species.

95. Epinephelus megachir (Richardson).

Head 2.30 in length; depth 3.10; eye 3.75 in head; preopercle serrated, the serrations larger at angle;
dorsal x1, 16; anal 111, 8; scales 85; 14 gillrakers. Body with extremely large brown spots which also cover
the fins. One specimen from Cavite, length 5 inches.

96. Ephinephelus tauvina (Forskil).

- Head 2.60 in length; depth 3; eye 5 in head; scales 110. Grayish dusky above, with 6 indistinct bands
and scattered large brown spots; preopercle serrated, the serrations much larger at angle. Three specimens
from Cavite, length about 5 inches.

Family PRIACANTHIDE
PRIACANTHUS Cuvier.
97. Priacanthus cruentatus (Lacépéde).

Head 3 in length; depth 2.5; eye 2 in head; dorsal x, 12; anal m1, 13; scales about 75; maxillary reaching
to below anterior of pupil, 2 in head; preopercle serrated, with long spines at angle, the spine reaching to below
middle of base of pectoral, tenth dorsal spine 2 in head, the ninth about as Jong. Color in spirits dull brown,
margin of dorsal dusky, tips of ventrals dusky, also tip of caudal. Two specimens from Cavite, length 3
and 3.50 inches.

Family LUTIANIDE.
LUTIANUS Bloch.

98. Lutianus dodecantheoides (Bleeker).

Head 2.50 in length; depth 2.30; dorsal x1, 12; anal m1, 9; scales 11-55; eye 4.75 in heaa; snout 2.75.
Color in spirits yellowish white, with narrow oblique dusky lines above lateral line and about 10 longitudinal
lines below; a silvery white blotch in posterior axil of dorsal; a broad black saddle over caudal peduncle;
dorsal tipped with black; a dusky wash on anal; tips of ventrals black. One specimen from Manila, length 7
inches.

99. Lutianus vitta (Quoy & Gaimard).

Head 2.50 in length; depth 3; dorsal x, 13; anal mr, 8; scales 11-66: eye 4.50 in head; snout 3.10.
Color yellowish white, center of scales above lateral line with dark spots, forming dark oblique lines one-fourth
as wide as interspaces, a broader brown band from eye along side to below posterior axil of soft dorsal; no
color on fins; notch and knob of opercle small but distinct. Eighteen specimens from Cavite, length 3.25

to 9 inches.
100. Lutianus quinquelineatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

One specimen from Cavite. Five blue stripes along side; a large dusky lateral blotch,
101. Lutianus russelli (Bleeker).

Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.75; eye 3.50 in head; snout 3.50; dorsal x, 14; anal 1m, 8; scales about 47.
Two young examples from Cavite, length 3 inches.

102. Lutianus gibbus (Forskal).

Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.75; eye 4 in head, 1.50 in snout; preopercular knob and notch large, acute;
dorsal x, 14; anal mit, 8; scales 8-65. Color yellowish white, with many (35 to 40) narrow oblique dusky

lines following the oblique lines of scales entirely across the body. Spinous dorsal with dusky margin,
soft dorsal dusky with white upper margin; ventrals tipped with dusky; anal with margin of white and
intramarginal area of dusky; caudal dusky with white margin. One specimen, 7 inches long, from Cavite.

As compared with Lutianus gibbus of the same size from Samoa, the maxillary is shorter, the depth of
body is less, and the snout is less pointed.

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103. Lutianus decussatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 2.75 in length; depth 3; dorsal x, 13; anal m1, 8; scales 7-65; snout 3 in head; eye 4.50 in head;
m: xillary 2.75, reaching to below anterior half of eye; no distinct preopercular notch. Color yellowish white,
with 5 wide brown longitudinal bands on side, the 3 upper ones with 7 vertical bands extending through them;
a black spot on caudal peduncle. One specimen from Manila, length 5.50 inches.

PINJALO Bleeker.
104. Pinjalo typus Bleeker.

Head 3 in length; depth 2.50; dorsal x1, 13; anal 11, 9; scales about 60; preopercle serrated; mouth
moderate; maxillary ending under anterior margin of eye; teeth in jaws and vomer, none on palatines or
tongue. Color uniform yellowish white, the dorsal fins with dusky edges, middle of caudal margin dusky
Nine specimens from Cavite, length 2.75 to 5 inches.

NEMIPTERWS Swainson.

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Fic. 7.—Nemipterus luteus (Bloch).

105. Nemipterus luteus (Bloch).

Head 3.20 in length; depth 4; eye 3 in head; 3 rows of scales on cheek; dorsal x, 9; anal 1, 7; scales
about 44. Color yellowish, with 9 dark bands over back and down to iateral line. One specimen from Cavite.

106. Nemipterus tzeniopterus (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 3.10 in length; depth 3.50; eye 3.50 in head, slightly less than snout; 3 rows cf scales on cheek;
canine teeth in each jaw; membranes of dorsal slightly incised. Color yellowish white; upper haif of body
with slight wash of light brownish, a reddish band on fifth row of scales below lateral line; some indistinct
lighter longitudinal bands below lateral line; fins not elongate. One specimen from Manila, 5.25 inches long,
and one from Cavite, 10.25 inches long.

107. Nemipterus ovenii (Bleeker).

Head 3.50 in length; depth 3.50; eye 3 in head; canine teeth in outer row in each jaw; dorsal x, 9; anal
m,7. Color yellowish white, with 5 dusky vertical bands over back and down to middle of side. One specimen
from Cavite, length 3.25 inches.

108. Nemipterus japonicus (Bloch).

Head 2.85 in length; depth 3.14; eye 3.80 in head; snout slightly greater than eye; canines in upper jaw
and some slightly enlarged teeth in sides of lower mandible; maxillary ending under anterior third of eye; the
upper ray of caudal much prolonged; membrane of dorsal but little incised; three rows of scales on cheek;
traces of minute denticulations on the limb of preopercle. Color yellowish white, with indistinct lighter lines.
Eight specimens from Cavite, length 3.50 to 5.50 inches.

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109. Nemipterus metopias (Bleeker).

Head 3.20 in length; depth 3.50; eye 3 in head; canines in both jaws; preorbital smooth; 3 rows of
scales on cheek; dorsal spines not prolonged; ventral rays prolonged; caudal rays slightly elongate. Color

yellowish white; some dusky on opercle. One specimen, 5.95 inches long, from Cavite.
110. Nemipterus tolu (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 3.15 in length; depth 3.75; eye 3.20 in head; dorsal x, 9; anal 1, 7; the first two dorsal spines
very close together; jaws with bands of small teeth; preopercle entire; three rows of scales on cheek; dorsal
fins rather elongate, with the membranes deeply incised; lateral conical teeth in each jaw. Color in spirits
yellowish white, with indistinct longitudinal lighter lines. One specimen from Cavite, length 5 inches.

Family HAMULIDE.

EUELATICHTHYS Fowier.
The genus or subgenus Euelatichthys Fowler is separated from Plectorhynchus Lacépéde by its large scales.
‘ 111. Euelatichthys crassispinus (Riippell).

Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.20; eye 3 in head; dorsal xtv, 15; anal 11, 6; the second anal spine very
long and strong; preopercle strongly denticulate; minute teeth in jaws. Color brown, uniform; tip of soft
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dorsal, anal, and all of caudal white. One specimen from Cavite, length 3.75.

SPILOTICHTHYS Fowler.
112. Spi otichthys pictus (Thunberg).

Head 3.05 in length; depth 2.50; eye 4 in head; dorsal x, 23; anal ur, 7. Color (specimens 6 inches
long) yellowish, a broad dusky band from eye extending on caudal; above this band a longitudinal row of
spots with another brown band above it; an additional band or row of spots at base of dorsal; below. the
broad median brown band 2 or 3 rows of spots more or less bandlike; spinous dorsal black, with whitish at
anterior base; soft dorsal with dusky margin; a dark band thru the middle with brown spots on each side;
caudal with margins dusky, with white markings forming irregular circles; anal dusky without spots; ven-
trals tipped with dusky; dusky on base of pectoral. In young examples the color pattern is very different;
specimens 3 inches long show no spots, but the side of body is taken up by the wide median stripe of black;
this type of coloration intergrades perfectly with that of the adult. ’

In 2 specimens still larger, 6.25 inches, the adult coloration, spots without bands, is shown. These spots
are not connected, but arranged in longitudinal series; belly plain; dorsal and caudal with brown spots and
margined with black; anal and ventrals dusky, without spots; caudal very slightly emarginate.

We have no occasion to question Bleeker’s determination of this species. In all its changes with age, it
may be known by the presence of but 10 (or 9) dorsal spines, the distinctive character of the genus Spilotichthys
of Fowler.

A fine series of 11 specimens from Cavite, length 1.50 to 6.25 inches.

113. Seclopsis vosmeri Bleeker.

Two young examples from Cavite, 2 and 2.25 inches in length, and 4 from Manila, 3.50 inches long. Young
with the color in spirits yellowish brown, the characteristic silvery band over the opercular spot and dark in
axil of pectoral

114. Scolopsis luzonia Jordan & Seale, new species.

Head 3.18 in length without caudal; depth 3.18; eye 2.75 in head; snout 3.25; interorbital equal to snout;
dorsal x, 9; anal ur, 7; scales 42; preopercle serrated; a rather strong spine on preorbital; head scaled; a
prominent serrated ridge on the maxillary.

Body oblong, slightly compressed; depth of caudal peduncle equal to orbit; mouth rather small, the max-
illary ending under the anterior margin of eye; bands of villiform teeth in jaws, none on vomer or palatines;
gillrakers very short and blunt, about 5 on lower limb; origin of dorsal somewhat in advance of origin of

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ventrals; distance from tip of snout to origin of dorsal 1.45 in base of dorsal; third dorsal spine 2.10 in head,
longest dorsal ray 2; base of anal 2; pectoral 4 in length without caudal; caudal moderately forked.

Color in spirits yellowish; upper part with a slight wash of light brown; upper and lower parts of iris
dusky; fins all yellowish white.

One specimen from Cavite, the type, 3.2 inches long, no. 9243, Museum Stanford University.

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115. Scolopsis ciliata (Lacépede).

Head 3.20 in length; depth 3; eye 3 in head; dorsal x, 9; anal 11, 6; spine of preorbital of moderate
strength; preopercle distinctly serrated. Color yellowish; a single silvery white line between lateral line and
spinous dorsal. One specimen from Manila, length 3.75 inches.

POMADASIS Lacépede.
116. Pomadasis argenteus (Lacépéde).

Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.90; eye 3.50 in head; dorsal xm, 14; anal 11, 7; preopercle denticulate.
Color grayish, silvery below; the upper half of body with dark spots forming sinuous lines, a dusky blotch on
opercle; dorsal fin with black spots forming more or less regular dusky lines. One specimen from Cavite,
length 3.35 inches. i °

117. Pomadasis maculatus (Bloch).

Head 3 in length; depth 2.75; eye 4 in head; dorsal xm, 13; anal mr, 6; scales 50; patches of small teeth

in jaws; mouth small; maxillary ending under nostril, preopercle serrated; opercle entire. Color yellowish,

with 5 oblique dusky bands descending to about median line; spinous dorsal with a dusky blotch, soft dorsal
dusky at tip; other fins yellowish. Nine specimens from Cavite, length 3 to 8 inches.

PENTAPUS Cuvier.
118. Pentapus vittatus (Bloch).

Head 3.50 in length; depth 3.75; eye 3.25 in head; scales 45; dorsal x, 9; anal m1, 6. Color brownish:
3 whitish stripes on upper half of body from eye, the upper along base of dorsal, the middle along anterior
half of lateral line, the lower from side of snout through lower part of orbit to caudal; below this line a dusky
band parallel with it, forming a dusky axil to pectoral.

TERAPON Cuvier.
119. Terapon jarbua (Forskal).

Head 3 in length; depth 3; eye 3.75 in head; dorsal x11, 10; anal m1, 9; scales 85. Color silvery, with
brownish bands; dorsal spine with a large dusky blotch; soft dorsal with 2 dusky blotches. Four specimens
from Cavite, length 4 to 6.75 inches.

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120. Terapon puta (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 3.10 in length; depth 3.95; eye 3.25 in head; dorsal x, 12, 10; anal 1, 9; scales numerous; maxil-
lary extending to below anterior margin of eye. Color grayish, with 4 dusky longitudinal lines, one from tip
of snout to tip of caudal, the other from superior orbit to posterior axil of dorsal; caudal with a median central
line and 2 oblique lines; spinous dorsal with a large dusky blotch.

Another example: Head 3.20 in length; depth 3.50; dorsal x1, 10; anal 11, 8; scales 54. Color grayish,
with 4 longitudinal brown lines, the upper one indistinct, running along base of dorsal and over top of head,
the 8 broader lines below this, 2 or more oblique brown bands on tail apparently the continuation of the lines
on side; dorsal with black blotch.

Four specimens from Manila, length about 1.3 inches, and 3 specimens from Cavite, length about 2.75
inches.

The species is easily distinguished by the very strong tooth-like spines at angle of preopercle.

121. Terapon quadrilineatus (Bloch).

Head 3.12 in length; depth 3.12; dorsal xir, 10; anal m1, 10; eye 3.25 in head; serration at angle of

5 dusky longitudinal lines; a dusky spot, not very

preopercle rather strong, but even. Color grayish, with
distinct, on the shoulder; spinous dorsal with small dusky blotch. Six specimens from Manila, length about
1.50 to 3 inches.

122. Terapon theraps (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 3.50 in length; depth 2.75; eye 3.50 in head; dorsal xm, 10; anal m1, 8; scales 54; preopercle
strongly but evenly serrated. Color dull grayish, with 3 longitudinal dusky bands, caudal with 2 oblique
dusky bands; spinous dorsal with a large dusky blotch; soft dorsal with 2 dusky blotches; anal and ventrals
with dusky blotches. One specimen from Iloilo, length 3.50 inches.

Family SPARID.
LETHRINUS Cuvier.
123. Lethrinus mahsenoides Bleeker.

Head 3 in length; depth 2.50; dorsal x, 9; anal ur, 8; scales 48 to end of vertebree; eye 1.90 in snout;
maxillary thin, its median width 2 in pupil. Color, dull yellowish white. One specimen 9.20 inches long;
{ young examples, length 3 to 4 inches. The young have slight indications of dark blotches.

Easily distinguished from Lethrinus ramak by the narrow maxillary.

