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is greatly shorter than in his figure of the top of the head; they agree, 

 however, in that the axillary ventral scale is % fin length. 



One example. Varadero Bay. Mindoro. Length, 59 mm. Depth 3. Spinous 



dorsal tipped with black. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 52357. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 78 to 240 



mm. Three examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 66077. Funafuti, ElUce Islands. Albatross coUection (08855). 



Length, 160 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 86332. Bonin Islands. William Stimpson. Length, 175 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 52970. Shortland Island, Solomons. Alvin Seale. June-July, 



1903. Bishop Museum. Length, 130 mm. 

 A.N.S.P. No. 52971. Fat6, New Hebrides. Alvin Seale. April-May, 1903. 



Bishop Museum. Length, 153 mm. 



Subgenus Pertica Fowler 



GERRES FILAMENTOSUS Cavler 



Figure 18 



Gerres filamentosus Cuvier, R6gne Animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 188, 1829 (on Wodowa- 

 hah Russell, Fishes of Coromandel, vol. 1, p. 52, fig. 67, 1803 (type locality: 

 Vizagapatam) ; Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 482, 1830 (Java, Vanicolo, New 

 Guinea). — GtJNTHER, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, p. 345, 1859 (Amboina); 

 vol. 4, p. 261, 1862 (Molucca Sea, Cape York, Pinang). — Kner, Reise Novara, 

 Fische, p. 56, 1865 (50 miles off Ceylon) . — Day, Fishes of Malabar, p. 159, 

 1865. — Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl., vol. 56, 

 pt. 1, p. 317, 1867 (Cape York). — Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 

 p. 257, 1868 (Catbalogan, Samar). — Jouan, M6m. Soc. Hist. Nat. Cherbourg, 

 ser. 2, vol. 3, p. 263, 1868 (Hong Kong). — Klunzinqer, Verh. zool. bot. 

 Ges. Wien. vol. 20, p. 773, 1870 (Koseir, Red Sea).— Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1870, p. 698 (Andamans); Fishes of India, pt. 1, p. 98, pi. 25, fig. 3, 

 1875. — Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1876, p. 437 (Mauritius); 

 1876 (1877), p. 832 (New Britain; New Hanover). — Klunzinger, Sitz. 

 Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl., vol. 80, pt. 1, p. 354, 1879 (Queens- 

 land). — Karoli, Term^sz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, p. 155, 1881 (Singa- 

 pore). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, p. 379, 1881 

 (Endeavour River, Torres Straits); vol. 8, p. 203, 1883 (Lower Burdekin 

 River). — Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer., p. 48, 1884. — Day, Fauna Brit. 

 India, Fishes, vol. 2, p. 537, fig. 163, 1889. — Saville-Kent, Great Barrier 

 Reef, p. 283, 1893 (Moreton Bay). — Weber, Zool. Ergebn. Reise Nederland. 

 Ost Ind., vol. 3, p. 408, 1894 (river mouths at Tanette, Celebes). — Fowler, 

 Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, p. 530, 1904 (Padang). — 

 Pellegrin, Bull. Soc. Zool. France, vol. 30, p. 84, 1905 (Bale d'Along, 

 Tonkin). — Steindachner, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. Kl., 

 vol. 71, pt. 1, p. 137, 1907 (Kor Garrich, Sokotra). — Gilchrist and Thomp- 

 son, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 11, pt. 2, p. 33, 1911 (Natal). — Snyder, 

 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, p. 501, 1912 (Okinawa) .—Zugmayer, Abh. 

 Bayer. Akad. Wiss., math.- phys. Kl., vol. 26, pt. 6, p. 11, 1913 (Mekran).— 

 Weber, Siboga Exped., vol. 57, p. 271, 1913 (Kawa, West Ceram). — Beau- 

 fort, Bijd. Dierk. Amsterdam, vol. 19, p. 120, 1913 (Bajon, Waigiu). — 

 Pellegrin, Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris, 1914, No. 3, p. 112 (Tamatave and 

 T6n6rive, Madagascar). — Pearson, Ceylon Administr. Rep., 1915-1918, 

 pp. F12-F14. — Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, pt. 

 4, p. 351, 1917 (compiled). — Malpas, Ceylon Administr. Rep., 1921, pp. 



