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to 10 more forward till over middle of eyes; 6 or 7 rows across cheek. 

 Scales with 13 to 15 basal radiating striae; large scales sometimes 

 with many as 50 very weak, minute, short, apical denticles; circuli 

 very fine. 



D. XI, 11, I, fourth spine 2% to 2% in head, second ray 2% to ^%; 

 A. Ill, 8, I, second spine 1% to 2%, first ray 2% to 2^^; caudal 1)^ to 

 ly^, deeply forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 2%; ventral 

 IK to IK; pectoral 2% to 2K in combined head and body to caudal 

 base. 



Dull olive-brown above, below pale to whitish and whole body 

 with silvery and brassy reflections. Iris pale brownish, with reddish 

 tints. Fins brown, membranes of spinous dorsal darker, also longi- 

 tudinal band on soft dorsal, though only on membranes. Anal with 

 membranes of spinous fin and basal half of membranes of soft fin 

 deep brown. Caudal little deeper brown than body. Paired fins 

 rather pale, with dusky blotch within origin and axil. Ventral with 

 little dusky terminally. 



Figure S.—Sparus berda ForskSl, young 



Red Sea, Arabia, Mozambique, Delagoa Bay, Natal, India, Ceylon^ 

 Pinang, East Indies, Philippines, Tonkin, China, Formosa, Japan, 

 Melanesia. 



21692, 21693. Cabugao Bay, Catanduanes Island. June 9, 1909. Length, 178 

 to 192 mm. 



6094. Iloilo market. May 31, 1908. Length, 370 mm. Native name — Bacoc5. 

 Dusky silvery, snout and front of head darkest. Duskiness of sides mostly 

 at bases of scales. Lower head and breast white, with dusky shades. Iris 

 silvery. Fins dusky. Dorsal spines silvered, anal spines dusky but without 

 silvery. Caudal slightly darker terminally. Anal and ventral almost blackish. 

 Pectoral dusky straw, membranes nearly hyaline. 