124. Lethrinus amboinensis Bleeker.

Head 3 in length; depth 2.50; dorsal x, 9; anal m1, 8; scales 52; eye 1.95 in snout; maxillary at middle
equal to pupil. Color yellowish silvery, a black blotch below lateral line above middle of pectoral. Upper
profile of headconvex. One adult example, 7.50 inches in length; 1 youngexample from Cavite 2 inches long.

Family GERRIDA.
XYSTHEMA Jordan & Evermann.

125. Xystzema punctatum (Cuvier & Valenciennes).
(Gerres filamentosus Cuvier & Valenciennes.)

Head 3 in length; depth 2.20; dorsal rx, 10; scales 49; first dorsal ray elongate, reaching to posterior
dorsal ray. Color light yellowish brown above, with about 7 vertical bands on side down to median line;
silvery below; dusky spot on axil; in old examples these bands take more or less the form of bands of spots.
Nine specimens from Cavite, length 2 to 5.25 inches.

PENTAPRION Bleeker.

126. Pentaprion longimanus (Cantor).

Head 3.40 in length; depth 2.75; eye 2.75 in head; dorsal rx, 14; anal v, 13; seales deciduous. Color
yellowish white; a dusky opercular spot; a slight shade of dusky on anterior membranes of spinous dorsal,
otherwise fins unmarked. Six specimens from Cavite, length 2.75 to 3.5 inches.

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Family SCLENID.
PSEUDOSCIENA Bleeker.

127. Pseudoscizena anea (Bloch).

Head 3 in length; depth 3.20; eye 4.10 in head; dorsal x1, 24; anal 11,7; canines in jaws; maxiliary 2.10,
ending on line with middle of eye, posterior limb of preopercle serrated; opercle with two small spine-like
points. Color yellowish; a yellow streak from opercle to caudal along median line; a dusky blotch on opercle
and on upper part of orbit; spinous dorsal dusky, otherwise fins unmarked. Two specimens from Cavite,
length 4.23 and 5 inches.

UMBRINA Cuvier.

128. Umbrina russelli Cuvier & Valenciennes.

Head 3.25 in length; depth 3.25; eye 3.25 in head; dorsal x1, 25; anal u, 7; scales 52; snout overhang-
ing, no enlarged canines; teeth in outer half of maxillary slightly larger; barbel half length of eye. Color
yellowish; a dark blotch on operele; spinous dorsal dusky; other fins unmarked. Four specimens from Cavite,
length about 3.25 inches.

129. Umbrina dussumieri Cuvier & Valenciennes.

Head 3.10 in length; depth 3.75; eye 4.20 in head; dorsal x1, 25; anal u, 7; barbel at symphysis, short,
less than one-half of eye, small teeth in jaws, with anterior ones of maxillary slightly enlarged; spinous dorsal
high, 1.20 in depth. Color dull yellowish, shaded with brownish, more or less blotched; lower half of body
brighter; spinous dorsal shaded with dusky; caudal with some dusky; other fins unmarked. One specimen
from Cavite, length 7 inches.

Family SILLAGINIDA.

SILLAGO Cuvier.

130. Sillago sihama (Forskal)
Head 3.45 in length; depth 5.75; eye 4.75 in head; scales 73. Color yellowish, with a longitudinal silvery
band; an indistinct blotch of dusky on upper part of opercles. Seven specimens from Cavite, length 3.50 to
6 inches.

Family MULLIDA.

PSEUDUPENEUS Bleeker.

( Upeneus Giinther; Parupeneus Bleeker.)
131. Pseudupeneus barberinus (Lacépéde).

Head 3 in length; depth 5; eye 4 in head; scales 31; barbels reaching to below middle of opercle. Color
yellowish, a brown line along side of snout through eye to below middle of soft dorsal fin; a black spot on base
of caudal peduncle; fins without markings. One specimen from Iloilo, length 3.75 inches.

132. Pseudupeneus indicus (Shaw).

Head 3.20 in length; depth 4; eye 5 in head; snout rather pointed; barbels reaching to below angle of
preopercle. Color dull yellowish white, a golden elongate blotch on and above lateral line between the 2 dorsal
fins; a distinet brown spot on each side of caudal peduncle; fins unmarked. Two specimens from Iloilo,
length about 5 inches.

UPENEUS Cuvier. (U pencoides Bleeker.)

133. Upeneus luzonius Jordan & Seale, new species.

Head 3.60 in length without caudal; depth 4.05; eye 4 in head; dorsal viir-1,8; anal1,6; scales 34; barbels
reaching to below angle of preopercle; first dorsal fin high, its beight equal to or greater than depth of body ;
snout 2.40 in head; interorbital 1.75 in snout.

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Body moderately elongate and compressed; depth of caudal peduncle 2.25 in head; mouth moderate
the maxillary 2.35 in head; upper jaw slightly the longer; a band of small teeth in jaws, teeth on vomer and
palatines; gillrakers small, sharp-pointed, 12 developed on lower limb, the longest 2.5 in orbit; dorsal fin
high, length of second dorsal spine greater than depth of body, about equal in length to head; 5 rows of scales,
between the dorsal fins; height of second dorsal 1.75 in head, none of its rays elongate; base of anal 2.50, its
longest ray 2; origin of anal slightly nearer origin of ventrals than base of caudal; pectoral 1.40 in head;
ventrals 1.20; caudal well forked, equal to length of head.

Fic. 9.—U peneus luzonius Jordan & Seale, new species. Type.

Color in spirits dull yellowish, with tint of brown; a brown line from eye along median line to caudal; a
brown saddle over anterior half of caudal peduncle, a second less distinct band of brown extending down on
side from anterior two-thirds of soft dorsal; some brownish indistinct markings on top of head and side of
snout; upper and lower lobes of caudal with 4 oblique cross-bands as in Upeneus vittatus; spinous and soft
dorsals with 3 rather indistinct dusky bands; remaining fins unmarked.

Seven specimens from Cavite. The type, 4.75 inches long, is no. 53067, U.S. National Museum. Cotypes,
no. 9244, Museum Stanford University.

134. Upeneus sulphureus (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 3.40 in length; depth 3.40; eye 3.75 in head; scales 38. Color yellowish; spinous dorsal with 3
dark bands, the upper one forming the tip of fin and being most distinct; soft dorsal with 3 indistinct cross-
bands, the tip dusky; tip of caudal dusky, other fins yellowish. Fourteen specimens from Cavite, length 2 to
6.75 inches.

135. Upeneus tragula (Richardson).

Head 3.50 in length; depth 4.25; eye 4 in head; scales 2-32-7; barbels reaching to angle of preopercle.
Color dull silvery, much blotched and spotted with brown; the caudal fin with 4 oblique brown bands; spinous
dorsal tipt with dusky, with some brown spots; soft dorsal with 2 brown bands; anal and yentrals with
brown markings. One specimen from Manila and 2 specimens from Iloilo, length about 4 inches.

Family ANABANTID.

ANABAS Cuvier.
136. Anabas scandens (Daldorf).

Head 2.9 in length; depth 2.3; eye 5.25 in head; dorsal xvmr, 10; anal x, 9; strong serrations on opercle,
and very strong spine-like teeth on suboperele. Color olive brown, a lighter blotch on posterior of opercle.
Two specimens from Cavite, length 5.25 inches.

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Family OPHIOCEPHALID.

OPHIOCEPHALUS Bloch.
137. Ophiocephalus striatus (Bloch).

Head 3.85 in length; depth 5.50; dorsal 45; anal 26; scales 55; scales on top of head large and irregular
Color in spirits dusky above, this color forming dark longitudinal lines which extend to the white of the belly;
two dark lines backward from angle of mouth. Two specimens from Cavite, length 8.50 and 9 inches.

Family CEPOLID.

ACANTHOCEPOLA Bleeker.
138. Acanthocepola abbreviata (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 6 in length; depth 9; eye 3.50 in head; dorsal 70; anal 73; teeth in a single row in both jaws,
scales small but distinct; dorsal and anal continuous with caudal; a strong spine at angle of preopercle followed
by 4 spinelets on its lower limb. Color yellowish, with indistinct traces of numerous vertical bands on back;
anal and dorsal tipped with dusky. Nine specimens from Cavite, length 5 to 7.25 inches.

Family POMACENTRID.

DASCYLLUS Cuvier.
139. Dascyllus aruanus (Linnieus).

Head 3 in length; depth 1.75; eye 2.50 in head; dorsal xu, 11; anal 1, 11. Color in spirits yellowish,
with 3 deep black cross-bands, one covering nuchal region and snout, the second from fifth to seventh dorsal
spines to ventrals; the third covering posterior dorsal down to posterior of anal; caudal yellow. Five speci-
mens of this well-known species from Cavite, length 1 to 2.25 inches.

140. Dascyllus trimaculatus (Riippell).

Head 3.75 in length; depth 1.60; eye 3 in head; dorsal xi1, 14; anal 11, 12; scales 3-27-11; anterior of
head and snout bluntly and evenly rounded, the snout and mouth not projecting. Color blackish, tip of soft
dorsal yellowish, a yellowish white spot under middle of dorsal fin, the one on nuchal region apparently obsolete ;
fins black. One specimen from Manila, length 3.50 inches. E

POMACENTRUS Lacépede.

141. Pomacentrus tripunctatus Cuvier & Valenciennes.
(Pomacentrus trilineatus Ehrenberg.

Head 3.40 in length; depth 2; eye 3.50 in head; dorsal xu, 15; anal 11, 15: scales 3-27-9; preopercle
and orbital strongly denticulate. Color in spirits rich brown; caudal yellow; fins blackish.
Two fine specimens from Cavite, length about 4 inches, colored as above.

A specimen 3 inches long, from Cavite, is dull brown with dark spot in axil of pectoral and on top of caudal
peduncle; caudal yellow; anal and ventral black; some bluish on snout.

Another specimen from Cavite, 2.50 inches long, is dull yellowish brown, a black spot at origin of lateral line
and in axil of pectoral; fins yellowish-brown, except dusky wash on dorsal; some bluish on snout; caudal
yellow.

A small specimen, length 2.50 inches, from Cavite, is brown, with yellow caudal, a black dot at origin of
lateral line; a narrow blue line from snout over top of head on each side; another along side of snout through
eye, a slight dusky blotch in soft dorsal. .

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ABUDEFDUF Forskal.
142. Abudefduf turchesius Jordan & Seale, new species.

Head 3.25 in length; depth 2.40; eye 3 in head; snout 4; interorbital 3.50; dorsal xi, 13; anal 1, 12:
scales 2-28-9; preopercle entire; opercle with a small but distinct spine at its posterior margin.

Body oblong, compressed; jaws even, angle of mouth under anterior third of eye; head and body firmly
scaled; depth of caudal peduncle equal to its length, which is 2 in head; a single row of blunt pointed teeth in
each jaw; suborbital above angle of mouth equal to one-half width of pupil; gillrakers slim and sharp, about

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12 on lower limb; spinous dorsal rather low, the longest,spine 2.50 in head; dorsal rays longer, 1.20; base of
anal 2.50 in base of dorsal, its longest ray 1.20; pectoral equal to head; ventrals with outer rays prolonged,
reaching to base of anal; caudal rounded, equal to head.

Color in spirits uniform deep blue, slightly lighter, with yellowish wash on thorax and belly; fins all
uniform blue except pectorals and veutrals, which are gray.

One specimen from Cavite, type no. 9245, Museum Stanford University, length 2 inches.

143. Abudefduf saxatilis (Linneus).

Head 3.20 in length; depth 2; eye 3.20 in head; dorsel xi, 13; anal 1, 13. Color dull grayish white ;
5 wide black vertical bands on side; a black spot at axil of pectorals; fins dusky, no black lines extending
into caudal; lower part of body with yellowish wash. One specimen from Manila, length 4.35 inches.

Family LABRID.

CHEROPS Riuppell.

144. Cherops anchorago (Bloch).

Head 3 in length; depth 3; eye 5 in head; dorsel xu, 7; anal m1, 9; scales 30; cheek with imbricate
scales; preopercle serrated Color in spirits yellowish with the upper anterior two-thirds of body black,
invaded at middle of pectoral by a yellow band; posterior part of body, belly, soft dorsal caudal, anal, pectoral
and ventrals yellow, dusky at axil of pectoral. One specimen from Manila, length 4.75 inches.

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LEPIDAPLOIS Gill.
145. Lepidaplois macrurus (Lacépéde).

Head 3 in length; depth 2.95; dorsal x1, 9; anal m1, 12; scales 32. Color in spirits yellowish white;
4 red bands through interorbital space over nuchal region and back over upper half of body; 2 similar lines
through eye and 2 or 3 below eye, these extending back on body; a wide deep black area below soft dorsal,
at the lateral line sending an oblique band-like projection of black downward and backward, running out on
lower caudal rays to tip; ventrals black; margin of anal black, a dusky wash on-belly. One specimen from
Manila, length 10 inches.
HALICHERES Rippell.

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146. Halicheres nigrescens (Bloch & Schneider).

Head 3.20 in length; depth 3; eye 6 in head; dorsal rx, 12; anal 11, 12; a strong canine at angle of jaw;
scales 28. Color in spirits yellowish, with bluish gray on upper two-thirds of body more or less distinctly
arranged in 8 or 9 cross-bands; a blue-black yellow-edged ocellus between the fifth to seventh dorsal spines;
margins of caudal bright yellow, the inner part with blue and yellow cross-bands, dusky below; a black spot
in axil of pectoral; outer edge of dorsal and anal bluish, the inner half of these fins with roundish yellowish
markings; head with blue lines. Three specimens from Manila, length 3.75 to 5.20 inches.

147. Halicheres hyrtli (Bleeker).

Head 3.50 in length; depth 4; dorsal 1x, 12; anal 1, 11; scales 29; teeth in a single row in each jaw, with
a distinct posterior canine. Color in spirits yellowish, the scales with a tint of brown; a wide distinct brown
band from snout through eye tc base of caudal; a black yellow-edged ocellus at posteriov end of this line on base
of caudal; a brown band along base of caudal; the lines of each side uniting at tip of snout; a black spot
between the first and second dorsal spines at base sometimes extending back to third spine; dorsal, anal, and
caudal with indistinct reticulating lines or white spots: base of pectorals with a black spot. Three specimens
from Manila, length 2.50 to 3.10 inches.

