FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 577 



Efrumeus jacksonenms Ogilby, Edible Fishes New South Wales, p. 186, 1893 



(Port Jackson). 

 Perkinsia othonops Rosa Smith, Amer. Nat., p. 153, Feb. 1891 (type locality: 



San Diego, Calif.). 



Depth 51/3 to 7; head 3i/4 to 4%, width 1^4 to 3. Snout 3 to 31/3 

 in head from snout tip; eye 3 to 4, 11/5 to li/4 hi snout, greater than 

 interorbital, adipose lid covers eye ; maxillary reaches % or quite to 

 eye, expansion 2% to 3 in eye, length 2^ to 3 in head from snout 

 tip; teeth feeble, obsolete or very minute; interorbital 4 to 5^2? little 

 elevated, level medially; opercle smooth; cheek with numerous radi- 

 ating venules. Gill rakers 14 to 16 + 33 to 35, slender, lanceolate, 

 slightly longer than gill filaments or 1% to 2 of eye. 



Scales (damaged) 47 to 55 in median lateral series to caudal base 

 and 4 or 5 more on latter; 13 or 14 scales transversely at dorsal 

 origin, 17 to 22 predorsal. Scales with 5 to 9 apical striae, also 2 

 to 4 above and same below but not connected ; circuli parallel, convex, 

 fine, none basally, none on apical half of scale. 



D. Ill, 15, I or III, 16, I, first branched ray 1% to 2 in total head 

 length; A. in, 8, i, rarely in, 7, i, first branched ray 4% to 6^8 1 

 caudal 11/5 to ly^, deeply forked, lobes slender, pointed; least depth 

 of caudal peduncle 3I/3 to 4; pectoral li/o to 1%; ventral 3 to 3%. 



Dusky lilac-brown on back, sides and below whitish. Iris white. 

 Fins pale to whitish. 



South Africa, Natal, West Australia, South Australia, New South 

 Wales, Japan, Korea, California. I am unable to separate the Aus- 

 tralian form on the single small specimen listed below. 



U.S.N.M. No. 48815. Botany Bay, New South Wales. J. D. Ogilby. Length, 



126 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 44890. Japan. Japanese Government. Length, 233 to 243 mm., 



caudals broken. 3 examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 51029. Hawaiian Islands. U. S. Fish. Comm. (03596). Length, 



235 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 52695. Hawaiian Islands. U. S. Fish. Comm. (2770). Length, 



248 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 52775. Hawaiian Islands. U. S. Fi.sh Comm. (03592). Length, 



216 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 55139. Honolulu. Albatross collection. Length, 208 mm., caudal 



ends broken. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 55441. Honolulu. Bureau of Fisheries (03115-03078). Length, 



120-155 mm. 5 examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 55444. Honolulu. Albatross collection. Length, 31-110 mm. 21 



examples. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 55553. Hawaiian Islands. Dr. O. P. Jenkins. Length, 233 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 57628. Japan. P. L. Jouy. Length, 95-200 mm., caudal broken. 



In poor preservation. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 62329. Misaki. Jordan and Snyder. Length, 107-125 mm., 



caudal broken. 2 examples. 



