FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 381 



(Sitang River; not synonymy). — Jordan and Starks, Ann. Carnegie Mus., 

 vol. 11, Nos. 3, 4, p." 453, 1917 (Ceylon). 



Corvina maculata Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, p. 126, 1830 (Pondicherry). — 

 Jerdon, Madras Journ. Literat. Sci., 1851, p. 132. 



Sciaena maculata Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 2, p. 291, 1860 (com- 

 piled). — Day, Fishes of India, pt. 2, p. 190, 1876 (note on Cantor's speci- 

 men); Fauna Brit. India, Fishes, vol. 2, p. 119, 1889. — Zugmayer, Abh. 

 Bayer. Akad. Wiss., math.-phys. Kl., vol. 26, pt. 6, p. 12, 1913 (Mekran). 



Johnius cantori Bi.eeker, Verh. kon. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, vol. 14, No. 4, 

 p. 51, 1874 (on Cantor). 



Depth 3}^ to 4 in total; head 3^ to 2,%, width 2. Eye 4% to 5 in 

 head, !}{ in snout, 1 in interorbital; lower jaw shorter than upper, 

 overhung by snout; maxillary reaches K to % in eye; transverse row 

 of 4 pores across snout, free edge of skin with 5 pores and lateral 

 lobe; central pore below mandibular symphysis, with 2 more either 

 side; teeth villiform, upper with outer row of conical curved ones 

 most developed near median line; lower teeth in several rows 

 above symphysis, laterally inner row of enlarged curved teeth; pre- 

 opercle with 6 wide set rather strong denticles at angle, lower edge 

 crenulate in young. 



Scales 65 above along lateral line to caudal base, 58 along below 

 lateral line; 45 to 48 in lateral Une to caudal base; 8 above, 16 below; 

 scales ctenoid, except on cheeks. 



D. X, I, 23 or 24, third to seventh spines longest and equal half 

 body depth; A. II, 7, second spine ){ first ray or Yz body depth; 

 caudal cuneate in young, more obtuse with age; pectoral equals 

 head without snout; ventral reaches halfway to vent, outer ray 

 prolonged. 



Silvery gray, abdomen whitish. Cheeks tinged golden. Black 

 bands, sometimes interrupted, extend over back; first from nape 

 passes back and down, ends shortly below lateral line; second begins 

 opposite fifth to seventh dorsal spines, passes back and down to end 

 opposite middle of ventral; third arises opposite second and third 

 dorsal rays or between two dorsal fins, passes down parallel to second 

 band; fourth begins below center of second dorsal and descends to 

 lateral line; fifth follows same course below last few dorsal rays; 

 sometimes sixth over free part of tail. Upper two-thirds of first 

 dorsal stained black, indistinct with age. Caudal slightly tinged 

 with black, other fins yellowish. Reaches 305 mm. (Day.) 



India, Pinang. 



JOHNIUS LEPTOLEPIS (Ogilby) 



Sciaena leptolepis Ogilby, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 6, p. 87, pi. 25, 1918 

 (type locality : Coker Island, Northern Territory, Australia) . 



Depth S%; head 3K, width 2}i. Snout 4 in head; eye 4%, Iji in 

 snout, greater than interorbital; maxillary reaches % in eye, length 

 2% in head, jaws equal; upper teeth uniserial, conic, lower with 

 similar series of conic teeth behind which second series anteriorlv in 