148. Halicheres scapularis (Bennett).

Head 3 in length; depth 4; eye 4 in head; snout 3.75; interorbital 1.75 in snout; dorsal 1x, 11; anal 11,
11; scales 3-27-9; a distinct canine at angle of jaws.

Body oblong, moderately compressed; depth of caudal peduncle 2.30 in head; snout rather sharp-pointed,
the lips thick; sharp-pointed teeth in a single series in each jaw; the anterior canines of each jaw slightly
enlarged; posterior canines distinct; gillrakers short, sharp-pointed, 11 on lower limb; scales in front of dorsal
and on thorax small, 9 series in front of dorsal; dorsal fin low, its longest spine 2.50 in head, the rays slightly
longer; base of anal equal to length of head, its longest ray 2.50 in head; pectorals 1.60; ventrals 2.10; caudal
rounded, 1.75.

Color in spirits dull gray; a distinct black stripe from eye along side to upper base of caudal; a narrow
narrow indistinct light line on the median line from lobe of opercle to middle of caudal; fins yellowish white
without markings; no black spot in axil of pectoral or on base of caudal.

Two specimens from Panay, length 2.75 inches. ;

A specimen from Manila which was 5.50 inches long had head 4 in length; depth 4; eye 5.50 in heac:
a blunt tooth at angle of mouth; some small scales behind the eye. Color in spirits (specimen much faded),
above grayish green, the scales with darker centers, yellowish below; caudal banded; dorsal and anal with
2 or 3 longitudinal! bands of dusky and yellowish; cheek with bands and dots, especially a band behind eye and
2 spots on upper part of opercle; a dusky oblique band on each side of belly from inner axil of pectoral.

149. Halicheres binotopsis (Bleeker).

Head 3.20 in length; depth 3.75; dorsal rx, 11; anal 11, 11; scales 28. Color in spirits (badly faded)
yellowish, with indistinct dusky spots and 4 or 5 indistinct cross-bands; a black dot on upper base of caudal;
a dusky ocellus between first and second dorsal spines and another between first and second dorsal rays;
some lines on head, one of which forms a short but rather wide vertical dark line behind eye.

Another specimen has the head 3 in length; depth 3.50; eye 4 in head. Color in spirits bluish, with 5
dark bands with white lines between them; dorsal with ocelli; anal with a row of ocelli; caudal with ocelli;
a black bar behind eye; lines on cheek not forming a complete circuit.

Numerous specimens from Cavite, length 2.25 to 3.25 inches.

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150. Halichcres miniatus (Kuhl & Van Hasselt).

Head 3.95 in length; depth 3.50; eye 4.50 in head. Anal fin with fine black dots; dorsal with spot in
middle; a black bar behind eye and a black dot in front; about 5 dark bars over back and 5 along side, these
more or less united by longitudinal dark band; dorsal with oblique dusky lines. Several specimens from
Manila and Cavite. :

151. Halicheres argus (Bloch & Schneider).

Head 3.35 in length;-depth, 3.35; eye, 4.20 in head. Each scale with a round spot on a blue field;
dorsal and anal with round spots on blue field; caudal dusky at tip, with round rings on rest of fin; stripes en
thorax; blue lines on head; a lighter line above lateral line; six white marks each side of dorsal. Three
specimens from Cavite.

152. Halicheres peecilus (Richardson).
(Halicheres annulatus Fowler.)

Head, 2.55 in length; depth, 3.75; eye, 3.75 in head. Three bands of color along side; about six dark
bands over back; a dark bar behind eye with a dark line from its upper and lower part; a dark line from eye
to snout, a large black ocellus in middle of dorsal; another between anterior spines, the fin with markings
extending into it from the body; anal with row of rings at base followed by a line; markings on cheek variable
the dark sometimes forming complete rings. Numerous specimens from Cavite.

153. Halicheres pseudominiatus (Bleeker).

Head 3 in length; depth 3.60; eye 4.75 in head. One specimen from Cavite, with which H. opercularis
of the South Seas may prove to be identical, but in the latter the silver band under eye always curves back
near posterior edge of opercle and extends forward across lower part of cheek, while in H. pseudominiatus it
ends at opercle or at its base, not doubling back sharply as in H. opercularas.

STETHOJULIS Ginther.
154. Stethojulis phekadopleura Bleeker.

Head 3 in length; depth 3.10. Color brownish above, white below with 3 rows of brown dots along
lower part of side; a brown spot at base of caudal. Three specimens from Cavite.

155. Stethojulis bandanensis (Bleeker).

Head 2.95 in length; depth 3. Color drab, light brown above, yellowish below; a white spot above axil
of pectoral; base of pectoral brown; 3 small black dots on caudal peduncle, and a black spot between pos-
terior rays.

Other specimens show the following coloration: Drab above, yellowish white below, the colors not meet-
ing sharply on body, but on head the division sharply marked by a white line extending from snout to a
little past posterior of opercle, where it forms a white characteristic spot just above axil of pectoral; 3 black
dots on caudal peduncle, 1 between posterior rays of dorsal and one, or a slight indication of one, between the
Jast rays of anal. ; ,

Numerous specimens from Cavite. This species, found also at Samoa, is very near Stethojulis axillaris
of Hawaii, but apparently distinct.

156. Stethojulis kalosoma Bleeker.

Head 3.98 in length; depth 4, eye 4.50 in head. A black line from posterior orbit to about tip of pectoral
very indistinet; 4 lines of dots along lower side with fine specks between them, no black dot on fin; dorsal
with indistinct oblique lines. Several specimens from Cavite.

THALASSOMA Swainson.
157. Thalassoma lunare (Linnwus).

Head 3.20 in length; depth 3.50; eye 5 in head; dorsal vim, 13; anal 1, 11; scales 26; a single row of
teeth in jaws. Color in spirits, body olive-brown, the center of each scale with a short vertical stripe; head
deep blue; caudal yellow, outer rays with dusky; dorsal and anal blue with the outer third yellow; 2 brown

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jongitudinal stripes on each side of thorax below pectoral; a blue line around under jaw from angle to angle,
with a median blue line to tip of under jaw; pectoral with deep blue cn upper part; caudal rays prolonged. .
One specimen from Cavite, length 4.55 inches.

158. Thalassoma dorsale (Quoy & Gaimard).

Head 3 in length; depth 3.10; eye 5.75. in head; dorsal vit, 13; anal u1, 11; scaies 29; caudal lunate.
Color in spirits yellowish white, with 7 black bands over side and down almost to median Ine cn side; head with
broad red bands; dorsal with dusky longitudinal band through middle, the outer part yellow, tip of caudal
dusky, anal yellow with dusky black. One specimen from Manila, length 5 inches.

CHEILINUS Lacépede.
159. Cheilinus trilobatus Lacépéde.

Head 2.20 in length; depth 2.85; dorsal 1x, 10; anal 11, 8; scales 20. Color in spirits brownish, with 4
wide dark bands on side; a black spot at base of eighth to ninth dorsal rays; 3 black spots en median line on
posterior half of body; some black spots in anal; soft dorsal whitish; numerous light colored dots and short
lines on head. One specimen from Manila, length 4.75 inches.

160. Cheilinus rostratus Cartier.

Head 3 in length; depth 2.60; eye 5 in head; dorsal 1x, 10; anal 11, 9; scales 24: preopercle serrated;
caudal rounded; profile of head above snout concave, the snout slim and conical, its length 3 in head. Color
in spirits yellowish white; 4 rather irregular dusky blotches or bands on side of body; a dusky band from eye
vertically down to throat; upper lip with dusky spots; some dusky blotches on dorsal and anal; caudal with
some dusky bars. One specimen from Iloilo, length 4 inches.

HEMIPTERONOTUS Lacépede.
161. Hemipteronotus pentadactylus Lacépéde.

Head 4 in length; depth 3.25; eye 4.50 in head; dorsal u-vir, 12; anal 11, 12; scales 28. The first 2 dorsal
spines elongate and separate from rest of fin; cheek scaly. Color in spirits yellowish white, a black blotch on
side of body above posterior third of pectoral fin, a longer light yellowish blotch just below this black spot;
fins unmarked. Two specimens from Manila, length 3.75 and 4.20 inches.

Family SCARICHTHYID.
CALLYODON Gronow (Scarus Forskal.)
162. Callyodon lacerta (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

A young example 3.75 inches long, probably of this species, from Hoilo has the following characteristics:
Head 3 in length; depth 3; eye 4 in head; 3 rows of seales on cheek, the middle row of 6 scales, the lower of 2;
lips entirely covering the white teeth; caudal rounded. Color uniform yellowish brown, no bars or markings;
dorsal with slight tip of dusky; anal with 2 indistinct bands.

163. Callyodon elerz Jordan & Seale, new species.

Head 3.10 in length; depth 2.95; eye 6.50 in head 2.50 in snout; dorsal 1x, 10; anal 11, 8; scales 2-25-6,
3 rows on cheek, the lower row of 4 scales covering the lower limb of preopercle; lips narrow, covering about
two-thirds of upper jaw; teeth green, with 2 strong canines at angle.

Body oblong, rather deep; depth of caudal peduncle 2.75 in head; head bluntly but evenly pointed;
seven rows of scales in front of dorsal; dorsal fin rather low, its longest ray 2.75 in head; base of anal fin 1.30
in head, 2.20 in base of dorsal; pectoral 1.30 in head; ventral 1.55; caudal rather deeply lunate, the lobe
almost equal to length of head.

Color in spirits dull yellowish, the upper half with a wash of brown darker on shoulders and upper half of
head, the colors being distinctly separated on check, on line with lower part of orbit; lips yellow, followed by
a broader green line which extends back to eye, the yellow margin on lower lip very narrow; a slightly darker

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band extending across part of interorbital space; dorsal fin yellowish with a slight wash of green, a narrow
line of dark green at margin; anal yellow with a broad green margin; ventral yellow; pectoral yellow, with
wash of dull green; caudal green with the upper and lower intramarginal rays yellowish.

One specimen from Cavite, length 12.50 inches, type no. 9246, Museum Stanford University.

This species is named for the late Fra Castro de Elera, professor in the college of Santo Tomas in Manila,
author of a catalog of the fauna of the Philippines.

Fig. 11.— Callyodon eler# Jordan & Seale, new species. Type.

Family SCORPIDA.
MONODACTYLUS Lacépeéde (Psettus Cuvier).
164. Monodactylus argenteus (Linneus).

Head 3 in length; depth 1.10; eye 2.50 in head; dorsal vii, 30; anal 111, 29; teeth villiform in jaws,
yomer, palatines, and tongue. Color silvery, with purplish reflections; a black ocular band through eye;
another dusky band over shoulders to posterior margin of operele; anterior portion of dorsal and anal fins
dusky. Four young examples from Cavite, length 1.50 to 4.75 inches.

Family ILARCHID.
PLATAX Cuvier.
165. Platax orbicularis (lorskil).

Head 3 in length; depth slightly less than length; dorsal v, 37; anal 11, 27. Color grayish in spirits; a
black ocular band which extends down and out on the long ventral fin; another black band at posterior margin
of opercle and at base of caudal fin; anterior rays of dorsal and anal dusky; caudal yellow. One specimen,
2.75 inches long, from Lloilo.

Family EPHIPPID#.
EPHIPPUS Cuvier (Scatophagus Cuvier & Valenciennes).
166. Ephippus argus (Gmelin).

Head 3.05 in length; depth 1.75; pectoral fins short; dorsal x1, 17; anal ry, 13. Color brownish, white
on belly, thorax, and chin; scattered black spots over upper half of body; some spots on caudal peduncle;
fins dusky. Five specimens from Cavite, length 2 to 5 inches.

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Family DREPANID#.
DREPANE Cuvier & Valenciennes.
167. Drepane punctata (Gmelin).

Head 2.75 in length; depth 1.10; eye 3.50 in head; dorsal 1x, 20; anal m1, 18; scales 50; spine pointing
forward under the skin in front of dorsal, second dorsal spine long; pectoral long, reaching about to base of
caudal; all specimens have small barbels on each side of throat, with a cluster of about 6 on chin. Color
silvery, with about 7 vertical dusky bands made up of black spots, these bands more distinct in young, being
less broken up into spots; ventrals partly dusky; head without bands. Five specimens from Cavite, length
2.50 to 6.75 inches.

Family CHATODONTID®.
CHELMO Cuvier.

168. Chelmo rostratus (Linnwus).

Head 2.35 in length; depth 1.70; dorsal 1x, 30; anal m1, 21; snout pointed, 2 in head. Color yellowish,
with 4 yellow dark-edged vertical bands, the anterior one forming the ocular band; a large black white-edged
ocellus in middle of soft dorsal, at upper part of fourth band; a dark band on caudal peduncle.

The largest example shows: Head 2.50 in length; depth 1.25; snout 4.25 in head; eye 3 in snout. Color
in spirits yellowish, with 5 vertical darker bands, the anterior one forming the ocular band; in addition there
are numerous longitudinal lines; a large blue-edged ocellus of black on the soft dorsal.

Three specimens from Cavite, length 1.50 to 6.25 inches.

PARACHETODON Bleeker.

169. Parachetodon ocellatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 3 in length; depth 1.10; dorsal x1, 24; anal 11, 20. Color yellowish, with 3 oblique broad bands
of light brown on side of body; another similar band occupying posterior portion of dorsal and anal fins,
crossing the caudal peduncle, where it has a white line at its margins; a brown ocular band with black margins;
the third band of bady hag a round black ocellus at its upper portion, a dusky line down middle of forehead
and snout; ventrals dusky. Nine specimens from Cavite, length 1.50 to 3.50 inches.

GONOCHATODON Bleeker.
170. Gonochetodon triangulum (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 2.75 in length; depth 1.10; eye 2.80 in head; dorsal x1; anal m1, 26; the posterior of dorsal fin is
almost straight with the angle directed inward. Color brownish, darker on posterior of body, with numerous
white lines on body forming blunt angles with the point toward the head; 3 dark bands on head, extending
on ventral fin; inner half of caudal black; tip of caudal white; a narrow intramarginal black line on anal.

CHETODON Linneus.
171. Cheetodon trifasciatus Park.

Head 3.35 in length; depth 1.50; dorsal xm, 12; anal 1, 20. Color dull yellowish, with narrow longi-
tudinal black lines from head to caudal; a black band on caudal; a black wedge-shaped area on posterior
part of dorsal and anal; 3 black bands on head, the middle one forming the ocular band; the anterior
one on tip of snout; 2 narrow dusky lines on soft dorsal; anal dusky with white margin. One specimen
from Cavite, length 4 inches.

