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in jnterorbital, covered by broad adipose lid; maxillary reaches % 

 or quite to eye, expansion II/2 to 1% in eye, length 2% to 2% in head 

 from snout tip; front of upper jaw with slight median notch; no 

 teeth; interorbital 4% to 5, little elevated, level medianly; cheek, 

 preopercle, and opercle with radiating venules. Gill rakers 21 + 43, 

 slender, li/4 in gill filaments or II/2 in eye. 



Scales 39 or 40 in median lateral series to caudal base and 3 more 

 on latter; 11 or 12 transversely, 15 predorsal. Scales on body nar- 

 rowly imbricated. Abdominal serrae 17 or 18 + 14 to 16. Axillary 

 ventral scale % fin. Scales with 2 incomplete marginal vertical 

 striae ; circuli all basal, fine, vertical, none apical. 



D. IV, 12 or 13, first branched ray 1% to 1% in total head length ; 

 A. Ill, 15, first branched ray 5% to 7, last ray 5 ; caudal IV5, deeply 

 forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 31/^ to 3%; pectoral II/2 to 

 1% ; ventral 2% to 24/5. 



Head above and back above brown to dusky, sides and under sur- 

 faces bright silvery white. Iris silvery white. Dorsal and caudal 

 pale brownish, other fins whitish. 



Red Sea, Arabia, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Ceylon, East Indies, 

 Philippines, China, Micronesia, Polynesia. Bleeker's figure is rather 

 poor in detail as it fails to show the cheek venules, the last anal ray 

 enlarged, the alar caudal scales faulty and the axillary ventral scale 

 too short. 



5 examples. Alimango Bay, Burias Islaud. March 6, 1909. Length, 194-222 

 mm. 



12718. Atulayan Bay, Luzon. June 18, 1909. Length, 13G mm. 



26 examples. Butauanan Island. June 12, 1909. Length, 37-63 mm. Bril- 

 liant shining silvery white on sides and below. 



I example. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. April 23, 1908. Length, 47 mm. 



12360. Candaraman Islaud, Balabac. January 14, 1909. Length, 200 mm. 



11067 to 11080. Cebu market. March 27, 1908. Length, 143-200 mm. 6 exam- 

 ples 



7574. Cebu market. April 6, 1908. Length, 198 mm. 



3 examples. Cebu market. August 28, 1909. Length, 134-167 mm. 



11798, 11799. Guijulugan, Negros. April 2, 1908. Length, 20.5-208 mm. 



1 example. Hinunangan Beach, Leyte. July 30, 1909. Length 75 mm. 



16188, 16189. Jolo market. March 6 or 7, 1908. Length, 197-294 mm. 



8 examples. Pasacao, Ragay Gulf. March 8, 1909. Length, 29-30 mm. Fry. 



1 example. Port Uson, west of Pinas Island. December 17, 1908. Length, 93 

 mm. 



13313, 13316, 13319, 13321. Amboina market. December 7, 1909. Length. 

 137-187 mm. 7 examples. 



12 examples. Tanakeke Island. December 21, 1909. Length, 180-195 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 52359. Apia, Samoa. Bureau of Fisheries (04626). Length, 

 183-236 mm. 4 examples. This exceeds the dimensions given as 150 mm. 

 by Weber and Beaufort. 



