FISHES OF THE ISLANDS OF LUZON AND PANAY. 



DUSSTTMIERIA Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 10. Dussumieria elopsoides (Bleeker). 



Head 3.80 in length; depth 5; eye 3.50 in head; dorsal 19; anal 1.5. Color bluish above, silvery below, 

 a more- or less distinct line along sides; margin of caudal dusky; belly not distinctly rounded but slightly 

 compressed, with a ridge which, however, has no sharp scutes. 



A second specimen has the head 3.50 in length; depth 6; eye 3.75 in head; dorsal 20; anal 24: scales 



about 56; s minute teeth in jaws. Color yellowish white, a distinct black streak clown back, another 



indistinct one along side. The two colors are not sharply divided on sides. This specimen has the origin of 

 ventrals under anterior half of dorsal. 



Four specimens from Cavite; length 5.75 to 6 inches. 



ILISHA Gray. 



11. Ilisha hoevenii i l'.lc c k, i i 



Head 3.50 in length; depth 9.45; eye 2.50 in head; dorsal 17: anal 37; maxillary 2 in head. Color silvery; 

 tip of caudal and dorsal dusky. Eight specimens from Cavite, length 3 to 7.50 inches. 



Family D0R0S0MATID.E. 



AN0D0NT0ST0MA Bleeker. 

 12. Anodontostoma chacunda (Hamilton). 



Head 3.50 in length; depth 2.25; eye 3.50 in head; adipose eyelid well developed; tip of snout projecting 

 beyond the narrow under jaw: maxillary ending under anterior margin of pupil: scales 39; dorsal 18; anal 19. 

 Color light brown above, silvery below, a brown spot above axil of pectoral just posterior to upper edge of 

 opercle. Five specimens from Cavite, length 3.50 to r> inches. 



Famil) ENGRAl LlDiC. 



ANCH0VIA Jordan & Evermann. 

 13. Anchovia commersoniana (Lacepede) 



Ibad 1.20 in length; depth 5.50; dorsal 15: anal 21; small teeth in jaws, vomer, and palatines; scales 36. 



Color yellowish white, caudal with wash of dusky at lip. Seven specimens from Manila, length 2 to 1.20 



inches. 



14. Anchovia hamiltonii K in 



Head 1.45 in length: depth 3.50; eye I in head; scales W; dorsal 12; anal 37; maxillary ending as a 

 sharp spine almost on line with posterior margin of opercle; maxillary 4.'_'5 in head. Color brownish above; 

 silvery below; red a! base of anal; a blotch of short narrow black lines "ti shoulders; belly sharp, serrated. 

 Two speci ns from < 'av He. length 3 and 7.35 inches. 



15. Anchovia indica (Van Hasselt). 



Head 1.50 iii length; depth 6; eye 3.20 in head; dorsal Hi; anal 18; scales about 40; deciduous teeth in 

 jaws, vomer, and palatines. Color yellowish white 1 ; a silvery line on side. Six specimens From Cm He length 



2.50 to ti inches. 



Related to Anchovia commersoniana, I lasily distinguished by tin- greater length and the greater number 



of scales. 



Family SYN0D0NTID/E. 



, SAURIDA Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



16. Saurida japonica (Houttuyn). 



Iliad I in length: depth 9; eye 1.25 in head; dorsal 11: anal 10: scales 54; adipose eyelid thin. Color 

 in spirits brownish above, with some indistinct blotches on side, white below; outer half of pectoral and 

 caudal shaded with gray. Eight specimens from Ca\ ite, length 3.50 to 5. .50 inches. 



This species differs from Saurida badi (Cuvier) in the thin adipose eyelid, and pale ventrals. Saurida 

 tumbil has the scale's 60, and the back with dark crossbars. 



