FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 

 99. Amia jenkinsi Evermann & Seale, new species. 



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Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.9; eye 3 in head; anoul 4.6; interorbital 4.2: dorsal vn-i. 9; anal n. 8; 

 scales 3-25-5. 



Body oblong, moderately compressed; depth of caudal peduncle 2.4 in head: anterior profile from base of 



dorsal to tip of snout forming a straight line at an angle of about 15°; mouth large: lower jaw the longer: 

 maxillary 2.1 in bead, its posterior margin under middle of pupil, the width of distal end equal to pupil; 

 mandible 1.75 in head: minute teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines in 1 or 2 rows: Hi gillrakers on lower limb, 

 the longest about 7 in head; posterior limb of preopercle finely denticulate, a few scattered denticulationa at 

 angle of anterior limb: opercle with an indistinct spine on posterior margin; bod} - entirel] covered with 

 weakly ctenoid scales: lateral lit" complete; 2 rows of scales on cheek; origin of spinous dorsal midway 

 between tip of snout mid posterior axil of soft dorsal, the longest -.pine 2.1 in head: longest ray of ■-oft dorsal 

 1.75 in bead: origin of anal under middle of sofl dorsal, its base 2.25 in head, longest raj 2 in head: origin of 



Fig. 9 t nimnn A Seale. new sp.-n.-* Type. 



ventrals tinder base of pectoral, their length L.75 in head: pectoral 1.5 in head: caudal rounded, 1 .."> in head. 



Color in spirits, dull yellowish, shaded with minute brown punctulations, a large quadrate black spot on 

 middle of base of caudal: a round jet-black spot about size of pupil mi each side of nuchal region: a wide 

 distinct black line on side of snout from eye to mouth : tip of lower jaw black : spinous dorsal black : a shading 

 of dusk}' on base of soft dorsal ami anal, otherw ise litis all yellowish. One specimen, the type. no. 55907, U.S. 

 Xational Museum (field no. IIHii, length '■'• I in., from Bulan, Sorsogon, P. I. 



Named for Dr. (). 1'. Jenkins, of Stanford University. 



100. Amia endekataenia (Bleeker). 



Three specimens from Bacon (no. 3839 and 3818; length 2.25 to 3.5 in.). 



-1. endekatsenia is undoubtedly a species distinct from .1 fasciata, easily distinguished by the bluntly 

 rounded profile of the head, the short snout, and the more rounded preopercle. Gillrakers 11 on lower limb 

 (including nodules); only posterior limb of preopercle serrated. Our specimens are faded, but the I dusky 

 longitudinal lines are quite perceptible in the large specimen: also the rather diffused dusky caudal -pot. 

 The small specimens have the spinous dorsal tipped with dusky and show indistinct traces of dusky vertical 

 lines, as in .1. quatlrtftiseiata: tin' large specimen has ventrals tipped with dusky. 



Ajiogon cndekai;tnm Bleeker, Nat Trjds. Ned. Ind., m. 1852, 44B, Banka. 

 A mm cndekat&nia Bleeker Atlas, m, s.".. pi. cccr, fig. 2. 