172. Chetodon ornatissimus Cuvier & Valenciennes.
Head 3.25 in length; depth 1.25; dorsal xm, 25; anal u1, 22. Color yellowish, with grayish wash; 7

wide oblique dusky bands on side of body, about 5 vertical lines on head, the middle one forming the ocular
band; 2 black bands on tail; 2 dark lines on dorsal and anal. One specimen from Manila, length 3.25 inches.

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173. Cheetodon punctatofasciatus Cuvier & Valenciennes.

Head 3.60 in Jength; depth 1.30; dorsal xu, 23; anal m1, 17. Color yellowish, with 8 dusky vertical
bands from dorsal to middle of body; a white ocular band with dusky margin; a lunate dusky band in caudal;
an intramarginal line of black in dorsal and anal; a black spot in front of dorsal fin; lower half of body with
distinct round black dots which seem gradually to fade out on upper third of body. Three specimens from
Manila, length 3.25 to 3.50 inches.

174. Cheetodon kleini Bloch.

Head 3.50 in length; depth 1.30; eye 2.75 in head. Color yellowish or grayish, with a wide ocular band
from the rather gibbous origin of dorsal thru eye out on ventral fins, which are black; dorsal and anal with
narrow intramarginal dusky lines, caudal yellowish; very indistinct indications of dusky on posterior part of
body and above middle of pectoral. One specimen from Manila, length 3.20 inches.

HOLACANTHUS Lacépéde.
175. Holacanthus bicolor (Bloch).

Head 3.75 in length; depth 2; eye 2.50 in head. Anterior third of body bright yellow, posterior two-
thirds deep black; a black band between eyes; caudal bright yellow. One specimen of this well-marked fish
from Manila, length 4.75 inches.

176. Holocanthus diacanthus (Boddert).

Head 3.85 in length; depth 1.85; dorsal xrv, 19; anal 11, 19; spine of preopercle reaching to below
posterior margin of opercles. Color in spirits yellowish, with about 16 dusky bands from dorsal curving
orward and back to ventral surface of body and to anal; curved lines in dorsal and anal; caudal yellow;
soft dorsal dusky; 2 deep blue lines on head, one from shoulder behind and below the eye, the other in front
of eye. One specimen of this well-known fish from Manila, length 7.50 inches.

Family ACANTHURIDA.
HEPATUS Gronow ( Teuilis Linnzeus).
177. Hepatus celebicus (Bleeker).

Head 3.25 in length; depth 2; eye 3 in head; dorsal vir, 25; anal 11, 24. Color brown; deep black at
posterior margin of opercle; a white band around under jaw; fins blackish; tip of snout black; caudal lunate.
One specimen from Manila, length 4.75 inches.

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178. Hepatus matoides (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 3.20 in length; depth 2; dorsal rx, 28; anal 11, 27. Color brown; 4 longitudinal bluish bands in
dorsal fin; anal blackish; younger examples with white band on posterior part of caudal peduncle. Two
specimens from Iloilo, length 3 and 5.30 inches.

This species is probably identical with Hepatus guntheri (Jenkins) and Hepatus blochii (Cuvier & Valen-
ciennes).

ZEBRASOMA Swainson.

179. Zebrasoma rhombeum (Kittlitz).

Head 3 in length; depth 1.50; snout 1.50 in head; base of caudal spine white, with a large mass of small
sete in front of spine; lower part of body with indistinct longitudinal bluish lines; fins blackish, caudal square.
This is probably a color-form of the yellow Zebrasoma jflavescens. One specimen from island of Panay; length

4.25 inches.

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Family SIGANIDA.
SIGANUS Forskal.
180. Siganus javus (Linneus).

Head 4 in length; depth 2.20; eye 3 in head; snout 2.75; dorsal xin, 10; anal vi, 9. Color brown,
with numerous small white dots on shoulder and upper part of body and head, becoming larger on side and
forming longitudinal lines; on side and below, these lines more or less broken up; belly yellowish; fins yellowish
with irregular spots of brownish or with grayish wash; caudal emarginate. Nine specimens from Cavite,
length 3 to 4.50 inches.

181. SiganuS virgatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 3.50 in length; depth 2; eye 2.75 in head; dorsal xt, 10; anal viii, 9. Dull grayish, tinted with
blue, a dusky band from fourth and sixth dorsal spines to axil of pectoral; a black ocular band through eye;
narrow cross-bands on top of head and some narrow oblique lines on shoulder; fins yellowish; anal and ventrals
with slight wash of dusky. In older examples the cross lines of black on top of head and snout become mo e
distinct and a number of black dots appear behind the second dusky band. Two specimens from the island
of Panay, length about 4 inches; one fine specimen 7 inches long from Manila.

182. Siganus marmoratus (Quoy & Gaimard).

Head 3.85 in length; depth 2.50; eye 2.75 in head; dorsal x1, 10; anal vu, 9. Color in spirits brownish,
with bluish vermiculating lines about half as wide as iris, inclined to run longitudinally on side, more reticulate
on back; caudal banded; soft dorsal and anal with dusky spots on rays forming 2 or more bands. One speci-
men from Manila, about 3.5 inches long.

183. Siganus fuscescens (Houttuyn).

Head 3.50 in length; depth 2.50; eye 3.50 in head; dorsal xu, 10; anal vir, 9; caudal emarginate.
Color in spirits pale bluish; usually with a dusky opercular spot; some scattered dots of light and also of
dusky over body; caudal banded. Three specimens from Cavite, 3 to 4 inches in length, and 2 specimens
from island of Panay, 2.50 and 3 inches long.

184. Siganus lineatus (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 3.75 in length; depth 2; eye 3 in head; dorsal xm; anal vi, 9. Color in spirits bluish gray with
brown dots or lines, the lines on upper part of body usually surrounding light bluish spots, some specimens
(not all) showing a yellowish blotch at base of soft dorsal, and corresponding in every respect to the figure
of Cuvier & Valenciennes (His
specimen from Manila, length 5

t. Nat. Poiss., pl. 286); belly yellowish white; fins with grayish wash. One
5.75 inches.

185. Siganus tetrazonus (Bleecker).

-Head 3.50 in length; depth 2.10; eye 3.10 in head; snout 2.50. Color in spirits bluish white, with 4
broad cross bands of dusky over back and down on side; base of caudal dusky; fins splotehed with dusky.
Three young examples from Manila, length 1.50 to 3 inches, and 2 from Cavite, 2.25 and 5 inches long.

Family BALISTIDE. .
BALISTAPUS Tilesius.
186. Balistapus undulatus (Park).

One fine specimen of this well-known species from Cavite.

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Family MONACANTHID.
MONACANTHUS Cuvier.
187. Monacanthus chinensis (Bloch).

Head 2.30 in length; depth 1.10 equal to length without caudal peduncle; dorsal 1, 28; anal 28. Color
brownish gray, with numerous small dots of brown, caudal with dusky tip. One small specimen an inch
long from Manila.

188. Monacanthus nemurus (Bloch).

Head 3.10 in length; depth 2.12; eye 4.20 in head; dorsal spine with a row of spinules on each side,
1.75 in head; dorsal 28; anal 29. Color brownish gray, mottled with darker blotches; caudal with 2 dusky
bands. Three specimens from Manila, length 3 inches, and 2 specimens from island of Panay, 1.50 and 3.50
inches long.

ALUTERA Cuvier.

189. Alutera monoceros (Osbeck).

Head 3 in length; depth 2.25; eye 4.75 in head; dorsal 48; anal 50; dorsal spine feeble, without barbs,
situated over middle of eye, its length 3.50 in head; caudal 1.30. Color uniform brownish, posterior part of
caudal shaded with dusky. One specimen from Manila, length 5 inches. :

Family OSTRACIID.
OSTRACION Linneus.
190. Ostracion cornutum Linnus.

Head 3 in length; depth 2.10; eye 2.05 in head. This well-known species is easily distinguished by the
long cow-like orbital spines, about equal to length of head. Color grayish or yellowish white, without dots
Five specimens from Cavite, length 1 to 2.50 inches.

191. Ostracion gibbosum Linneus.

Head 3 in length; depth 2. Four ridges to carapace, the 2 upper much closer together and surmounted
by a very large strong spine; 4 strong spines along lower lateral ridge. Color yellowish white, with about 4
dusky oblique bars on side. Eleven specimens from Cavite, length 1 to 2.50 inches.

192. Ostracion tuberculatum Linneus.

Head 2.10 in length; depth 1.20; eye 2.20 in head; carapace four-ridged, without sharp spines; a ridge
with blunt short spine on middle of carapace. Each plate with a round brown spot about size of pupil.
Three specimens from Cavite, length 0.50 to 1 inch.

Family TETRAODONTIDA.
SPHEROIDES (Lacépede) Duméril.
193. Spheroides lunaris (Bloch).

Head 3.20 in length; depth 3.10; caudal lunate. Color grayish above, white below; top of caudal
peduncle dusky. Five specimens from Cavite, length 2 to 4.50 inches, and 2 from Manila, 4 inches long.

The Japanese species called Spheroides spadiceus (Richardson) is probably not distinct from Spheroides
lunaris.

194. Spheroides ocellatus (Osbeck).

Back covered with small spines from interorbital space to dorsal fin, side naked, belly spiny. Brownish
above; one or more wide blackish cross-bands, one on middle of back, one very indistinct from base of dorsal;
tip of head and snout dusky; whitish spots over back and side separated by narrow brownish network, tip
of caudal dusky. Two specimens from Manila, length 2.75 and 3.75 inches.

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TETRAODON Linneus.
195. Tetraodon immaculatus Bloch.

Entire body excepting lips and tail covered with spines. Color grayish green, with narrow brown longi-
tudinal stripes over back, side, and belly; caudal with upper, lower, and posterior margin black. One specimen
from Cavite, length 3.75 inches.

196. Tetraodon reticulatus Bloch.

Entirely covered with small spines. Color dusky; under part of body covered with numerous brown
lines, descending obliquely from cheek posterior of body and caudal fin with bluish spots; dorsal, anal, and
pectoral unspotted. One specimen from Cavite, length 4.75 inches.

197. Tetraodon hispidus Linneus.

Above grayish-green, white below, large round white spots over back; sides of belly with dusky lines,
distinct and extending entirely over belly in young. Three specimens from Manila, length about 2 to 3
inches; 1 specimen from the island of Panay, length 4.75 inches.

CANTHIGASTER Swainson.
198. Canthigaster compressus (Procé).

Head 3 in length; depth 2.75. A large black blue-edged ocellus at base of dorsal fin; blue lines on fore-
head; belly white. Four specimens from Cavite, length 2 to 3.50 inches.

Family SCORPENIDE.

GENNADIUS Jordan & Seale, new genus.
Gennadius Jordan &{Seale, new genus of Scorpzenide (Sebastes stolicza Day)

This genus is separated from Sebastes and Sebastodes by the absence of cranial spines. Dorsal spines X1v ;
scales large.
199. Gennadius stoliczz (Day).

Head 2.50 in length; depth 2.80; eye 3.50 in head; dorsal xtv, 10; anal 1, 6; scales 40; teeth villiform
in jaws, vomer, and palatines; head scaled but without spines except a single spine on opercle: preopercle
serrated. Color in spirits yellowish, marbled with brown dusky bars across all the fins and dark bands
radiating from eye and on lips. One specimen from the island of Panay, length 4.50 inches.

This species is well figured by Dr. Francis Day (Fishes of India, 148, pl. xxxv1, fig. 1).

SEBASTOPSIS Gill.

200. Sebastopsis scabra (Ramsay & Ogilby).

Head 2.20 in length; depth 3; eye 3.50 in head; interorbital 1.50 in eye; an orbital tentacle; dorsal
xu-t, 9; anal m1, 5; second anal spine long, about equal to longest ray; dark bands over body; caudal peduncle
lighter, with dark bar at base of caudal; a dark spot on opercle. Several specimens from Cavite, identical with
others from Samoa.

SEBASTAPISTES Gill.
201. Sebastapistes tristis (Klunzinger).

Head 2.20 in length; depth 2.50; dorsal x11, 9; anal ur, 4; second anal spine 2.20 in head, prominent
compound orbital tentacle about equal to eye. Color in spirits grayish, mottled with brown; brown band on
lips and chin. One specimen from the island of Panay, length 1.20 inches.

The species is very close to our Sebastapistes laotale from Samoa, but the latter lacks the orbital tentacle.

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SCORPZENOPSIS Bleeker.

202. Scorpzenopsis cirrhosa (Thunberg).

Head 2.75 in length; depth 3.20; dorsal x, 1, 10; anal 11, 5; second anal spine 2 in head; interorbital
space less than eye, 1.50 in snout; numerous large dermal flaps or tentacles over head, body, and fins; very
large dermal flaps on chin. Color in spirits grayish, marbled with dusky in the form of black bands over back;
fins with dusky bands and marblings. <A single fine specimen of this well-known species from the island of
Panay, length 6.25 inches.

203. Scorpznopsis nova-guineee (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 2.50 in length; depth 3.12; eye 5.12 in head; dorsal x1, 1, 9; anal m1, 5; the second anal spine about
equal to length of longest anal ray; interorbital less than eye; an orbital tentacle; several tentacles on lower
jaw and over body. Color reddish, mottled with brownish; fins more or less barred with brown; no black
spot between fifth and sixth spines of dorsal; no black spots in axil of pectoral. Numerous specimens from
Cavite, apparently identical with a specimen from Samoa.

DECTERIAS Jordan & Starks.
204. Decterias pusillus (Schlegel).

Head 2.20 in length; depth 3.20; interorbital space 1.50 in eye; preorbital spine of moderate strength;
dorsal spines slender, extending above membrane; lower pectoral ray separate from rest of fin. Color grayish,
with dusky markings above; pectoral black; ventrals black; anal with outer half black; caudal mottled with
dusky on outer two-thirds. Two specimens from island of Panay, length 1.75 and 1.90 inches. These are
identical with Japanese examples.

Family PLATYCEPHALID.

PLATYCEPHALUS Bloch.
205. Platycephalus insidiator (Forskal).

Head 3.10 in length; depth 3.10; dorsal -vir, 13; anal 13; lateral line smooth, scales about 120; head
almost smooth. Color in spirits brownish above, white below, side of head and body witk numerous brown
spots; caudal with 3 black stripes; dorsal fins barred with brown dots; pectoral dotted with brown; ventrals
and anal white. Two specimens from Cavite, length 6 and 9 inches.

