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DICALLIONYMUS GORAMENSIS (Bleeker) 



CalUonymus goramensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl. -Indie, vol. 15, p. 214, 



1858 (type locality: Goram Island). 

 Synchiropus goramensis Bleeker, Versl. Meded. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, scr. 2, 



vol. 14, p. 101, 1879 (Goram). 



Eleven examples. Pandanan Island. Seine 130 feet. March 23, 

 1909. Length 33 to 71 mm. 



Amorinae, new subfamily 



Type genus. — Amora Gray. 



Long tentacle above each eye. Gill opening behind preopercular 

 spine. Body spinulose. Two distinct dorsal fins. 



Genus AMORA Gray 



Amora Gray, Illustrations of Indian zoology, Hardwicke, vol. 2, pi. 90, fig. 1,. 



1833-34. (Type Amora tentaculata Gray, monotypic.) 

 Anaora -Gray, ibid., in directions for arranging the plates. (Type, Amora 



tentaculata Gray.) 



Body moderately elongate, little broader than deep. Head large, 

 depressed moderately. Snout rather long. Eye large, elevated, but 

 little advanced in head length. Mouth terminally inferior. Above 

 each eye a filament, twice eye length. Gill opening behind pre- 

 opercular spine. First dorsal begins over gill opening, with four 

 spines, about high as second dorsal. Second dorsal with eight rays, 

 last branched. Anal similar with seven rays; also last branched. 

 Paired fins little shorter than head. 



This genus, long overlooked, was originally established on the 

 colored figure published and named by Gray as Amora tentaculata. 

 Bleeker in 1879 appears to have been the last author that accepted it. 

 Though he diagnosed the genus he failed to call attention to any of the 

 specific characters, some of which are of sufficient importance to be 

 readily made out. He mentioned that the body is spinulose, and this- 

 is better indicated by Gray's figure la, giving a dorsal view. This 

 suggests that CalUonymus Jimbriatus Herre,^ described with short 

 conspicuous cutaneous filaments on the body, and otherwise largely 

 in agreement, is a synonym of Amora tentaculata Gr&j. 



AMORA TENTACULATA Gray 



Amora tentaculata Gray, Illustrations of Indian zoology, Hardwicke, vol. 2, pi. 



90, figs. 1, a-b, 1833-34 (type locality: Amboina). — Bleeker, Versl. Meded. 



Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, ser. 2, vol. 14, p. 107, 1879 (reference). 

 Synchiropus tentaculatus Herre, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 35, p. 33, pi. 3, 1928' 



(type locality, Puerto Galera). 



One example. Port Caltom. December 15, 1908. Caught in 

 seine. Length 46 mm. 



» The fishes of the Herre 1931 Philippine Expeditiorf, p. 94, 1934 (type locality: Sitanki Reef). 



