FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 183 

 Subgenus Spondyliosoma Cantor 

 Saout moderate, conic. Preopercle flange scaleless. 



SPONDYUOSOMA MICROLEPIS (GUchrist and Thompson) 



Cantharus microlepis Gilchrist and Thompson, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 6, 



p. 231, 1908 (type locality: Natal); Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, pt. 4, p. 357, 



1917 (reference). 

 Pagellus microlepis Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 7, p. 419, 1921 



(Natal, 25 fathoms). 

 Caranthus microlepis Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 723, 



1927 (Natal coast, 30 fathoms). 



Depth 2}^ to 2%; head 3 to 3%, profile sloping, gently and nearly 

 evenly convex, but slight bulge before eyes. Eye 3 to 3K in head, 

 equals or little greater than snout, equals or slightly less than inter- 

 orbital, 2}^ times preorbital depth; teeth moderate, outer row dis- 

 tinctly larger than inner rows ; preorbital with lower edge notched and 

 except for very small part at notch entirely conceals maxillary. 

 Gill rakers 16 or 17 on lower branch of first arch. 



Scales 90 to 95 in lateral Hne; 14 or 15 above, 22 below, 8 rows on 

 cheek and preopercle flange scaleless; predorsal scales forward to % in 

 eye; scales often lobate or pointed in center of free edge, especially on 

 hind part of body. Tubes in lateral line, simple, pair of pores show 

 on some, especially anterior ones. 



D. XI, 11 or 12, spines slender, fourth longest or about 2 in head, 

 first ray little longer than last spine; A. Ill, 10. 



Grayish or brownish, with faint traces of lighter and darker longi- 

 tudinal streaks. Interorbital with more or less distinct dark band. 

 Fins dark or blackish. Reaches 200 mm. (Barnard.) 



Natal coast. 



SPONDYLIOSOMA EMARGINATA (Cuvier) 



Cantharus emarginatus Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, p. 338, 1830 (type 

 locality: Cape of Good Hope). — Pappe, Synops. edible fishes Cape, p. 22, 

 1853 (Table Bay, several bays to east of Cape). — Giinther, Cat. Fish. Brit. 

 Mus., vol. 1, p. 416, 1859 (no locahty). — Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. 

 Indie, vol. 21, p. (50, 52)60, 1860 (Cape of Good Hope).— Kner, Reise 

 Novara, Fische, p. 73, 1865 (Cape). — Bleeker, Verb. kou. Akad. Wet. 

 Amsterdam, vol. 18, No. 3, p. 1, 1879 (Mauritius). — Sauvage, Hist. Nat. 

 Madagascar, Poiss., p. 514, 1891 (name only). — Lampe, Deutsche Stid- 

 polar Exped., Fische, vol. 15, pt. 2, p. 234, 1914 (Simonstown) . — Gilchrist 

 and Thompson, Marine Biol. Rep. South Africa, No. 2, p. 94, 1914 (habits); 

 Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 1, pt. 4, p. 357, 1917 (references). — Thompson, 

 Marine Biol. Rep. South Africa, No. 4, p. 84, 1918 (references). 



Caranthus emarginatus Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, pt. 2, p. 722, 

 1927 (Saldanha, Table, False, Algoa Bays). 



Scatharus graecus (not Valenciennes) Clark, Sci. Res. Scotia, vol. 4, p. 396, 

 1915. 



Depth 2}i to 2K; head Sji, profile nearly straight to above eye, 

 tlien rises more or less abruptly to rather strongly convex nape, at 

 least v.ith age when also rather prominent bulge before orbit. Eye 



