APOGONID FISHES OF THE INDO-PACIFIC — LACHNER 



587 



Teeth in lower jaw short, conical, directed inward and arranged in 

 two more or less regular rows anteriorly and one row posteriorly; 

 teeth of upper jaw short and conical, anteriorly, and arranged in one 

 to two irregular rows followed by a wide band of villiform teeth 

 posteriorly. 



Body deep and compressed (table 1) ; snout rounded; jaws oblique; 

 pectoral fins pointed ; contour of soft dorsal fin rounded ; anal fin ap- 

 parently falcate; caudal fin emarginate; depressed spiny dorsal just 

 touches anterior base of soft dorsal ; pelvic fins reach beyond vent but 

 not to origin of anal fin. 



Table 1. — Measurements in thousandths of the standard length of two species of 



Archamia 



Character 



dispilua 



Holotype 



4 paratypes » 



bigguttata ' 



5 specimens 



Standard length, mm 



Greatest body depth. 



Body width 



Head length 



Head depth at occiput 



Length of caudal peduncle.- 



Least depth of caudal peduncle 



Length of longest pectoral ray 



Length of second spine of spinous dorsal. . 



Diameter of eye 



Length of upper jaw 



Length of snout 



Least width of bony interorbital._ 



Tip of snout to origin of spinous dorsal fin 



Tip of snout to origin of anal fin 



Tip of snout to insertion of pectoral fins... 



Tip of snout to insertion of pelivc fins 



Tip of snout to anal opening 



58 

 413 

 143 

 381 

 349 

 206 

 159 

 302 

 182 

 127 

 190 

 80 

 95 

 412 

 635 

 381 

 381 

 538 



62 (57-68) 

 •413 (403-424) 

 140 (121-152) 

 377 (371-386) 

 336 (309-356) 

 193 (170-207) 

 153 (141-162) 

 287 (279-301) 

 157 (140-182) 

 127 (114-135) 

 186 (175-191) 

 81 (73-93) 

 91 (88-95) 

 413 (403^24) 

 610 (592-633) 

 373 (354-391) 

 383 (369-406) 

 535 (516-543) 



60 (56-63) 

 439 (425-455) 

 141 (131-147) 

 386 (375-394) 

 376 (361-393) 

 204 (189-224) 



153 (143-164) 

 306 (29^312) 



154 (143-168) 

 133 (127-134) 

 184 (175-189) 



83 (79-89) 

 97 (95-100) 

 426 (417-437) 

 606 (585-617) 

 391 (377-401) 

 406 (394-418) 

 540 (532-552) 



I From the Philippine Islands. 



' From Formosa and the Philippine Islands. 



' The average value is followed by the range of variation in parentheses. 



Color in alcohol. — Body and head brownish with numerous fine 

 dark-brown pepperlike spots, especially abundant on chin, snout, 

 cheeks, opercles, and midside of body ; a large, diffuse, circular dark- 

 brown to blackish spot at base of caudal fin, its diameter almost equal 

 to depth of caudal peduncle and about equal to diameter of eye; an 

 irregular dark-brown spot or blotch just below lateral line and pos- 

 terior to opercular flap ; basal portion of caudal fin with fine, scattered, 

 brown dots ; remainder of fins transparent. 



Named dispihts in reference to the two dark spots on the body. 



Range. — Formosa and the Philippine Islands. 



