FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 377 



Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, p. 23, 1885 (Manila BajO- — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., 

 vol. 1, p. 503, 1895 (Luzon, Manila Bay). 



Corvina belangerii (not Valenciennes) Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., 

 vol. 26, p. 87, 1906 (1907) (San Fabian). 



Argyrosotnus goldmani (not Bleeker) Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, 1918, p. 43 (Philippines; one specimen); Copeia, No. 58, p. 64, 1918 

 (same material). 



Depth 3 to 3K; head 2% to 3Ko, width 1% to 2. Snout 3 K to 3 K in 

 head; eye S% to 5%, 1% to IK in snout, 1% to IK in interorbital ; maxil- 

 lary reaches K to % in eye, expansion 1% to 1% in eye, length 2Ko to 

 2% in head; jaws nearly even or lower partly inferior; 5 pores at chin; 

 rather narrow band of villiform teeth in jaws, outer, upper and inner 

 lower row enlarged, former slightly caninelike anteriorly; inter- 

 orbital 3 to 3% in head, convex; preopercle edge with 5 or 6 short 

 denticles around angle. Gill rakers 6 + 14, lanceolate, Iji in gill 

 filaments, which K of eye; 1 or 2 upper and same below of gill rakers 

 rudimentary. 



Scales 50 in lateral line to caudal base and 23 ? to 30 more out over 

 caudal fin; 55 scales along above lateral line to caudal base; 6 or 7 

 above, 7 to 10 below, 12 to 14 predorsal to occiput and 13 to 20 more 

 forward to front of snout; 10 principal rows across cheek; soft dorsal, 

 anal, and caudal densely scaly. Scales with 9 or 10 basal radiating 

 striae; 44 to 60 short, weak apical denticles, with 12 or 13 transverse 

 series of basal elements; circuli very fine. 



D. XI, I, 23, I to 26, I, third spine IJU to 2Ko in head, first ray 3Ko 

 to 3K; A. II, 7, I, second spine 3^ to 3%, slender, first ray 2% to 2%; 

 caudal 1% to 1%, obtusely angular behind, with inferomedian rays 

 longest; least depth of caudal peduncle Z%; pectoral 1% to 1%; ventral 

 1% to 1%, first ray ends in short filament. 



Largely uniform brown, above with olivaceous tinge, lower surface 

 but slightly paler. Iris dull gray-brown. Spinous dorsal with 

 membranes dusky marginally. Axil and pectoral origin pale like 

 rest of fin. Dorsals and caudal with membranes dark brown, fins 

 otherwise pale and lower more or less whitish. 



India, Andamans, East Indies, Philippines, China. 



14021. Aparri, Luzon. November 19, 1908. Length, 68 mm. 



8852. Catbalogan, Samar. April 15, 1908. Length, 128 mm. 



5965, 5973, 5974, 5975. Ca vite market. December 1 , 1 908. Length, 74 to 1 1 4 mm. 



6000 [730]. Cavite market. February 21, 1908. Length, 218 mm. 



22539. Dagupan, Luzon. March 18, 1908. Length, 105 to 108 mm. Two examples. 



4198. [D. 5361]. Corregidor Light, S. 89°, W. 7.2 miles (lat. 14° 24' 15" N., 



long. 120° 41' 30" E.). February 9, 1909. Length, 164 mm. 

 6545. Line fisherman off Daet. June 15, 1909. Length, 168 mm. 

 18444, 18445, 18446, 18447. Manila market. May 4, 1908. Length, 144 to 



163 mm. 

 9266. Manila market. July 10, 1908. Length, 194 mm. 

 One example. Manila market. December 12-18, 1907. Length, 124 mm. 

 5025, 5026. Tacloban market. July 25, 1909. Length, 175 to 193 mm. 



