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before pectoral origin, reaches vent or | to anal. Ventral spine 

 I of fin. 



Color in alcohol pale brownish generally, slightly paler below. 

 Fins all pale or whitish, except brownish shade on spinous dorsal 

 and scales at caudal base. Latter also with small jet-black round 

 spot, less than half of pupil diameter, just above lateral line. From 

 snout tip narrow blackish-brown line to front of eye and slopes 

 evenly from hind eye edge to caudal base medianly, in straight 

 course, also ends just below black caudal spot. Above this line on 

 snout another given off each side of snout tip, extends up over 

 interorbital then just above lateral line and finally fades out on 

 caudal peduncle above and behind. Pale brown median line from 

 interorbital and borders dorsal bases, continued medially behind to 

 caudal. Opercle with 2 brownish vertical bars. Iris slaty. 



Length 66 mm. 



Type, No. 47,492, A. N. S. P. 



Philippine Islands. Presented by the Commercial Museums of 

 Philadelphia. 



Also Nos. 47,493 to 47,499, paratypes, same data. These show: 

 Head 2| to 2|; depth 2f to 2|; D. VII-I, 9, i, A. II, 8; scales 23 to 

 26 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 more on latter; snout 3f to 4 

 in head, measured from upper jaw tip, eye 2| to 3; maxillary 2yo to 

 2|; interorbital 4f to 4f ; length 63 to 68 mm. 



This species appears to differ chiefly in its coloration, especially 

 the narrow lengthwise dark lines and the small black caudal spot 

 above the lateral line, as in A. exostigma Jordan and Scale. Though 

 very much narrower, the disposition of these lengthwise dark bands 

 is like those of A. quadrifascatus Cuvier. 



(For Mr. Alvin Scale, in slight recognition of his work in the 

 Philippine fisheries.) 



Amia wilsoni sp. nov. Fig. 10. 



Head 2f ; depth 2|; D. VIII-I, 9, i; A. II, 8; P. ii, 12; A. I, 5; 

 scales 22 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on latter; 2 scales 

 above 1.1. to spinous dorsal origin, and 6 below to spinous anal origin; 

 about 4 predorsal scales; head width about half its length; head depth 

 If; snout 4; eye 2f ; maxillary 2|; interobital 4|; third dorsal spine 

 1|; first dorsal ray If; second anal spine 2f; second anal ray 2|; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 2j; caudal 1|; pectoral If; ventral If. 



Body well compressed, rather deep, back not elevated, deepest at 

 spinous dorsal origin, and edges rounded convexly, though slight 

 median predorsal keel. Caudal peduncle well compressed, least 

 depth about 1^ its length. 



