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Depth 3 to 3^8 ; head 3 to 3}^, width 2Ko to 2K. Snout 2K to 3^8 in 

 head; eye 3^ to 3%, 1 to 1% in snout, greater than interorbital ; max- 

 illary reaches % in eye in young, to eye with age, expansion 2 to 2K in 

 eye, length 2% to 2^ in head; 6 front canines in each jaw, outer of 

 each little larger, besides extra median lower canine, with age lower 

 less conspicuous; interorbital 4:% to 4}^, depressed; infraorbital width 

 1}^ to 1% in eye. Gill rakers 3 + 10, low spinescent tubercles. 



Scales 46 or 47 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on latter; 

 4 or 5 above, 10 to 12 below, 12 or 13 predorsal to hind pupil edge, 3 

 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge. Scales with 7 or 8 basal radiating 

 striae; 71 to 140 apical denticles, with 6 to 10 transverse series of 

 basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. X, 9, I, fifth spine 2% to 2% in head, fifth ray 2% to 2%; A. Ill, 

 7, I, third spine 2% to 3%, first ray 2% to 2%; caudal 1}^, with age 

 upper lobe 3 in rest of body, forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 3 to 3)8 in head; pectoral 1% in young to 3 in combined head and body 

 to caudal base with age; ventral 1% to 1% in head. 



Back and head above light olivaceous-brown, sides and below white. 

 Iris pale yellow, gray, or brown. Fins all uniformly brownish. 



Arabia, East Indies, Philippines. 



8669. Biri Channel. June 2, 1909. Length, 260 mm. 



8570, 8571. D.5442. San Fernando Point Light, N. 39°, E. 8.4 miles (lat. 16° 30 j 

 36" N., long 120° 11' 6" E.), Luzon. May 11, 1909. Length, 210 to 253 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 51994. Negros. Dr. Bashford Dean. Length, 95 mm. 

 One example, A.N.S.P. Orion. Rev. Joseph Clemens. Length, 138 mm. 



SYNAGRIS NEMURUS (Bleeker) 



Dentex nemurus Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. N6erland. (Amboina), vol. 2, p. 49* 

 1857 (tj'pe locality: Amboina); Nederland. Tijdschr. Dierk., vol. 1, p. 240, 

 1863 (Obi Island); Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 8, p. 87, pi. (57)335, 

 fig. 4, 1876-1877 (Amboina).— Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 220, 

 1928 (copied), 



Synagris nemurus GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 378, 1859 (copied). — 

 Karoli, Term6sz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, p. 154, 1881 (Selita). 



Heterognathodon nemurua Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 

 14, p. 15, 1885 (Cebu).— Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, p. 478, 1895 (Cebu). 



Depth 4; head 3%, profile convex. Snout 3}^ in head from snout 

 tip; eye 2%, greater than snout or interorbital; lower jaw slightly 

 projects; maxillary reaches Yi in eye, expansion 2% in eye, length 2% 

 in head from snout tip; 6 front upper canines and below 8 to 10 outer 

 teeth scarcely caninelike; bands of villiform teeth in jaws with little 

 enlarged outer row of teeth; interorbital low; hind preopercle edge 

 minutely serrate, with slight gash above angle and lov^^er edge entire; 

 preorbital depth 2Ko in eye. 



Scales 50 in lateral line; 3 above, 1 below, predorsal forward oppo- 

 site eye center, 3 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge and flange broadly 

 naked. 