206. Platycephalus isacanthus (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 3 in length; depth 7; eye 4 in head; interorbital 3 in eye; dorsal vm, 12; anal 12; ventral long,
1.20 in head, its tip reaching beyond origin of anal; 2 spines at angle of preopercle, the upper slightly the larger,
its length about equal to pupil of eye; no spine bent forward; lateral line unarmed; about 60 series of scales on
body, head spinous. Color brownish, mottled; fins all, except anal, with rows of brown spots. Two speci-
mens from Cavite, length 2.75 and 5.20 inches.

207. Platycephalus macracanthus Bleeker.

Head 3 in length; depth 9; eye 4 in head; scales 70; dorsal -vm1, 11; anal 12; 2 spines at preopercle,
the upper one very long and strong, reaching to posterior margin of opercle; interorbital 3 in eye. Color in
spirits nearly uniform, mottled with brown; ventrals, pectorals, and first dorsal dusky; second dorsal and
caudal with bands of dots; dots also showing in upper part of pectorals and in spinous dorsal. One specimen
from Manila, length 3.35 inches.

208. Platycephalus punctatus Cuvier & Valenciennes.

Head 3 in length; depth 2.50; eye 4.50 in head; lateral line unarmed; scales 110; 2 spines at angle of
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from Cavite, length 2 and 5 inches.

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ELATES Jordan & Seale, new genus.
Elates Jordan & Seale, new genus of Platycephalidx (thompson).

This genus is characterized by the single spine at the angle of the opercle, the small scales and the large,
elongate upper caudal lobe. It is allied to Platycephalus.

209. Elates thompsoni Jordan & Seale, new species.

Head 3.30 in length without caudal; depth 4 in head; eye 5; snout 2.75; dorsal 1-v, 13; anal 12; about
125 scales in lateral line to end of vertebra; lateral line smooth, except 2 small spines at its anterior end.

Body elongate, slightly compressed, the width greater than depth; under surface of body rather flat;
body and cheek firmly scaled; caudal peduncle narrow and flat, its width greater than depth; snout flat, its
width at angle of mouth 1.50 in length; maxillary short, 3.50 in head, its distal end scarcely reaching second
nostril; lower jaw projecting; a single long saber-like spine at angle of preopercle, this spine considerably
longer than diameter of eye, being 4 in head; no spine directed forward; 3 very small spines on bony stay of
cheek, one on a line with middle of pupil and another with posterior margin of eye, the third with posterior
nostril; distance between distal ends of preopercular spines 2.10 in head; width of head at base of these spines
2.75 in head; a rather distinct spine on upper anterior margin of orbit and about 10 small spines at upper and
posterior margin of orbit; 2 small nuchal spines; interorbital space narrow, concave, less than width of

Fic. 12.— Elates thompsoni Jordan & Seale, new species. Type.

pupil; minute bands of teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines; tongue broad, rounded, spatulate, free; gillrakers
rather sharp and slim, the longest equaling one-half of eye, 18 on lower limb; first dorsal spine small, somewhat
separated from second, which is the longest and strongest spine, being 2.60 in head; first soft dorsal ray 2.10;
seventh to eleventh rays rather wide and separated from other rays except at base, origin of soft dorsal slightly
nearer base of caudal than tip of snout; origin of anal slightly in advance of soft dorsal, its base slightly greater
in length than base of soft dorsal; pectorals 2.10 in head; ventrals 2, their spine strong, their origin below
middle of pectoral; caudal slightly forked, the upper lobe much the larger and longer, usually prolonged into
a filament which is about equal in length to remaining portion of fin.

Color in spirits yellowish, with wash of brownish above; an indistinct broken longitudinal brown band
along side; a dusky splotch on anterior of opercle; spinous dorsal with 3 rows of dark spots; soft dorsal and
upper lobe of caudal with spots; lower lobe of caudal with spots larger, about 3 in number, the posterior
one being a rather large blotch; pectorals and ventrals yellow.

Three specimens from Manila, length 6 to 7 inches. The type is no. 53068, U. S. National Museum.
Cotype no. 9247, Museum Stanford University.

Named for Dr. Joseph C. Thompson, surgeon, U. 8. Navy.

40 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES.

Family CEPHALACANTHID.

CEPHALACANTHUS Lacépede.
210. Cephalacanthus macracanthus (Bleeker).

Head (without spine) 3.75 in length; depth 5.10; dorsal 1-1-y, 8; anal 6; interorbital spine 2 in head
and much less than Jength of preopercular spine, which extends considerably beyond base of pectoral fin,
its length being about equal to head; distance between the two scapular spines 1.50 in depth of notch between
them, which about equals length of preopercular spine; a black spot on pectoral. Two specimens from
Manila, 3.75 and 4.20 inches in length, one specimen 3 inches long from island of Panay, and one 2.40 inches
long from Cavite. A

Family ECHENEID.

LEPTECHENEIS Gill.
211. Leptecheneis naucrates (Linneus).

Head 5.30 in length; depth 2.25 in head; disk of 24 laminee; dorsal 35; anal 34; a dark stripe on side.
Two specimens from Manila, length 14 and 8 inches.

Family GOBIHDA.

BUTIS Bleeker.
212. Butis serrifrons (Rutter).

Head 3 in length; depth 3.75; eye 4.50 in head; interorbital concave, 3 in postocular part of head;
dorsal vi; anal 8; scales 27; cheeks and nuchal region scaled; entire upper half of orbit with a row of short
but distinct, rather stiff spine-like projections, forming a very marked character; two longitudinal rows of
similar projections on each side of snout just above the nostrils; cheeks and jaws with minute barbels; bands
of villiform teeth in jaws; mouth rather large, the maxillary extending to below anterior of eye; yentrals
separate; caudal rounded; dorsal spines not prolonged. Color in spirits olive brown, with darker mottlings;
about 4 indistinct bands over back; dorsal, ventrals, and anal black; pectoral and caudal grayish; a black
spot on base of lower pectoral rays; throat bluish. One specimen from Cavite, length 2.30 inches.

Rutter’s original type specimen is from China.

213. Butis leucurus Jordan & Seale.

Head 3 in length; depth 5; eye 6 in head; dorsal vi-1, 9; anal 9; scales 28; 19 scales in front of dorsal;
counting only to interorbital space; sides of head and snout covered with minute scales; tongue free, rounded,
teeth in bands, no canines, no teeth on vomer or palatines; opercle and preopercle entire; maxillary scarcely
reaching anterior margin of eye; caudal rounded; ridges on head scarcely serrated. Color in spirits dusky,
with indistinct lighter lines along middle of seales; a distinct black spot edged above and below with yellow
on base of pectoral; soft dorsal with outer half yellowish; top of caudal yellowish; tip of anal and ventral yel-
lowish; pectoral yellow; two black lines through eye. Several specimens from Cavite, larger and more deeply
colored than the original type from Negros.

PERIOPHTHALMODON Gill.
214. Periophthalmodon schlosseri (Bloch).

Head 3.50 in length; depth 6.50; dorsal x1, 12; anal 13; scales 50; ventral fins united for almost half
their length; about 20 teeth in each jaw. Color in spirits brownish, with 8 bands over back which extend
obliquely down and forward to a little below median line of side; second dorsal with black band through
upper half of fin; first dorsal with tip yellow and a wide submarginal black band. One specimen from
Cavite, length 3.50 inches. s

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FISHES OF THE ISLANDS OF LUZON AND PANAY. 41

PERIOPHTHALMUS Bloch & Schneider.
215. Periophthalmus chrysospilus Bleeker.

Head 3.75 in length; depth 4.80; dorsal 1x, 12; anal 12; scales about 76; about 24 teeth in each jaw;
first dorsal spine prolonged. Color in spirits bluish, whiter below; first dorsal with a broad submarginal
black band, the margin yellow, the basal two-thirds of fin with yellowish spots; soft dorsal with a wide black
band margined with yellow through its upper third, the lower two-thirds with yellowish blotches; caudal
with black and yellow dots, the middle portion darker; ventral fins united about one-third of their length.
Four specimens from island of Panay, length 2.50 to 3.75 inches.

RHINOGOBIUS Gill.
216. Rhinogobius nebulosus (Forskal).

Head 3.30 in length; depth 4.50; eye 3.75 in head; dorsal vi-10; anal 10; scales 27; depth of head
slightly greater than its width, about one-fourth less than its length; caudal rounded; head unsealed; tongue
rounded; teeth in several rows in each jaw; lips thick; the second and third dorsal spines prolonged, filiform,
greater than length of head, 2.75 in length of fish without caudal; no silky or detached rays on pectorals.
Color yellowish, three wide dark bands over back which extend obliquely forward and down on side; a dusky
blotch at base of caudal; two dusky bands across nuchal region between base of dorsal and eyes; dorsal
and caudal with rows of rather large dusky spots; other fins yellowish white, with a dusky margin to anal.
One specimen from Cavite, length 4 inches. ;

As the type of Ctenogobius is said to have a notched tongue, the name Rhinogobius may be used for the
Asiatic species called Ctenogobius by Jordan and Snyder. Coryphopterus is a later synonym.

217. Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, new species.

Head 3.30 in length without caudal; depth 4.50; eye 3.75 in head; dorsal y1-10; anal 10; scales 32;
head and nuchal region naked, except a line of 3 or 4 rows of scales from posterior margin of orbit between
opercle and nuchal region; snout 3 in head; interorbital about equal to pupil. Body moderately elongate,
compressed; head bluntly rounded, the lower jaw slightly the longer; mouth rather small, the angle being

Fia. 13.—Rhinogobius lungi Jordan & Seale, new species. Type.

on line with anterior margin of eye; teeth in jaws in several rows, the outer row slightly the largest; tongue
free at tip, bluntly rounded, entire; scales on anterior of body smaller than on posterior, about 7 rows of
rudimentary scales in front of dorsal; second and third spines of dorsal elongate, the second longer, extending
when depressed to middle of base of soft dorsal, its length greater than distance from origin of ventrals to
origin of anal; longest dorsal ray 2.15-in head; base of anal 1.50, its longest ray 2.50; caudal rounded, 1.15;
pectorals 1.30, no silk-like rays at upper margin; ventrals united, 1.50, tips not reaching vent.

Color in spirits yellowish-brown with 6 irregular dark double bands over back; about 5 dusky blotches
along the side, the last forming a dusky blotch at base of caudal; dusky mottlings intermingled with lighter
areas on the upper half of body; dorsal and caudal with rows of black spots; lower margin of caudal dusky;

42 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES.

pectorals yellowish without distinct black mark at base; ventrals grayish with dusky tip; anal yellow, with
black tip; some indistinct brown blotches on cheek and opercle; a dusky blotch from eye to mouth.

Three specimens from the island of Panay, length 1.50 to 3.90 inches. The type is no. 53069, U. S.
National Museum. Cotype, no. 9248, Museum Stanford University.

218. Rhinogobius ocyurus Jordan & Seale, new species.

Head 3.60 in length without caudal; depth 4.05; eye 3.20 in head; dorsal vi-r, 10; anal 1, 9; second
dorsal spine elongate, filiform; scales about 28; snout 4 in head; interorbital somewhat less than pupil; top
of head sealed, otherwise cheek and head naked. Body moderately elongate, slightly compressed; depth of
caudal peduncle 2 in head; mouth moderate in size, the angle under middle of eye; lower jaw slightly the
longer; small sharp-pointed teeth in jaws, the outer row larger; tongue rounded; origin of ventrals directly

Fic. 14.—Rhinogobius ocyurus Jordan & Seale, new species. Type.

opposite origin of spinous dorsal; base of soft dorsal about equal to head; base of anal slightly less than head,
its origin nearer base of caudal than tip of snout, its longest ray 1.10 in head; pectorals 1.60 in length of body
without caudal; ventrals extending to anal, their length equal to head; caudal long, sharp-pointed, 2.20 in
length of fish without caudal.

Color in spirits yellowish white with 8 rather broad brownish bands over back and sides, extending to
ventral surface; a dark spot at base of caudal, another just above the upper posterior margin of opercle; dorsal
fins slightly shaded with dusky; pectoral yellowish; caudal with slight tint of dusky; ventrals and anal dusky. ,

One specimen from Cavite, length 1.75 inches, type no. 53070, U. S. National Museum.

GOBIUS Linneus.

219. Gobius panayensis Jordan & Seale, new species.

Fia. 15.—Gobius panayensis Jordan & Seale, new species. Type.

Head 3.40 in length without caudal; depth 4.25; the width of head greater than its depth; dorsal vi-11;
anal 9, scales 41; head naked; some detached silky rays at upper part of pectorals; snout 3.60 in head;
interorbital about equal to pupil; tongue not at all emarginate, free at tip, bluntly rounded, entire.

Body moderately elongate, compressed; snout bluntly pointed, the jaws equal; mouth moderate, the
angle under middle of eye; wide bands of minute teeth in each jaw; no canines; origin of first dorsal slightly

FISHES OF THE ISLANDS OF LUZON AND PANAY. 43

posterior to origin of ventrals; none of the dorsal spines elongate, the longest spine being 2 in head; base
of soft dorsal 1.10, its longest ray 2.50; base of anal 1.50, its posterior ray 2; pectorals 1.30; ventrals united,
short, 1.50, their tips falling far short of the distinct anal papilla; caudal rounded, 1.15.

Color in spirits grayish, without distinctive markings; spinous dorsal with black spot on upper posterior
part; ventrals and anal dusky; pectorals and caudal uniform gray.

One specimen from the island of Panay, length 2.45 inches, type no. 9250, Museum Stanford University.

MAPO Smitt.
220. Mapo fuscus (Riippell).

Head 3.20 in length; depth 4; dorsal yi-11; anal 9; scales 38; no scales on head; teeth in bands in jaws;
no canines; ventrals united; none of the dorsal spines prolonged; some separate filamentous rays at upper
part of pectoral; depth of head less than width; length of head greater than width; caudal rounded. Color
in spirits grayish; indistinct brownish bands over the back alternating with blotches on the side; indistinct
dusky blotches on the upper part of spinous dorsal; caudal barred with brown; ventrals and anal dusky; pec-
torals grayish. Two specimens from Cavite, length 1.20 and 2 inches.

