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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



101. Amia margaritophora (Bleeker). 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 4197: length 1.75 in.). 



Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.9: eye 3 in head; dorsal vi-i, 9: anal n, 8; scales 3-25-7 ; teeth on palatines 

 and vomer. 



Apogon margaritophorus Bleeker. Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind.. vn, is."i4. 363, Batjan. 

 Amia margaritophorus Bleeker. Atlas, vn. 91, pi. ccci, fig. 4 Giinther, Cat., i. 234. 



102. Apogonichthys mentalis Evermann & Scale, new species. 



Head 2.75 in length; depth 3.4: eye 3.1 in head: snout 4: interorbital equal to. snout: dorsal yt-i, 10; 

 anal n. 12 (the small anterior anal spine broken oil' in type); scales probably about 28, deciduous. 



Body oblong, moderately compressed: depth of caudal peduncle 3.2 in head: mouth large, the lower jaw 

 the longer: maxillary 2.5 in head, its distal end under anterior margin of pupil; mandible 2.15 in head; 

 minute teeth in jaws, none on vomer or palatines: 20 gillrakers on lower limb, the longest equal to pupil: no 

 denticulations on preopercle; opercle with a single point: entire body covered with thin, very deciduous 

 cycloid scales; lateral line probably complete, apparently a single row of scales on cheek: origin of spinous 

 dorsal midway between tip of snout and axil of soft dorsal; longest dorsal spine 2.5 in head: base of soft dorsal 



Fig. 10. — Apogonichthys mentalis Evermann A- Scale, new species. Type. 



1.75 in head, its longest ray 2 in head; origin of anal under anterior third of soft dorsal, its longest ray 2.75 

 in head, its base 1.7.5: ventrals below base of pectoral, their length 2.1 in head: pectoral 1.3, the tip reaching 

 beyond anal spines; caudal rounded. 



Color in spirits, yellowish white; 2 black longitudinal lines separated by pale yellow on side to below 

 posterior end of soft dorsal ; some dark dots on opercle, a shading of dusky at tip of snout and on tip of lower 

 jaw: fins all uniform yellowish while. 



Two specimens, the type, no. 55905, U.S. National Museum (B. F. no. 3772, field no. 10(J96t, a female 

 full of mature eggs, and cotype no. 20002, Stanford University, each about 2.5 inches long, from Bacon, Sor- 

 sogon, P. I.; collector Charles J. Pierson. 



103. Archamia macropteroides (Bleeker). 



Thirty-eight specimens from Bacon (no. 3896, 38(57, 3991, and 3884: length about 3 in.). 



Head 2.75 in length; depth 2. 15; eye 3 in head; snout 5.5; dorsal vi-i, 10; anal n, 17; scales 4-27-9. 



Color in spirits, dirty yellowish, the body and head thickly punctulate with blackish: a large black spot 

 at base of caudal and a similar but smaller one on shoulder, these both very distinct. 



Our specimens differ from those from Samoa, which Jordan & Scale identified with .1. lineolata (Ehrenberg) 

 in having the body deeper, the eye larger, the head blunter, and the shoulder spot always distinct. A. bleeki ri 

 differs from the present species in the shape of the caudal spot and the more anterior position of the shoulder 

 spot. 

 Apogon macropteroides Bleeker. Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., in. ls">2. 724. Lepar Island, Banka: Giinther, Cat., i. 24.3. 



