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snout tip, first spine about 3 in second, and third about |. Soft anal 

 like soft dorsal. Caudal well forked, pointed lobes about equal. 

 Pectoral pointed, reaches soft anal origin. Ventral inserted below 

 pectoral origin, fin | to anal and spine f of fin. Front basal edges 

 of third dorsal and anal spines finely serrated. 



Color in alcohol largely' pale brownish. Pale diffuse streak from 

 shoulder to caudal base. Below this and on sides of head many 

 dusky dots, crowded at first but becoming sparse below. Along 

 back, close to dorsal base, dusky line. Along anal basally dusky 

 blotch between each basal spine. Near hind opercle edge blackish 

 short line above and another below. Also shorter bar or blotch 

 above pectoral base and another below, axil with dark brown dots. 

 Opercle shaded dusky, also inside of gill-opening. Chest and cheek 

 with dusky dots like on trunk below. Side of snout dusky-brown. 

 Iris slaty-gray. Black blotch on outer portions of second to fifth 

 spinous dorsal membranes. 



Length 65 mm. 



Type, No. 47,486, A. N. S. P. 



Philippine Islands. Presented by the Commercial Museums of 

 Philadelphia. 



Also Nos. 47,487 to 47,490, same data, paratypes. These show: 

 Head 3| to 3i; depth 2^; D. VIII, 16; A. Ill, 13 or 14; snout 3^ to 3 J 

 in head; eye 2| to 3; maxillary 2 J to 2f ; interorbital 2| to 3|; length 

 63 to 68 mm. 



Easily distinguished from L. splendens by its colors. Falls within 

 Eubleekeria. 



AURIGEQUULA subgen. nov. 



Type Clupea fasciata Lacepede. 



Breast and lower part of belly naked. Lateral line complete. 

 Second dorsal spine twice or more length of third, conspicuously 

 produced. Second anal spine also elongate. 



Characterized chiefly by its elongated second dorsal and anal 

 spines. 



(Auriga, coachman; Equula an old name for Leiognathus; with 

 reference to the long whip-like dorsal and anal spines.) 

 Leiognathus fasciatus (Lac6pMe). 



One example. 

 Amia melas sp, nov. Fig. 8. 



Head 2|; depth 2f ; D. VII-I, 9; A. II, 8; P. ii, 12; V. I, 5; scales 

 about 21? (according to pockets) in median lateral series from 

 2 