CREISSON Jordan & Seale, new genus.
Creisson Jordan & Seale, new genus of Gobiide (validus).

This genus is characterized by the naked lower half of cheek and the scaleless interorbital region. There
are several rows of teeth in each jaw, the outer row enlarged;

seales on anterior part of body and head small.
221. Creisson validus Jordan & Seale, new species.

Head 3.50 in length without caudal; depth 3.50; eye 4.75 in head; dorsal vi-11; anal 9; scales 32; upper
half of cheek and nuchal region scaled, no scales on interorbital region, snout, or lower third of head; snout
3.75 in head; interorbital 1.20 in eye; cheek tumid; head broader than deep, its breadth 1.08 in its length.

Fig. 16.— Creisson validus Jordan & Seale, new species. Type.

Body robust, moderately elongate and compressed, the anterior profile bluntly rounded, the lower lip
slightly the longer; depth of caudal peduncle 1.85 in head; mouth small, the angle under the anterior of orbit ;
tongue free at tip, rounded, entire; several rows of minute teeth in each jaw with one outer row of larger teeth,
somewhat curved and canine-like in lower jaw; tongue rounded or subtruncate, not notched; scales on anterior
part of head and body much smaller than the posterior ones; origin of spinous dorsal somewhat posterior
to origin of ventrals; 17 rows of scales in front of dorsal; the second, third, and fourth dorsal rays greatly
elongate, filiform, extending, when depressed, to posterior axil of soft dorsal; base of soft dorsal equal to
width of head, the posterior rays the longest, about equal in length to base of fin; anal base 1.50 in head,

44 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES.

much less than length of its longest ray; pectorals 1.13, no silky rays at upper part; ventrals a broad united
disk which extends to the prominent anal papilla, their length 1.40 in head; caudal slightly acuminate.

Color in spirits light brownish, with about 7 indistinct dusky bands over back and about 6 dusky blotches
along side; a dusky line on cheek marking off the scaled and unscaled portion; a dusky dot on lower posterior
margin of orbit, some dusky dots on nuchal region, and a dusky line on upper part of opercle; spinous dorsal
grayish, with some indistinct darker spots; soft dorsal gray, with some darker spots on outer portion; anal
and ventrals dusky, pectorals grayish; caudal gray with broad posterior margin of white and a distinct intra-
marginal line of black, the lower rays slightly tipped with dusky.

One specimen from Cavite, length 4.75 inches, the type, no. 9251, Museum Stanford University.

OPLOPOMUS Steindachner.
222. Oplopomus vergens Jordan & Seale, new species.

Head 3.50 in length without caudal; depth 4.30; eye 4 in head; dorsal vir, 10; anal 10; scales 32;
cheek and opercle scaled; 2 stoutish spines at angle of preopercle; snout 3.50 in head; interorbital equal to
pupil. Body moderately elongate, slightly compressed; depth of caudal peduncle 2.25 in head; anterior
profile of head rather blunt, lower jaw slightly the longer; mouth rather small, the angle below anterior margin
of iris; tongue free at tip, rounded, entire; 2 rows of small sharp-pointed teeth in upper jaw, several rows
in lower jaw, no canines; origin of ventrals on line with dorsal, the anterior dorsal spines not elongate; fourth
spine the longest, 1.75 in head; base of soft dorsal equal to head, its longest ray 1.60 in head; base of anal
1.10, its longest ray 2; pectorals 1.05; caudal rounded, 1.10; ventrals large, united, extending to anal papillal

Fig. 17.—Oplopomus vergens Jordan & Seale, new species. Type

Color in spirits yellowish brown, 6 dusky spots along median line of side, the sixth forming a black spot at
base of caudal; a row of small ocellated dark spots just below the median line; similar small ocellated spots
on upper half of body arranged more or less in irregular longitudinal bands; about 7 indistinct short dusky
bands over back; a more or less distinct dusky area below and also in front of eye, a rather wide irregular dusky
area from angle of mouth to opercle; a dusky spot on upper base of pectorals, with a small dot on lower part
of base; a dusky spot at upper margin of opercle and above axil of pectorals; spinous dorsal with 10 black
cross-lines, one at base of fin, the other on distal third, a more prominent dusky area on posterior of fin; soft
dorsal] with 2 or 3 irregular dusky lines; caudal with about 5 dusky bands; pectorals, ventrals, and anal
gray, the ventrals slightly darker, and the anal sometimes with a slight dusky wash.

Six specimens from Cavite, length 2.75 to 3.20 inches. Type no. 53071, U.S. National Museum. Cotype
no. 9256, Museum Stanford University.

OXYURICHTHUS Bleeker.
223. Oxyurichthps cristatus (Day).

Head 4 in length; depth 5.20; eye 4.20 in head; dorsal vi-14; anal 14; scales about 55; no canine teeth;
head naked; ventrals united; anterior dorsal rays longest, filiform, about equal to elongate middle ray of
caudal, 2.20 in length without caudal: no tentacle above eye; a black spot on upper part of eye, one also below
the eye; caudal acuminate.

Color in spirits yellowish with some dusky bands over back and extending obliquely down to median line
of side in form of about 5 dusky bars or blotches; a dark spot at base of caudal; caudal fin thickly dotted with
black; area above pectoral fin with numerous black dots; a short nuchal crest with black margin; caudal gray
with white margin; pectorals and ventrals gray.

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224. Oxyurichthus tentacularis (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 4 in length; depth 5.20; eye 4.50 in head; dorsal v1-13; anal 14; small sharp-pointed teeth in each
jaw; a small tentacle over eye, in young this tentacle equal to length of eye, in the adult less; a crest on nape.

Color in spirits whitish, with dull wash of gray; about 5 indistinct dusky bands over back and same number
of blotches on side; a more or less distinct dusky spot at base of caudal on midline of caudal peduncle, also 2
indistinct dusky spots at base of axil of pectorals; a black area on top of caudal peduncle just posterior to soft
dorsal; anterior dorsal rays the longest, about equal to length of head; caudal lunate, grayish; dorsal with
brown spots, more numerous and distinct on soft dorsal; anal, pectorals, and ventrals grayish.

Four specimens from Cavite. length 3.75 to 4.80 inches.

PARAGOBIODON Bleeker.
225. Paragobiodon melanosomus (Cuvier & Valenciennes).

Head 3.30 in length; depth 3; eye 3.20 in head; dorsal v-v1-9; scales 22; ventrals very short, cup-shaped;
head about as high as long, its surface much roughened by excrescences; caudal rounded; 3 large curved canine
teeth in lower jaw. Color in spirits uniform dark brown, almost black. One specimen from Manila, 1.10
inches long.

This species is very near Paragobiodon ranthosomus, differing apparently only in the color, which is black,
not yellow.

Family PLEURONECTID®.

PSETTODES Bennett.
226. Psettodes erumei (Bloch).

Head 3.10-in length; depth 2.25: dorsal 54; anal 38; scales about 72; long sharp canines in each jaw;
maxillary extending far beyond eye, about 1.45 in head; eyes and color on the left side. Color in spirits uniform
brown: fins dusky, except pectorals, which are yellowish; ventrals and caudal round; interorbital less than eye.
One specimen, 4.75 inches long, from Cavite.

PSEUDORHOMBUS Bleeker.
227. Pseudorhombus polyspilus (Bleeker).

Head 3 in length; depth 2.05; dorsal 70; anal 52; scales 73; a single row of sharp teeth in jaws; maxillary
scarcely reaching middle of eye; lateral line strongly curved, sending a branch to the tenth dorsal ray; eyes
close together, sinistral. Color in spirits brownish, with numerous blue spots having black margins; a large
black spot at curve of lateral line, another just below. Six specimens from Cavite, length 2.50 to 5 inches.

228. Pseudorhombus arsius Bleeker.

Head 3.25 in length; depth 2.05; eyes sinistral; dorsal 72; anal 57; scales 77 in lateral line, which is
strongly bent, sending a branch to nuchal region; rather strong sharp teeth in jaws; maxillary extending to
posterior third of eye; anterior dorsal rays wide. Color in spirits brownish, with numerous small black spots;

a dark spot at point where lateral line becomes straight, another midway between the first blotch and caudal.
One specimen, 4 inches long, from Cavite.

SCHOPS Jordan & Starks.
229. Sczops orbicularis (Bleeker).

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Dorsal 84; anal 63; scales large, about 34; eyes sinistral, wide apart; interorbital space concave, scaled,
equal to eye; maxillary short, ending under anterior margin of orbit; numerous small sharp-pointed teeth
in jaws. Two small specimens from Cavite, length 2 and 2.50 inches.

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Family SOLEID.

CYNOGLOSSUS Hamilton-Buchanan.
230. Cynoglossus puncticeps (Richardson).

Head 4.75 in length; depth 3.75; two lateral lines on colored side; dorsal 89; anal 70; scales about 110.
Color in spirits yellowish, with reddish-brown markings on left side, these taking more or less the form of vertical
bands. Three specimens from Manila, length 2.75 to 3.50 inches.

MICROBUGLOSSUS Ginther.
231. Microbuglossus humilis (Cantor).

Eyes on right side; head 3.75 in length; depth 2.20; dorsal 56; anal 41; scales 100; numerous fringes on
upper and lower portion of head on the blind side; upper eye one-half diameter in front of lower; eyes about
one diameter apart. Color in spirits dark gray, with numerous fine dark points and irregular lines; pectoral
black. Two specimens from Cavite, length 2 inches.

Family PTEROPSARIDA,
PARAPERCIS Gill.
232. Parapercis hexophthalmus (Bleeker).

Head 3.50 in length; depth 7; dorsal vy, 22; anal 1, 17; scales 60. Color in spirits brownish above, yel-
lowish below; about 11 brown bands on side; dusky blotches on caudal, about 10 oblique lines from lower part
of eye; anterior dorsal black; posterior dorsal with 3 rows of black dots; anal with a single row of black dots.

Fic. 18.—Dactylopus dactylopus (Bennett).

Family CALLIONYMIDA.

DACTYLOPUS Gill.

233. Dactylopus dactylopus (Bennett).
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Head 3.50 in length; depth 6.50; eye 4.20 in head; first dorsal elongate; ventrals in front of pectorals,
with a single free ray in front; a single opercular spine. Color brownish, with dusky blotches; pectoral banded;
caudal with 4 half bands on upper part; anal with dusky outer half; belly white. Three specimens from
Cavite, length about 4.50 inches.

FISHES OF THE ISLANDS OF LUZON AND PANAY. 47

Family BLENNIIDA.
BLENNIUS Linneus.
234. Blennius thysanius Jordan & Seale, new species.

Head 3.50 in length without caudal; depth 3.50; eye 5.50 in head; dorsal x1, 15; anal 19; lateral line bent
down to middle of side under posterior part of spinous dorsal and continued as a row of distinct bars to base of
caudal; snout 2.60; interorbital 1.50 in eye; a wide, fan-like orbital tentacle with about 10 fringes, these tenta-
cles about equal in height and width to width of eye; a simple short tentacle at nostril; no nuchal crest or
tentacles; gill membranes broadly united, free from the isthmus. Body of greater depth than usual in blennies,
the profile of head blunt, the eye being about on line with middle of side of mouth; depth of caudal peduncle
2.70 in head; each jaw with a single row of immovable small, sharp-pointed teeth, the lower jaw with 2 strong,
curved canines on each side, the upper with a single posterior canine. Dorsal fin continuous, not incised, the
membrane not extending to caudal fin; origin of dorsal on nuchal region slightly in advance of posterior margin
of preopercle; base of anal fin 1.75 in base of dorsal; 2 anterior rays of anal modified into enlarged fleshy bulbs
probably of sexual significance; ventrals 1.80 in head; pectorals 1.40; caudal rounded, 1.90.

Color in spirits pale bluish, with some very indistinct indications of 5 or 6 slightly darker bands made up of
spots over back and down sides; dorsal bluish, with slightly darker margin; anal bluish, a narrow white margin
with intramarginal dusky shading on lower third; ventrals bluish with tint of dusky; some indistinct bluish
dots or mottlings on nuchal region and at upper part of opercle.

Two specimens from Cavite, length 2.50 and 2.90 inches. The tyne is no. 53072, U.S. National Museum.
Cotype, no. 9252, Museum Stanford University.

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PETROSCIRTES Riippell.

235. Petroscirtes eretes Jordan & Seale.

Fic. 19.—Blennius thysanius Jordan & Seale, new species. Type.

Head 3.75 in length; depth 5; eye 3.75 in head; dorsal 30; anal 20; a dermal flap on lower jaw, one on
upper part of each eye, one on posterior part of supraorbital, and one on each side of nuchal region. Color in
spirits grayish, with a wash of bluish; indistinct specks and mottlings on side; a dusky blotch at base of caudal.
One specimen 2 inches long from Iloilo. The original type is from Negros.

236. Petroscirtes vulsus Jordan & Seale, new species.

Head 4 in length without caudal; depth 5; eye 3 in head; dorsal 27; anal 16; teeth about 50 in each jaw,
with large canines in lower and small canines in upper; a single wide barbel on each side of chin; a rather wide
barbel on upper part of eye, another just posterior to eye, and one on each side of nuchal region; a short flap at
nostril; snout 3.20 in head, interorbital space 4 in head.

Body elongate, compressed; depth of caudal peduncle 2.50 in head; snout broad to the tip; angle of mouth
under anterior of orbit; gill-openinga small pore at upper posterior margin of opercle; origin of dorsal opposite
origin of ventrals; base of anal 2.75 in length of fish without the caudal; origin of anal midway between middle
of eye and base of caudal; pectorals 1.75 in head; ventrals 2; caudal rounded, 1.15.

48 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES.

Color in spirits uniform pale bluish without markings; no dusky blotch at base of caudal; dorsal fin with
rows of black spots; anal fin with 4 dusky bars; caudal yellow, with 5 or 6 indistinct dusky bars; pectorals and
ventrals yellowish.

One specimen from Manila, the type, 2.2 inches long, no. 9253, Museum Stanford University.

Fic. 2).—Petroscirtes vulsus Jordan & Seale, new species. Type.

Family FIERASPFERIDE.
FIERASFER Cuvier
237. Fierasfer homei Richardson.

Head 7.10 in length; depth 12; eye 5 in head; maxillary extending beyond posterior margin of eye, its
length 2.15 in head; pectoral 1.75; sharp-pointed teeth in jaws, enlarged teeth on yomer. Color in spirits
uniform white. One specimen, 4 inches long, from Cavite.

