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Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 9, No. 1, p. 69, 1914 (Hong Kong). — 

 Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1925, p. 248 (Delagoa Bay). — 

 McCuLLOCH, Fishes New South Wales, ed. 2, p. 51, pi. 21, fig. 1846, 1927.— 

 TiRANT, Service Oc^anogr. Pech. Indo-China, note 6, p. (10)18 (169), 1929 

 (Hu(5 River) .—Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929 (1930), 

 p. 611 (Hong Kong). 



Sillago burrus Richardson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 9, p. 128, 1842 (type 

 locality: Northwest coast of Australia). — Castelnau, Proc. Linn. Soc. New 

 South Wales, vol. 2, p. 232, 1878 (note). 



■Sillago gracilis Alleyne and Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, 

 vol. 1, p. 279, pi. 6, fig. 2, 1876 (type locality: Either at Darnley Island or 

 Hall Sound). — Whitley, Brit. Mus. Great Barrier Reef Exped., vol. 4, 

 No. 9, p. 284, 1932 (Low Isles). 



Sillago aeolus Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, p. 360, fig. 

 24, 1902 (type locality: Keerun, Formosa). — Jordan and Richardson, 

 Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 4, No. 4, p. 192, fig. 18, 1909 (copied). 



Sillago macrolepis (not Bleeker) Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 

 vol. 26, p. 187, 1906 (1907) (Bulan). 



Depth 03 to 5K; head 3K to 3%, width 2 to 2%, Snout 2% to 2K in 

 head; eye Z}i to 5, 1% to 2% in snout, greater than interorbital in 

 young to 1 to 1% with age; maxillary reaches l}^ to 1% in snout, 

 length Z% to 4K in head; teeth in vilHform bands in jaws and on 

 vomer; interorbital 3% to 4%, nearly level or very slightly elevated or 

 only httle convex medially; preopercle edge flexible or fimbriate. 

 Gill rakers 3 + 8 or 9, lanceolate, 2}^ in gill filaments, which K of eye. 



Scales 63 to 70 in lateral fine to caudal base and 12 to 14 more on 

 latter; 5 to 7 above, 10 or 11 below, 25 to 32 predorsal forward to 

 nostrils; 4 rows on cheek below eye to preopercle ridge; no auxiliary 

 scales on head or predorsal; small scales on front of spinous dorsal, 

 over caudal and paired fins. Scales with 7 to 10 basal radiating 

 striae; 47 to 62 apical denticles, with 2 to 6 transverse series of basal 

 elements; circuli very fine. 



D. XI-I, 17, I to I, 19, I, second spine 2 to 2Ko in head, first 

 branched ray 2}i to 2%; A. Ill, 17, i or III, 18, i, first branched ray 

 2% to 3K; caudal 1% to 1%, very sUghtly to moderately emarginate; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 3% to 4; pectoral 1% to 1%; ventral 

 1% to 2. 



Pale brown, little Ughter below. Often narrow silvery white band 

 from gill opening, axial to Httle inferior posteriorly, finally embracing 

 lateral line at caudal peduncle. Along lateral line 8 or 9 deep brown 

 or umber blotches, variable, but usually with some alternating similar 

 blotches above and below costal region. Some small or obscure 

 dark blotches on predorsal and head above. Iris yellowish to gray- 

 brown. Dorsals with nearly transparent or pale membranes, with 

 6 or 8 horizontal dark streaks on spinous fin and obscurely on soft 

 fin where mostly only as several dark spots on each ray. Caudal 

 brownish, upper and lower edges dark. Other fins pale to whitish, 

 with obscure dark brown blotch at pectoral base. 



