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Allied with Apogon nigricans Day,^ but differs in the much lower 

 anal, pectoral with pale base, and apparently without traces of the 

 dark vertical bars. 



(i/7jAa9, black.) 

 Amia sealei sp. nov. Fig. 9. 



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

 22 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 more on latter; 2 scales above 

 1.1. to spinous dorsal origin, and 6 in vertical series below to spinous 

 anal origin; 4 predorsal scales; head width 2+ in its length; head 

 depth at occiput If; snout 4^; eye 2|; maxillary 2|; interorbital 5; 

 third dorsal spine 2|; second anal spine 3; second dorsal ray If; 



Fig. 9.— Amia sealei sp. nov. 



first anal ray 2|; least depth of caudal peduncle 2f ; caudal (damaged) 

 about If?; pectoral 1|; ventral 2. 



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 l^- its length. 



Head large, moderately long, compressed, flattened surfaces 

 nearly evenly sloping above and below, upper profile much more 

 inclined than lower, and rather convex. Snout short, surface convex, 



^ Fishes of India, I, 1875, p. 58, PI. 16, fig. 3. Madras. 



