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its juncture with the isthmus, also a small fleshy knob above the 

 furrow. 



Jordan and Starks recently contend^ the use of Selar for the 

 Caranx kalla, C. ire and C. affinis group. 



Selar boops (Cuvier). 



Four adults. 



Selar orumenophthalmus (Bloch). 



Several examples. 



Leiognathus philippinus sp. nov. Fig. 7. 



Head 3; depth 2|; D. Ill, 16; A. Ill, 14; P. ii, 15; V. I, 5; tubes 

 55 in lateral line to caudal base; about 13 scales in vertical series 

 between spinous dorsal origin and lateral line; about 20? scales in 



Fig. 7. — Leiognathus philippinus sp. nov. 



vertical series between spinous anal origin and lateral line; head 

 width 1| its length; head depth at occiput 1; second dorsal spine If; 

 first dorsal ray 3; second anal spine 1|; first anal ray 2f ; upper 

 caudal lobe IJ; pectoral 1|; ventral 2; snout 3|; eye 2|; maxillary 

 2|; interorbital 3j; least depth of caudal peduncle 4^. 



8 Ann. Carnegie Mus., XI, 1917, p. 443. 