Family ANTENNARIID.
PTEROPHRYNE Gill.
238. Pterophryne histrio (Linnieus).

Head 1.75 in length; depth 1.80, dorsal 111, 12; anal 7; body smooth with dermal flaps on belly; caudal
rounded. Body mottled with dusky and white, with numerous small white dots; fins barred with dusky; belly
with dark cross-bars. Four specimens from Manila, length 3.50 to 7.25 inches.

This species agrees fairly with the Japanese form called Pterophryne ranina by Jordan, except that the belly
has distinct cross-bars. Probably Pterophryne ranina is merely a color variation of the Chinese-Japanese species
Pterophryne histrio.

ANTENNARIUS (Commerson) Lacépede.
. 239. Antennarius hispidus (Bloch).
4)

Head 1.75 in length; depth‘3; dorsal 11, 12; anal 7. Color in spirits gray, marked with black lines run-
ning obliquely on body and radiating from eye; fins barred more or less with rows of black dots. One specimen,
4.55 inches long, from Cavite; one 3.75 inches long from Manila, and one 4.5 inches from island of Panay.

INDEX

ADDLeVidia, PACANUROCEPOlA = <cecic ace c cen ocwcinesecn nas
PNDUCELOUTSAXA UG tore arenas nnenesctes cecismicisevers
turchesiu
Acanthocepola abbreviata
Acanthuride -..
acutus, Scoliodon
Aetobatide -.-
Alectis ciliaris
altivelis, Cromileptes
Alutera monoceros ........----
amarula, Liza -.
Ambasside .
Ambassis kopsi - -
amboinensis, Lethrinus
Amia cavitensis
MOVES S UMES ane mtersteicel sistemas cccnnc's

CAC TIfaSClatdace ee See eee pee asses ce
Anabantide ........... BOOCCHESOSS SES SEC Ie SB BR OL EOSeSED
Anabas scandens .
anchorago, Chcerops.
Anchovia hamiltonii
indica
commersoniana ....

anea, Pseudosciena
ANIPAITATIS WE2lOLOSUS epee eee ne einem oe na soeeee =
Anodontostoma chacunda
Antennariide
Antennarius hispidus ~
Apogonichthyide
PATIOLECLUS INS Clisemenn sree samme ceeaennwae aie same as
AT CHAM IAIN COA acess c saee ae dees sale meteais smiclscfelatslajsie
argenteus, Monodactylus.
Pomadasis ....

argus, Ephippus
Halicheeres -
armatus, Caranx
arsius, Pseudorhombus
aruanus, Dascyllus
aterrimus, Hippocampus
Balistapus undulatus...
Balistidz
bandanensis, Stethojulis
DPanberinus; ESCUdNPeNeGUS=. <_---------- eens ssccces =e
Belonidz
biaculeatus, Gasterotokeus - .
ICOlOrA HO MCanNthuSs< - cess ctcices cc clove. sc cce cece oee
binotopsis, Halicheeres .
Blenniide
Blennius thysanius
brachysomus, Cypsilurus...
buruensis, Priopis ---...- 2
Butis leucurus
sSerriirons 2-2 oe === == =
calcarifer, Plectropomus ..

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Sna0y

Gallionymidse wa tsecce enc snes lentccmsecencercceuseccee 46
Gallyodomielers ae mec sac eee ana iotanas Seco Seen eee 31
lacerta .. 31
Canthipaster:cOmpressusic (sss aces a eeieeec cesses ee 37
cantoris: Hemirnampbhus.---... 2 fcis2--5s9secse soe = sce 5
(Caran pidte see Rne ct pam son. ease tenes eee te eee 13
Caranx armatus 14
forsteri 13
hasselti 13
ignobilis 4
NiPVipIn Diss seeseswe assesses oct 14
plumbeus........ 4
RER{SSCIALUIS\S soc was = colts ae Scarce nce ce eee 14
speciosus . 14
Carcharid se )aae <jstommys caste se crate nlalae a cts nn cts Siete ae 3
cavitensis, Amia 16
celebicus, Hepatus 34.
Centriscida 9
Centriscus scutatus . 9
Cephalacanthid 40
Cephalacanthus macracanthus 40
19

27

ll

5

Chetodontide . 33
Chetodon kleini es 34
OTNALISSIMUS 2s eecsse acess elate ane ere te ee 33
punctatofasciatus-..- <= ssc. =c--siseenee-- 5-4 34
BUASCla TUS yowace os .ccdee seen eee eee eee 33

4

4

chanos, Chanos... 4
Cheilinus,rostratusieese.sceecnceceoe =e eee ceence sate 31
trilobatusiee-cnassseeee senate cceeee ar 31

Chel Mom OStratusioeec seco cence ce lee canes case ae 33
Chirocentridee seseeees se se cerseacete ee seem caer ee 4
Chirocentrusidorabi.-.---. s<s22seeicc eee o= 4
CHOLOpS@NChOTarOy-res- snocses cece os eee ene eee ee 28
chrysospilus,. Periophthalmus .2: 3-. ...0<.s.ees---coss 41
ciliaris AV eChisy- cs cecremiester coerce ss cere aeeee eens 14
ciliata, Secolopsis. . 23
cinereus, Murznes' 5 6
GITThOSa, | SCOLPLNOPSIS tae cis secs slow ciosz'i ooo sien e 38
Clarias magur 8
Clariidz 8
Clupeide .. 4
commersoni, Scomberomorus 13
commersoniana, ANCHOVIA....0- scsc-csceecesececu see 5
compressusCanthipaster:s..cc-- os cen see ke aaceee eee 37
cormutum ,Ostracioni .--222-.---08 ees ciceensce nee oe cee 36
Corythroichthys spicifer. 9
erassispinus, Euelatichthy:s 22
Creissonivaliduspn cos nce salocscetee ee as ean ten eee 43

I

II

eristatus, Oxyurichthus .......
Cromileptes altivelis ....
cruentatus, Priacanthus........
crumenophthalmus, Trachurops -
Cynoglossus puncticeps
Cypsilurus|brachysomuss. 2.6 seesee ee eae cee eee
Dactylopusidactylopush.-n.-5-- ee ee see eee roe
CEG AAG) ON AIDE na 0) il peesceeecosehasancscesesccosee5
Daseyll usa ruanus se ace gee essa anes eee ene
trimaculatus). 2-22. - =~ eee eee ae ce ceee
Dasyatidse 22ceos ost ha cdascwstece emcee nee oneeeee
Dasvatis kus os ccs onscsecece santana anaes
Decterias pusillus............ SoonnSoe esa nSSSanansenueSS
Gecussatus, Tiutianus'ss<cm--<-cos-cee se sees se Agodsaga3
Giacanthus; Epinephelussoanssen-enca= 2 acon eeneees
HQ] ACS CUS See ate ieee een reece

dispar) Zenarchopterussece: sasec nes eaee eee ae

dorabs Ghirocentcusic s-cs =~ essen =e oeseee eee eee aeeesee
Dorosomatidsen.225-- coos. 2s soe ee eee eae ean
dorsalesDhalassoma):.cca2 ees eee one
Doryichthys spaniaspis
Drepane punctata .......
DYVECPANIGGS toca ateiniae ses
dussumieri, Leiognathus
Umbrina. .
Dussumieria elopsoides
Echeneid@ .......-...
Elates thompsoni.
elerse:) Callyodon) 22-2 5... esets et eeae ee eeece easel
elopsoldes}icussumierigys eee sc. sso ee ence eee
np railid erento sees eee ee Spates ae et eh
FE DHLPDUS/ MATEUS tere aela ts eles = sm cis saa ee eee
Epinephelus diacanthus.
malabaricusy: qs.seees- ee seee eee ene
megachir..
LOW hots Cib- Sean coG appa SRenceeseeamcbeSer
Io veh EL shots Uo VEN oy dame Rima RRQ Cased oaeee aseeerecode
TUCONIA- Se. 5 eee see ea ecenee ee eee See
RQUulidee pees. eo acttaetyee natn eae ee lamer eee ae
eretes; Petroscirtess 2. 29 oem asieseacien ses cteesoeemeres
erumei, Psettodes.
Euelatichthys cras:
Exocmtide sci <. . ccc sce secen ee seer eoses= spec teceeees
fasciatus, Deloenathus:ncsce ee - aoa ne eee oe ere
Hierasfer/homei ses. cscs cece senna a ene eee oo ware
ierasferidee::- 222s... sss os tes cast sees oe eeee ce ere acer,
Kistilariaipetimba.-.s-eeeeee ana eee eee eee
serrata
Fistulariide
fo, Foa.....
Hoahtorereee=
forsteri, Caranx...
fuscescens, Siganu
fuscus; Maposwess-cesee s
Gasterotokeus biaculeatus.
GAZZAMINU tales teeter
Gennadus stolicz:
Gerrid eee eae eee ee eee eee aera eee nea eee
gibbosa wHarengilats.cp an seo ae Se ese se ee enees
gibbosum, \Ostracion=-<--2---:i2-<2=sssess5s5-eeosss55
eibbus; Lutianus 2:22.22 2. cscsesees mee ee ee aaeeeeeeeee
piganteus, Dy lOsSUrUse ce. --o eae nee eee
gplaga; Mionorus |; .252%: 2.5 csess0ceeces p2esiessseccanese
Gobiidze =
Gobiusi pansy ensise sesame serene eee eee eee

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INDEX.
44 | Gonochetodon triangulum. eae
19 ' gracilis, Sauridas.- osc. cce cc een soe ocecssecencesesece
20 | gymnopterus, Murenichthys..... psopdenoanSssoreacadod
13 | Gymnothoraxiphilippinuss=: eee seo, ose eee eees
46) ‘(Heemulidse tens cenoses 2 coos seep eese ee eee eee
9) || Halichceresiargus: <= 2:25 -2222-0-s-2seeeeeas ace oeuceee
46 DIN OLOPSIS = oe 2 aims oe lee poe eens aee eae
46 LORY bisa pcan cpaSconsceens ce SanSeceeoe
27 MINGUS Hos oes ese e ea cesar
27 MIPTeSCENS;-.5- 2-25. - oao= see wtee setae ateneee
4 POcilusy-<..-8 sass e oc: eee eee ee
4 PSCUCOMINIAtUS asec clea seee eee eee
38 BCA PULALIS!. howe acies oo cee min mance toate
21 |\ hamiltoniiAnchowia co -2- 222s ersc rer seceeendecee as
19). Harengulay ei bbosa assess = see ae eee ee eee
34 MOlUCCENSIS Senses. een cee eee ee
9) | dhasselti, Caran: == 22-22---seeeeaee ee eee sees
4 | Hemipteronotus pentadactylus.
20 | Hemirhamphus cantoris -....-.
4 quoyi-.
5 | Hepatus celebicus ...
31 matoides ......
10 | hexophthalmus, Parapercis ............-..-..--.---
33 | Hippocampus aterrimus.
33 0G Fi eerneconscpactecte asas nasa eooSoe
15")|| chispidusy Antennarius: <2 292-5 sn soccseies seemieceeeee
25 Metraodon—-- -------2- Sanpendaaas esl see. S6885
bs histrio,;Pterophryne,- .25-<s ces ce ees eee een ee sae
40) (theeveniitlllishdicscscse2-=a-- «a see eee ae ee
39) |) Rolocanthus)/bicolons-=---cse-- = snaeee seas eee eee ee
sl | Giacanthusi- 22s <0. -s2== peereneseeees cece
ok Holocentridtessn sec eee cer pace serine tee enee eee re eeeeee
5 | Holocentrus ruber
32 | homei, Fierasfer
19 | humilis, Microbuglossu:
AYA eh san ee (oleae o-oo hemo chastAdaneasaccuanapceons
20! ||| igmobiliss Caramx 5.2). seccatac'- ntsc ccna sees ees aeees
20%) WM Rr ehi dee ence ines cise nae e ene star eee eee temas
15 | Ilisha hcevenii-....... BdanASoCPOSSe aESaa oT Ace aocLAcce
15) | immaculatus; Tetraodon’---2--------------<22=s--nse=
15.) |\isacanthus,Platycephalose: sep eet saceeceeeee aes
47. | indica, AnChOViai-u2<--22=--.c22=0 a0 sien -- eee cee eee
45}; | indicus; Pseudu pene grasa ements aie eee
22) || imsiGistor, EQUU A 2 Jessen ala ee een = eee eres
8 Rlatycephalus-5-=5-.-ssese ees ene ee
15 | interruptus, Priopis
48 | japonicus, Nemipterus .........
48 | japonica, Saurida....
9 | jarbua, Terapon .
9 | javus, Siganus..
9 | jello, Sphyreena......
17 | Jenkinsiella nectura
17 | kalosoma, Stethojulis
13 | kleini, Chetodon....
35 | kopsi, Ambassis. ..
43 | kuda, Hippocampus.
10 | kuhli, Dasyatis
15 | Labride ........ Se oRS (OC One Se RES eeCaBecee
7 | lacerta, Callyodon.....
24 +Leiognathus dussumderi
4 FASCIAtUS! oe eee anes ee Sale eee eniaetS
36 | Lepidaplois macrurus ................-.- sea caseecsasee
20) || Leptecheneis naucrates!<seees oases eae see eee
8) Leptocephalidsetsses-.- sense - =o eee ena a eee
i7>)|\Plepturus, UTOCOUS eae ee ee anime ae lee eee ee
40 || Lethrinus amboinensis.-.-..--.--..-.-- 25 -cee nee
42 mahsenoides! ec. enc 2 ee wana =e

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leucurus, Butis - 40 | naucrates, Leptecheneis.......---.....----- 40
lineatus, Siganus -- 35 | nebulosus, Rhinogobius............-.-..--- 41
AinecolAtavAnC HAMA pee eee ccs ecean cies owen. Se s~ 6 17 nectura, Jenkinsiella. 5
Liza amarula 11 Nemipterus japonicus
troscheli 11 Tuteus....
waigiensis . 11 | metopi
longimanus, Mugil .. 10 ovenii ..-
Pentaprion 24 | ENIOPLCLUSs sae tena hearts age sete 21
lumbricoidea, Moringua 7 LOLW ee oeii reece ccseagdseceeccnmesces 22
30 | TEM UTUS MM OUACANUNUS .cieteeet eee ee een = 36
OG) | Netuma Nasu tae. Fy oad Ake wee ects deceee cee sce acces 8
JUN ET PEN OPIS een eer eet se ne aes olan en area eine’) « 18 | THIF OT A DOLE CTU SS oe are i-torecls taci= ates etal inarsieaioa atte eeiaias 15
Rhinogobius 41 | nigrescens, Halichceres. 29
luteus, Nemipterus 21 | nigripinnis, Caranx ....
Lutianide - 20 | nova-guine, Scorpzenopsis Fs
Lutianus decussatus 215s OVAL DIN Ca TA MIA sites cm Ae. ots Ate ee eee
dodecantheoides maa. es enere sce ene a eae = 20 | obtusata, Spliyraane, cas. sce cencccaeees so eee cece ears
PIDDUS Seer eee one aeietee ects tae wees 20) ocellatus;;Parachtodon tc. o.26--cc- esses tee 33
quinquelineatus 20 SDNCTOMM eS eam se cean tein coe anes eee 36
PUSSC Leesan nee aaa are saat eee a 20 ocyurus, Rhinogobius ft 42
Va aos Ss ae ORE SAS Ran aA ano een 20) |i Ophichthus'spescee ceccee sec vcaee- <r estoneee seas scence 6
luzonia, Scolopsis. * 22 tapeinoptexrUss. neve oe. ee ee eee 6
luzonius, Upeneus 28 O DICH EN VAG eres tterar te ata ele cataracts celal ieiatete eysisisraictonseinete
macracanthus, Cephalacanthus ........-.......--.--.- 40 | Ophiocephalide .....-.

