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D. X, 9, I, first spine 3% in total head length, last ray 2%, seventh 

 ray 1%; A. Ill, 7, i, third spine 3)2, first ray 2}^; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 3%; pectoral 1}^; ventral 1%, first ray ending in short 

 filament; caudal 2% in combined head and body to caudal base and 

 upper lobe ends in short filament. 



Rosy above, rose silvery below. Iris yellow, below red. Fins rosy. 

 Dorsals edged yellow above. Anal with longitudinal basal row of 

 yellow spots. Length, 225 mm. (Bleeker.) 



East Indies, Philippines. 



SYN.4GRIS RUBER (Valenciennes) 



Dentex ruber Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss, vol. 6, p. 247, 1830 (type locality: 

 Probably sea of the Indies; Waigiu). — Lesson, Voy. Coquille, Zool., vol. 1, 

 pt. 2, p. 187, pi. 31, fig. 2, 1831 (Waigiu).— Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. 

 Neerland., vol. 8, p. 84, 1876-1877 (copied).— Beaufort, Bijd. Dierk., 

 Amsterdam, vol. 19, p. 122, 1913 (Macassar, Celebes). — Fowler, Mem. 

 Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 220, 1928 (copied Lesson). 



Synagris ruber Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., p. 180, 1891 (Masbate, 

 Zanzibar, Waigiu). 



Depth 3; head 3. Snout 2% in head; eye 3%, !}{ in snout; maxillary 

 reaches )i in eye, expansion 1% in eye, length 2?^ in head; jaws sub- 

 equal; 6 canines in front of each jaw; lower preorbital edge denticu- 

 late, depth V/o in eye; interorbital low; preopercle entire. 



Scales 56 in lateral line; 3 above, 10 below, predorsal scales extend 

 forward halfway? in eye; 4 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge, none 

 on preopercle flange. 



D. X, 10, fourth spine 2% in head, first ray 2%; A. Ill, 7, third spine 

 3%, first ray 2}^; caudal 1, forked, lobes pointed; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 3K; pectoral V/i; ventral 1%; fins without filaments. 



Violet-brown above, tinged with rose, silvery below. Fins flesh 

 red, ends yellow. Iris yellow. Length, 128 mm. (Lesson.) 



Arabia, Zanzibar, East Indies. A httle-known species, figured with 

 a denticulate preorbital. 



SYNAGRIS UPENEOIDES (Bleeker) 



Dentex upeneoides Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 3, p. 725, 1852 

 (type locality: Klabat Bay, Banka) ; Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 8, 

 p. 92, pi. 49, fig. 2, 1876-1877 (Banka Celebes). 



Sijnagris upeneoides Gijnther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 375, 1859 

 (copied). — Kltjnzinger, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. KL, vol. 80, 

 pt. 1, p. 351, 1879 (Queensland).— Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., 

 Madrid, vol. 14, p. 15, 1885 (North Celebes). 



Nemipterus upeneoides Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 5, No. 4, p. 275, 1910 

 (Sandakan) . 



Depth 3K; bead 3, profile incHned. Snout 2% in head; eye 3, 3>-> 

 in snout, greater than interorbital; jaws equal; maxillary reaches ]i 

 to eye, length 3 in head; 6 upper front canines, nine below; bands of 

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