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pelvic, soft dorsal, and anal fins are clear to slightly dusky ; the anterior 

 portion of spinous dorsal dusky to black, remainder of fin clear. 



Range. — East Indies and the Philippine Islands. 



Remarks. — See Remarks under A. savayensis (p. 599) for a discus- 

 sion of the relationships among handanensis^ savayensis, and erdmani. 



APOGON SAVAYENSIS Gunther 



Plate 19, Or-c 



Apogon savayensis Gunther, 1871, p. 656 (types from Savay, Samoa, and 



Mando, Celebes ; 1873, p. 21, tab. 19, fig. b). 

 Amia savayensis Jobdan and Seale, 1906 p. 239. 

 Amia Mndanensis Fowlee and Bean, 1930, p. 40 (in part). 

 Apogon handanensis Schixltz, 1943, p. 95 (in part). 



Specimens studied.— V. S. N. M. Nos. 112234 to 112241 and 126373, 

 totaling 13 specimens, 48 to 75 mm., all collected during 1908-09 in the 

 East Indies and Philippine Islands by the Albatross expedition ex- 

 cept No. 126373, which was collected by Pierson in 1903 ; U. S. N. M. 

 Nos. 142414 to 142417 and 142428, 40 specimens (56 additional speci- 

 mens not cataloged), 19 to 60 mm., July to September 1946, northern 

 Marshall Islands (Brock, Donaldson, Herald, and Schultz) ; 

 U. S. N. M. Nos. 126257, 52432, and 58522, totaling 30 specimens, 42 to 

 70 mm., 1902, Samoan Islands (Jordan and Kellogg) ; U. S. N. M. No. 

 82953, 1 specimen, 65 mm., Samoan Islands (Wilkes Exploring Ex- 

 pedition) ; U. S. N. M. No. 65426, 7 specimens, 67 to 78 mm., February 

 1904, Manga Reva, Tuamotu Archipelago {Albatross expedition) ; 

 U. S. N. M. No. 82795 and 82796, totaling 3 specimens, 45 to 65 mm., 

 Fiji or Oahu (Wilkes Exploring Expedition). 



Color in alcohol — Body and head light tan to dusky, head more 

 dusky ; in some specimens body, laterally, with about six vertical nar- 

 row silvery bars, separated by wider dusky bars; these vertical bars 

 are often irregular or may be completely absent ; three characteristic 

 markings are: (1) a large triangular or wedge-shaped dark-brown 

 mark extending from below eye to angle or slightly above angle 

 of anterior margin of preopercle (slightly more horizontally di- 

 rected than in bandanensis) ; (2) a dark-brown saddle at base of 

 caudal fin, not extending below lateral line in adults; this saddle 

 begins in young and juveniles as an almost complete band extending 

 below lateral line and nearly encircles caudal peduncle, but as the 

 specimens increase in size the band gradually atrophies into a saddle ; 

 and (3) a conspicuous dark brown streak in the outer two-branched 

 caudal rays; the outermost unbranched caudal ray is usually clear 

 or white and is in contrast with the dark brown streak ; pectoral, pel- 