Plgey Ce DHE LUS eerste at eee esata, 38 | Ophiocephalus striatus ...........-......-.. 27
macrurus) bepldaploisisee: ..2.- Jee nee een ec tee ve o2 = dn ODIOPOMUSiVergenS 2... sseeeee eae ees es =e ce eee
maculata sMene mast weenie Slaw tose ees 15 orbicularis, Platax .
maculatus, Pomadasis 23 | Sczeops
magur, Clarias.... 8 ornatissimus, Cheetodon...... Peete Aer rac
mahsenoides, Lethricus PAT WL OStVA CH OPO = ce cmme eee cleeerealcscisecs aces Sec ee aeeees
malabaricus, Epinephelus 19 | Ostracion cornutum 36
Mapo fuseus ...... Sete niectareiaestas cle ratcieterassa Ss 43 tuberculatum 36
Marmoratus, Siganus.............---..- 35 gibbosum 36
mataoides, Hepatus - 34 | ovenii, Nemipterus. : 21
megachir, Epinephelus 20 | Oxyurichthus cristatus. 44
melanosomus, Paragobiodon .... 45 tentacularist=- sees or eee 45
Mene maculata yb) ||| DAN yensiss GODIUS!o.ae2- oss ccicteace ssaeltsewne- esac 42
LUIS FE Si i Se CORSO RA CHER SC SC AOE aaa Cee Toul er arachstodon Ocellatus er.e. -e.emccse= ees eee ce 33
Mento; ParexOccetusis:. << cs ccesns-sesece ene sesesence 9 | Paragobiodon melanosomus. . . 45
metopias,;NeMipterus). +. << 2.050. «= s-5.0cc-c ol deceece~ ce 225 )|| Pera pePasisMaAtAnSees—- onc ca. seeeece mere toen case 10
Microbuglossus humilis 5 461) Parapercisihexophthalmus..<- -2..c--<2s-22-2--2s+ seen 46
microlepidotus ScOMpers-csces eee ee = ooo 2a Pp LATEX OCOPLUSMENtO}eres mae acne ace cence eens cameos 9
MINA USS ALiCHCELES*nac co. = seen oats eer ees veloc se 00); |) Pepaside—-2a-cce see ~s- See aaielonniaje setae es eee ee anaes a 10

15 | pentadactylus, Hemipteronotus...................-.-- 31
ifm PentaprionIonpimanusicee 242-2 eee oe eee ease 24
17 | Pentapus vittatus..... 23
moluccensis, Harengula 4_| Periophthalmodon schl ri 40
Monacanthide ........ 36 | Periophthalmus chrysopspilus ...............2.-...... 41
Monacanthus nemurus 36 | petimba, Fistularia....... ofa nie Hees sete cislenemecrcee 9
monoceros, Alutera.. 36 Petroscirtes eretes................. cole visi Sa See eee eS 47
Monodactylus argenteus. . 32 | vulsus ....- Gr
Moringua lumbricoidea .. 7 | phekodapleura, Stethojulis 30
Moringuide ....... eee 7 philippinus, Gymnothorax S i
MiieiicersMensisesose oc cces temo eereinet es 2ac.2ca25c6 IS Wepictus: spilotichthys- << o<<.iecoc es <a sae sees cee noe 22
longimanus 10 | Pinjalo typus.... 21
sundanensis - 11 Platax orcicularis 32
Mugilide . 10 ~Platycephalide. . 38
Mullide ... 25 Platycephalus ins 38
6 isacanthus 38
6 macracanthus 38
Murenichthys gymnopterus ....................+--+-- 6 punctatus 38
Murenide.. eee 7 | Plectropomus calearifer 19
mydrus, Mionorus 17 ~Pleuronectide 45
NM yridatne -eeeeeen anes lce: 6
narinari, Stoasodon = 8
nasuta, Netuma ...... l4
RATAN Rh ATADCEASUN tcc tacnn sels occice Andee nec ssces 30

Vi

Polydactylus zophomus .......-..------ BP ites ieee
Polynemides eee an eaeerinsescee scree pe omes np aa= aso
polyspilus, Pseudorhombus ...-......--- 5 -
polystigma, Psendamias 22. meses -e enemies eel er
POM COD tr G 20 esas ante nae mee ee eee teat

POM HO ASIS/ ATE CMCC TIS are ta ratchet te aye melee eter
maculatus --
pondicerrianum, Rachycentron..........-...--...-...
Prigcanthidresseen-secmccc ace ee eee ae ee eee ete
Prig.cantbus Cruentatusyec.c-22 os is= ae eee aete
PriopisiPUTUeNSIS seme estore clam meee reclame ete teres
interruptus z

UW hee ode sosepeanuber-nEoacesaeton atetcoseesss
Psettod ester mein. see caer s sens or = ais ae ee sleet tere
Pseudamia polystigma) mene n sje s sece== es occa ale
pseudominiatus;! Malich cores ee ese satastajae teretoiniia-e
Pseudorhombus arsius
polyspilus

PsenGoscisena | aMew pee cans asec oe ae aieectetetae me
Pseudupeneus barberinus!..-.....-.-. .-----s----------
INGICUS.4.\asc2 anos nasie se Ses ee eeele setae

Pterophryne histrio
IEP o} oN ES) Cocca sdoduess oabess Saoasacanaessesseassss
punctata, Drepane :
punctatofasciatus;Cheetodon<- -. 2-22. 2-22 in sa=e = =
punctatum, Xystema ....

PuNncticeps; CynOPlOSSUS seem seem ee eres eres
pusillus, Decterias .
puta, Terapon
quadrifasciata, Amia
Quadrilineatusy Nerd poMlers sen cctecccersee sites mies we elecse
quinquelineatus, Lutianus -
quoyi, Hemirhamphus
Rachycentride :
Rachycentron pondicerrianum...-.-.......-......--.-
reticulatus, Tetraodones ses --s- a 2-52 - eee siaesene =
Rbinobatideee see sashes oa a sasce cesta eee eerie
Rhinogobius lungi.
MeEDULOSUS sesso ee neers se aes cena =
OCYULUSt sees cues ss eo bee ee seca te aes
rhombeum, Zebrasoma -

muber, Holocentrus:-- 20. ess = 3
Tuconia; Hquula...- s25/seoc se scseinss = aeceescis = visebi<ige
TusselliDutianusee ss cee eee ts aoe cto
LBpeal aude e GonsaAcoaasgeseaccasconarosanoEce das
SMUT SETA CIS ese cc cece ieireeemiseion ecto ts reinerselae
japonica
savala, Trichiurus.
Saxatilis A DUdeLdUioe.-~ eee cee ee = eee nae airalel 3
SCA DIA SGUASLODSIS fare stee saree abraye see ates eerie ele
Sczops orbicularis.
scandens, Anabas
SCapulariss Halichoeres sac ceeesiaae= = aoe elena in eee ee
Scarichthyid2e 2. -esene-n esos
schlosseri, Periophthalmodon
SGleeni des Aye acta sees cee asiaere sem eee areas
SCOMOG OM ACNE rama ersterc lotsa ee geet ater a
SCOlLODSISTCN Ta Leip anise ee eceeiae eee eee
Juzonia -.
MACH thor po aa ASS ROMA acsseseer coe toss
Scomber microlepidotus. ........... eee la Seis aeyetstee stew!

INDEX.

11 | Scomberoides tala

11 | toloo-paTa hy riass<<1cc 2 cto see ee eee
<5 Secomberomorus commersoni.
life | Scombrideeiae sees sce $2 fae seas soe eens

27.) | «SCOLPeNI Gee ees ose aa i- eae Soe see ae eee eee
27 Seorpzenopsis cirrhosa

PRY |) MOVA-BUINES 2.2 oe. ao eee eee
23 | Scorpide .... ao
a RSCULA TUS) Cen UniSCUS foc. ae ee eee aes a ee eaters
207) (Sebastapistes tristiss==cee= sss - esa. see eee eee

18 | serrata, Fistularia

18 | serrifrons, Butis ...-.-.

45 | sexfasciatus, Caranx

17) SSiganid stan noctae wk oe ere ee ae Ae ee eee eel
30 | Siganus fuscescens -.

45 JVs eee

45 | Vines tus’. 2 x.ccceneseecsse seers eee 2

25 marmoratus. ...-- g
25 | CetravOnusies se csa-c cose ee se eee eee
25 VAI SOI RR ecgenancnoScdaqcancagasccsoncanndseon
48)\| ‘sthama; Sillago’: 22222222 ssececes oa0- ose eee

46 | Sillaginidee
33 | Sillago sihama
34 | Siluridze

PEE ets) (10 Eyres SF pee ie goccohEOGUSCBEASananaor Sane fcgac
38 | spaniaspis, Doryichthys ................--«-0-s--s---=-

AGG AS PALL Os ores este ar ste eta ee
38 | speciosus, Caran
24 Spheroides lunaris

16 | ocellatus.
24.) ‘Sphyrena jellojscccss see. sca ne oe Se eee eee
20 ObtuSaitaee ce se ae ere seeaee Reenter heater =

8 | Sphyrenide -.

14) Sphyrna zygena

4 Sphyrnidei2-.cn2n--eesi

37 spicifer, Corythroichthy

4) SPllOUGhtR YS PIC LOS eee ce cee ee a arene toes
All || Stethojulisibandanensise sss -se-= 4 -4-e eae eee eee
41 | UGH OTE) Senna arab rennemesuEE Sag Gooans
42 | phekadopleura . . 2
Bd stigmatopomus, Cephalopholis .............-..--------
AUN Stoasodonynarin ari eee sees aera aaa
Si) ll! stoliezenGenna dius: s- sss se eeie sea ela ee ee ee
33 | striatus, Ophiocephalus. .....

12 | Stromateide ...-..--

5) sSulphure us PCM ews se ate rete ae ete nites alae
20 | sundanensis, Mugil. .

25 | Syngnathide
6 | Synodontide
| taeniopterus, Nemipterus -
talay SCOMPCLOLM CSE ae seat ame ee alee ieee te falas
S$ | tapeinopterus, Ophichthus

| tentacularis, Oxyurichthus.....-.
Terapon jarbua

Tetraodon hispidus
ibeabontsXeyelhAl tee Son Re SOR eas oceans sessans
ICONIC) AR Ronee cron eobesccasune =caeN

Metraodon idee sees esse = ee we ceo eee

PO LAZOUMUS, lS TL US pear ala aster ae eet

| Thalassoma dorsale

G5 25)

Thalassoma lunare
theraps, Terapon ..
thompsoni, Elates.
thysanius, Blennius.

LOMMNEN EMMA DLeTUS sa eces <a ernest eens Seiscex eben acctese
Trachurops crumenophthalmus ............-.5----...-
brAP ITA yO PCUCUS s= se soca scactesscssec sce cc. cceees
triangulum, Gonochetodon .
Trichiundee
Trichiurus savala. .
LrMopatusnChellinsiess = ceeccneet anaes se.
trimaculatus, Dascyllus
trifasciatus, Cheetodon
Eri punctatus MDASCYMUSsss. oes csiccs sane Geos Sewees
TRISTISN SE DAS(RDIStCH seems cao e woe ren set ses Ole ca eSe
MNOSCHELL WLI ZS wieiemerceerssriales ec ciciene nimcicoeiceeaec se selsecas
tuberculatum, Ostracion
turchesius, Abudefduf -
Tylosurus giganteus.. 4

VOLOTUS Coe sae wae aiestomeneseeesoee= ease sss

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PLY DUS HPAMIAIO mee coesta ee ewe sste ccs soeeecessecesces 21
WUimbrinsidussumMierilsescs ce seccwoses nc seencesenc acc 25
MUSSClNL Se cscce costes see Paeac sane roe dcees 25
undulatus, Balistapus - 35
Upeneus luzonius...... 25
sulphureus - : 26

trap Wale cee. we cas ta ce onc moeeats otieg eee 26
WUROCORSER LOPlOrus. sees son. cncsesccecseesessecccese 6
Validus;CreissOMm sc: secs cet noe.cenaecees cece coer cscs < 43
lcverpens: Oplopomuss.ccs.<c.2.0e24 eee tes does caer 44
VATPALUS\SIS ANUS cw ccmian sameness salsa deals Feaie tee toes otis 35
livittariutianus. ccc sscccst.cesc te sete sereet eee ees 20
vittatus, Pentapus. 23
vosmeri, Scolopsis ..-.... 22

| vulsus, Petroscirtes...... 47
WAIPICTISISSISIZH to cates oo es chine oe ease aoa ee 11
leXeYSteoma PUN CtAtUMleee c-scec ns casesees soe cee sees 24
Zebrasoma rhombeuim) soec0 02. 22-02'<-2cs seceeees coe 34
ZEnaTCHOPterus!GiSpar ss. ce- es. ce eee seceee cee eeaneee 8
zophomus, Polydactylus aa 11
JEzVerena, SDRYING. JosccssccwocccccseCesec coset ce ecces 3

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