FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 573 



Dussnmieria elopsoides (not Bleeker) Gunthe», Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 

 7, p. 466, 1868 (part; Amboyna ; Amoy). — Meter, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. 

 Nat, Madrid, vol. 14, p. 42, 1885 (Manila Bay).— Eleba, Cat. Fauna 

 Filip., vol. 1, p. 584, 1895 (Luzon; Manila). — Jordan and Evebmann, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, p. 328, 1902 (Kotosho).— DiJNCKEK. Mitt. Natur- 

 hist. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 21, p. 186, 1904 (Kuala Lumpur). — Fowler, Journ. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, p. 501, 1904 (Padang).— 

 Jordan and Sealb, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906, p. 5 (1907) (Cavite).— 

 Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 27, 1907 p. 236, 1908 

 (Iloilo) ; Mem., Carnegie Mus., vol. 4, p. 166, 1909 (copied Jordan and 

 Evermann, 1902). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1911, p. 

 205 (Padang examples). 



Elops javanictts (Kuhl and VanHasselt) Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., 

 vol. 6, p. 95, 1866-72 (name in synonymy). 



Dussnmieria acuta (part) Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 647, 1878 (copied). 



Depth 5 to 51/2 ; head 31/4 to S%, width 2% to 22/3. Snout 3 to 3Vio 

 in head from snout tip ; eye 3% to 33^, V/^ to li/e in snout, greater 

 than interorbital, adipose lids moderate; maxillary not or quite 

 reaches eye, expansion 3 to 314 in eye, length 3 to 31/5 in head from 

 snout tip; row of rather long, slender, uniform teeth in each jaw, 

 also extend along each maxillary edge, on palatines and down tongue 

 medially; interorbital 4 to 4%, broadly convex; opercle and sides 

 of head smooth. Gill rakers 12 + 26, finely lanceolate, slender, longer 

 than gill filaments or I/2 oi eye. 



Scales 45 in median lateral series to caudal base and 4 more on 

 latter; 12 scales transversely, 24 predorsal. Scales very caducous. 

 Scales with 3 or 4 vertical parallel striae; 8 to 11 basal radiating 

 striae and 15 to 20 apical marginal striae ; circuli fine. 



D. IV, 14, I to IV, 16, I, first branched ray 2 to 21/5 in total head 

 length; A. iii, 12, i, first branched ray 4 to 614; caudal 1 to ly^, 

 well forked, slender lobes pointed, equal; least depth of caudal pe- 

 duncle 2% to 33/5; pectoral 2 to 2i/io; ventral 21/5 to 2%. 



Pale brownish, back dusky above, also dusky line from shoulder 

 to caudal base medianly. Iris and side of head silvery white. Fins 

 pale, dorsal lobes dusky terminally. 



India, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, East Indies, Philippines, For- 

 mosa, China, Queensland. 



U.S.N.M. No. 72495. Batavia, Java. Bryant and Palmer. 1909. Length, 147 



mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 72496. Batavia, Java. Bryant and Palmer. 1909. Length, 82 



mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 72497. Batavia, Java. Bryant and Palmer. 1909. Length, 90 



mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 72498. Batavia, Java. Bryant and Palmer. 1909. Length, 89-118 



mm. 7 examples. 

 2 examples. A.N.S.P. Calicut, India. James Hornell. Length, 95-97 mm. 

 1 example. A.N.S.P. Padang, Sumatra. A. C. Harrison and H. M. Hiller. 



