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THE SHORE FISHES. 



Fowleria isostigma (Jordan & Seale). 

 Apogonichthys isostigma Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 1906, 25, p. 2.51, fig. 45. 



Four specimens 3 to 4| inches long from Manga Reva, coral. M. C. Z. 

 29542 (2 specimens). 



These specimens are identifiable with the Types of Apogonichthys isostigma, 

 in the U. S. National Museum, but they differ somewhat from the description 

 of Jordan and Seale. They state that "This .species is nearest Apogonichthys 

 polystigma Bleeker, but that it does not seem to agree with Bleeker's account." 

 The chief discrepancies, which are doubtless due to the personal equation of 

 the observers, in these two descriptions are, in Bleeker's description, the larger 

 eye, more numerous scales and the two jaws are equal; his figure shows a little 

 longer lower jaw, the dusky line from back of eye extending more obliquely 

 downward and backward and the body spots not so well defined. In the Types 

 as well as in our specimens, the eye (orbit) is hot so small as indicated by Jordan 

 and Seale, or so large as stated by Bleeker, and the scales, according to our 

 method of counting, in both our specimens and the Type agree with Bleeker's 

 count. When the mouth is partly open, the jaws appear equal, although v/hen 

 closed, the lower is included, which tends to make F. isostigma still nearer to 

 A. polystigma. But in his Atlas Bleeker includes A. polystigma in the genus 

 Amia, which he states has palatine teeth; F. isostigma has no palatine teeth. 



We give the following comparative measurements of our four specimens, 

 of the Type?, and two cotypes of F. (Apogonichthys) isostigma, together with 

 measurements taken from Bleeker's figure of F. (Apogonichthys) polystigma. 



Specimens from Manga Reva. 



