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U.S.N.M. No. 76619. Formosa. Dr. F. Baker. Length, 108 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. Nos. 27638, 27639. Padang, Sumatra. A. C. Harrison and H. L. Hiller. 



Length, 86 to 127 mm. When fresh in arrack mostly silvery white. Upper 



surface of body washed with white olivaceous, lower surface white. Side with 



number of oblong gray-brown vertical streaks. Snout dusky above. Iris pale 



yellowish. Fins dilute olive-brown, verticals somewhat grayish. Dorsal and 



caudal edges darker than rest of fins. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 53107. Delagoa Bay, Portuguese East Africa. July, 1923. H. W. 



Bell Marley. Length, 165 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. Nos. 48622, 49266. Philippines. Commercial Museum of Philadelphia. 

 A.N.S.P. Nos. 52728, 52729. Orion, Luzon. April 29, 1923. Rev. Joseph 



Clemens. Purchased. 

 A.N.S.P. Nos. 52730 to 52738. Orion. April 28, 1923. Rev. Joseph Clemens. 



Purchased. Length, 93 to 133 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. Nos. 52744. San Fernando, Philippines. February 13, 1923. Rev. 



Joseph Clemens. Purchased. Length, 81 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. Nos. 52745 to 52749. Vigan, Luzon. February 6, 1923. Rev. Joseph 



Clemens. Purchased. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 52750. San Fernando Bay, San Juan, Luzon. February 23, 1923. 



Length, 82 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. Nos. 52751, 52752, Bangui, Ilocos Sur, Luzon. January 29, 1923. 



Rev. Joseph Clemens. Purchased. Length, 88 to 91 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. Nos. 52753, 52754. Orion. May 11, 1923. Rev. Joseph Clemens. 



Purchased. Length, 95 to 100 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. Nos. 52755, 52756. Santa Maria, Ilocos Sur, Luzon. January 26, 1923. 



Rev. Joseph Clemens. Purchased. Length, 54 to 90 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. Nos. 52757 to 52759. Santa Maria. January 26, 1923. Rev. Joseph 



Clemens. Purchased. Length, 86 to 98 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 52760. Orani, Luzon. April 29, 1923. Rev. Joseph Clemens. 



Purchased. Length, 34 mm. 



Genus DIAPTERUS Ranzani 



Diapterus Ranzani, Nov. Com. Bononensis, vol. 5, p. 340, 1841. (Type, Diap- 

 terus auratus Ranzani, monotypic.) 



Body compressed, elevated and more or less rhomboid. Head 

 large, compressed. Snout short. Eye moderate. Preopercle edge 

 serrate. Gill rakers short, weak, about 12 below on first arch. Scales 

 moderate, about 40 in lateral line, 5 above and 9 below. Scales in 

 about 6 rows on cheek. Dorsal with 9 spines and 10 rays, fin con- 

 tinuous, last spines lower than soft rays following. Anal with 3 

 spines and 8 rays. 



This genus largely of the Atlantic and the following species. 



DIAPTERUS RICHn (Cuvier) 



Gerres richii Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 469, 1830 (type locality: "Port 

 de San-Matheo-al-Mar, pr^s d'Acapulco")- — Guichenot, Notes lie Reunion, 

 vol. 2, p. 25, 1862. — Sauvaqe, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., p. 241, 1891 

 (Reunion, San Matheo al Mar, Malabar). 



Depth 2}i; head 3K. Snout shorter than eye. Maxillary nearly 

 reaches opposite eye center. Preopercle edge strongly denticulate 

 at angle, more so than on upper hind edge. Scales 38 in lateral line. 



