FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 523 



Back brown, sides and below silvery white. Vertical fins and pec- 

 torals above gray to dusky, otherwise fins whitish. 



Zanzibar, East Africa, Natal, Madagascar, Rodriguez, India, Cey- 

 lon, Malacca, East Indies, Philippines, China, Riu Kin, Japan, 

 Formosa, Queensland, New South Wales, North Australia, West 

 Australia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia. Though marine it 

 sometimes enters fresh waters. In my Fishes of Oceania the lower 

 gill rakers are given as 13; they should have read 33. 



5986 [748]. Cavite market. December 1, 1908. Length, 148 mm. 



21001. Creek below Pancol, Malampaya Island, Palawan. December 26, 1908. 



Length, 195 mm. 

 22248, 22350 to 22355. Dampalit, near Malabon. August 10, 1908. Length, 95^ 



192 mm. 

 6058. Dumaca River, Luzon. February 25, 1909. Length, 218 mm. 

 6639. Iloilo market. March 28, 1908. Length. 215 mm. 

 5824. Iwahlg River and tributaiy. April 4, 1909. Length, 178 mm. 

 7401. Malaga River, Hinuuangan Bay, Leyte Island. July 30, 1909. Length, 



212 mm. 

 1 example. Malabon market. August 8, 1908. Length, 103 mm. 

 490S, 4909, 4913, 18935, 18936. Malinao River, Palawan. April 2, 1909. 



Length, 183-245 mm. 

 9082 to 9084. Manila market. June 24, 1908. Length, 240-247 mm. 4 



examples. 

 7175 and 7177. Panguran River, Port Caltom. December 16, 1908. Length, 



204-244 mm. 

 22290. River at Port Dupon, Leyte. In brackish water. March 17, 1909. 



Length, 123 mm. 

 12624, 12625. Santiago River, Pagapas Bay, Luzon. February 20, 1909. 



Length, 185-228 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 30509. New Guinea. Australian Museum. Length, 343 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 30540. New Guinea. Australian Museum. Length, 300 mm., 



caudal damaged. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 47800. No locality. Length, 390 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 47902. Port Jackson. Length, 518 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 51970. Negros, Philippines. Dr. Bashford Dean. Length, 68-70 



mm., caudal tips damaged. 2 examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 52355. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries. Length, 108-206 



mm. 5 examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 56077. Philippines. Bureau of Fisheries (4183). Length, 440 



mm., caudal largely broken off. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 59005. Bacon, Philippines. Bureau of Fisheries (4052). Length, 



243 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 59863. New South Wales. Length, 424 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 72088. Nafa, Okinawa, Riu Kiu. Albatross collection. Length, 



229 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 72488. Batavia, Java. April 2, 1909. Bryant and Palmer. 



Length, 268 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 72489. Batavia. 1909. Bryant and Palmer. Length, 240-250 



mm. 3 examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 86978. Foochow, China. A. de C. Sowerby. Length, 245 mm. 



2 examples. A.N.S.P. Apia, Samoa. U. S. Fish Commission. Length, 192- 



197 mm. From one example I took a small Apogon in good preservation. 



