APOGONID FISHES OF THE INDO-PACIFIC — LACHNER 585 



caudal peduncle, where stripes on each side nearly join; an intense 

 brownish-black, circular to oval spot present at midbase of caudal fin, 

 its horizontal diameter about equal to diameter of pupil. 



Range. — Philippine and eastern East Indies Islands, China Sea off 

 northwest Luzon and New Guinea (M'acleay, 1884, p. 252). 



Remarks. — The only species of Archamia having horizontal stripes 

 on the body, it is further characterized by having the lowest anal count 

 and a more slender body, resembling Apogon gracilis and A'pogon 

 mentalis in the latter two characters. The A'pogon gracilis and A. 

 mentalis group are distinguished from huruensis in having a higher 

 number of gill rakers, 25 to 28, and having both margins of preopercle 

 smooth. 



No specimens contained buccal ova although the ova were well de- 

 veloped in female specimens about 60 mm. in length. 



ARCHAMIA ZOSTEROPHORA (Bleeker) 



Apogon zosterophora Bleekeb. 1856b, p. 36 (type locality, Manado, Celebes). 

 Amia zosterophora Bleeker, 1873-76, p. 103, Perc. 35, tab. 313, fig. 2. 



Specimens studied. — U.S.N.M. No. 123386, 2 specimens, 29 and 49 

 mm., December 1944, Tanamera Bay, New Guinea (Lt. Otis Barton) ; 

 U.S.N.M. uncataloged collections, several hundred specimens ranging 

 in length from 28 to 68 mm., collected in 1908 and 1909 in the East In- 

 dies and Philippine Islands (Albatross expedition) . These collections 

 were reported on by Fowler and Bean (1930, pp. 117-119). 



Description. — In addition to the characters listed in the key, zoste- 

 rophora has a slightly lower number of gill rakers (range from 19 to 

 22, table 3) than the other species of the genus. The body is more 

 deeply proportioned than that of buruensis, but in this respect it is very 

 similar to all the other species. 



Color in alcohol. — Head and body tan ; cheeks and opercles iridescent 

 silvery tan ; fins transparent except some dusky in most specimens on 

 lower half of soft dorsal fin. Three color marks, each varying in in- 

 tensity, make this species extremely conspicuous. These are (1) a 

 wide brownish bar extending from tip of snout to anterior margin of 

 middle portion of eye; (2) a broad, brownish-black, nearly vertical 

 band (slightly oblique and sloping dorsoventrally toward the head), 

 its horizontal width at the midbody area about li/o to 2% in length of 

 head, and almost completely faded in some specimens; and (3) an in- 

 tense, small, round brownish-black spot at midbase of caudal fin. 

 Fowler and Bean (1930, pp. 116-117) present descriptions of colors in 

 life and a good illustration (Fowler, 1918, p. 29) . 



Range. — Known from the East Indies Islands (Bleeker, 1856b, p. 36 ; 

 Weber, 1913, p. 236) , Philippine Islands (Fowler, 1918, p. 28; Fowler 

 and Bean 1930, p. 117), New Guinea (Macleay, 1883, p. 235), western 



