FISHES OF THE ISLANDS OF LUZON AND PANAY. 11 



46. Mugil sundanensis Bleeker. 



Head 4.10 in length; depth I: dorsal iv, 9; ana! m. 9; scales '-'7 to 30, 9 in vertical series; a well- 

 devel6ped adipose eyelid; snoul equal to eye: 17 hi- 1^ scales in fronl of dorsal. Color in spirits silvery; 

 no spot at axil: narrow line indistinctly along each row of seales. Two specimens from Cavite. length 7.50 

 inches. 



47. Mugil ceramensis (u\ i.-i- A. Valenciennes. 



Six specimens from Cav ite 



LIZA Jordan & Swain. 



48. Liza amarula (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Eead 3.75 in length; depth 4; eye 3.10 in head; dorsal rv I, 9; anal m, 9; scales 37; upper jaw rather 



wide, smooth; lower jaw thin, the symphysis prominent; preorbital strongly bent ami serrated Color 

 silvery, light below, outer margin of caudal dusky. One specimen from Cavite, length 3.2S inches. 



49. Liza troscheli i Bleeker) 



Bead 3.50 in length: depth 3.55; eye 3.50 in head, 1 in snoul . scales :'>2. 11 in vertical series; no adipose 

 eyelid: (Inisal iv i, 8; anal in. 9; 19 rows of scales before dorsal; lip thin: premaxillary hidden, except 

 tip; preorbital strongly spinous at ''ml; maxillary scaled; origin of dorsal ovei anterio) third of anal; caudal 

 emarginate. Color in spirits silvery, a lighl brownish wash above ; caudal with dusk} wash at margin, fins 

 otherwise uniform. One specimen from Cavite. length 2.75 inches. 



50. Liza waig-iensis (Quo) & Gaimard 



Bead 3.50 in length; depth 3.75; dorsal n i, 8; anal m, 8; scales 27 Coloi in \ vellowish, with 



silvery reflections, the centers of scales with narrow dark longitudii | i half of pectoral 



black, other fins gray. Two young examples from Ca\ ite, length 2.50 inches. 



Familj SPHYR 1 \ll> H. 



SPHYRiENA Linnaeus. 



51. Sphyreena obtusata < 'u\ ii :i & Valencienn 



Head a in length; depth 6.05; eye 1.25 in head; snout 2.50; dorsal vi, 9; anal I, 9; seales 83, about 

 16 series in front of dorsal and 16 between the 2 doi or in spirits dusky above, silvery below, an 



indistinct dusky band on side. Five specimens from Cavite, length 5 to '.' 50 inches. 



52. Sphyraena jello < 'u\ ;n ,y Valencie is 



Head 2.90 in length; depth 8; scales about 130; dorsal \ i, 9; anal i, 9. Color in spirits yell 

 with indistinct darker bands over back and on sides • toe specimen from Manila, length 5 2£ 



Family l'ni.WKMIIU:. 



POLYDACTYLY Lacepede. 



53. Polydactylus zophomus .Ionian A: McGregor, new spi 



Polynemut -plebcjus Cantor, Malayan Fishes, 27 1854, W I I Gunther, Cat., n, 329, 1860; 



Amboyna; Malayan Peninsula; not synonymj 

 Polydactylus plebi ins Jordan 4 Evermann, Proi U. S Nat. Uus., \w. 1902, 351, Kotosho, For 



I bad A:2 in length to base of caudal; depth 3.25; dorsal raw, bi: anal in, 13; first dorsal spine and 

 first anal spine minute: ."> free pectoral rays, the longest reaching a little beyond tip of pectoral fin; eye 4 in 

 head; seales large, ctenoid, deciduous, about ">N in lateral line. 



Color in alcohol light golden brown; lins browner, all of them more or less speckled with black: hist 

 dorsal most heavily speckled and with a narrow but distinct black border; a horizontally oblong black spot 

 with serrate edges, three-eighths of an inch in diameter, above gill-opening, the lateral line passing through 

 its middle. 



