FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 113 



Coryphaena striata (Block) Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, p. 90, 1875 (name in 

 synonymy) . 



Depth 3% to 4; head 3% to Zji, width 1% to 2%. Snout 2% to 3% in 

 head; eje 2% to 3^, 1 to Iji in snout; maxillary reaches opposite eye, 

 expansion 2}^ in eye, length 2% to 2% in head; teeth in villiform bands 

 in jaws, outer row enlarged and conic; interorbital 3% to 4%, level; 

 preorbital depth % of eye. Gill rakers 4 + 6, short, broad tubercles. 



Scales 44 or 45 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 more on latter; 

 3 above, 11 below, 8 predorsal to occiput and 6 more forward over 

 eye, 3 rows on cheek; caudal entirely finely scaled. Scales with 7 

 or 8 basal radiating striae; 48 to 70 blunt apical denticles, with 8 to 

 10 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. X, 9, I, fifth spine l^^o 1% in head, first ray 2Ko to 2K; A. Ill, 

 7, I, third spine 2% to 3%, first ray 2}^ to 2%; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2% to 3; pectoral 1% to 1%; ventral 1% to 1%; caudal 3% in 

 rest of body, forked. 



Brown, lighter below. Back with nine dark brown saddles, usually 

 little less width of interspaces. Iris gray. Fins pale. 



India, Siam, Phihppines. 



A. N.S.P. Nos. 52853,52854. Orion, Philippines. Rev. Joseph Clemens. Length, 



88 to 155 mm. 

 One example, A. N.S.P. Philippines. Commercial Museum of Philadelphia. 



SYNAGRIS NEMATOPHORUS (Bleeker) 



Dentex nematophorus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 5, p. 500, 1853 

 (type locality: Padang, Sumatra); vol. 12, p. 213, 1856-1857 (Nias); Atlas 

 Ichth. Ind. N^erlaud., vol. 7, pi. (13)291, fig. 1, 1873-1876; vol. 8, p. 90, 

 1876-1877 (Sumatra). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 

 14, p. 15, 1885 (North Celebes; Manila Bay). — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., 

 vol. 1, p. 478, 1895 (Luzon; Manila Bay). 



Synagris nematophorus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 379, 1859 

 (copied) . 



Depth 2% to 3%; head 3 to 3%, width 2 to 2%. Snout 3% to 3}^ 

 in head; eye 3 to 3%, greater than snout to subequal with age, greater 

 than interorbital; maxillary reaches % to % in eye, expansion 2% to 

 2% in eye, length 2% to 2% in head; teeth in narrow villiform bands in 

 jaws of 5 or 6 irregular rows anteriorly and an outer enlarged row, also 

 7 or 8 front upper canines; interorbital 4% to 5 in head, very sHghtly 

 elevated and greater m.edian portion level; preopercle edge entire; 

 opercle ends in short, flat, blunt spine; preorbital depth K of eye. 

 Gill rakers 6 + 7, short tubercles, 2% in gill filaments, which 2% in eye. 



Scales 40 or 41 in lateral line to caudal base and 1 or 2 more on 

 latter; 4 above, 8 or 9 below, 12 to 15 predorsal forward opposite eye 

 center, 3 rows on cheek and preopercle flange naked. Suprascapula 

 entire. Scales with 7 basal radiating striae; 25 to 90 apical denticles, 

 short, with 1 to 4 basal elements; circuli fine. 



