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(Luzon; Tablas; Samar; Panay ; Guimaras; Leyte ; Bantayan; Mindanao; 

 Basilan). — Fowlee, Proe. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 86, p. 410, 1934 

 (Natal). — ToRTONESE, Boll. Mvis. Zool. Anat. Comp. Torino, vol. 45, ser. 3, 

 p. 13, 1935-36 (Massaua).— Heree, Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Pub. 353, zool. 

 ser. vol. 21, p. 29, 1936 (Fiji).— Hoba and Mukeeji, Rec. Indian Mus., vol. 38, 

 p. 18, 1936 (Maungmagan). — Roxas and Martin, Dep. Agr. Comm. Manila 

 Tech. Bull. 6, p. 19, 1937 (reference).— Suvatti, Index Fish. Siam, p. 9, 1937 

 (Gulf of Siam).— Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 89, p. 130, 

 1937 (Paknam) ; List. Fish. Malaya, p. 23, 1938 (reference). 



Chiuocentrus dorab Ogilby, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 5, p. 96, 1916 (Queens- 

 land). (Error.) 



Chirocentrus darah Borodin, Bull. Vauderbilt Marine Mus., vol. 1, art. 2, p. 42, 



1930 (Manila). (Error.) 



Clupea dentex Schneideir, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. 428, 1801 (type locality: Red 



Sea). 

 Esox chirocentrus LAc^p:fcDE, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, 1803, pp. 296, 317, pi. 8, 



fig. 1, 1803 (no locality). (On Commerson.) 

 Neosudis vorax Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Acclimat. Soc. Victoria, vol. 2, p. 118, 



1873 (type locality: Noumea, New Caledonia). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop 



Mus., vol. 10, p. 66, 1928 (copied). 

 Chirocentrus dorab vorax Whiti^ey, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 54, 



abstract No. 429, 1929 (reference) ; Rec. Austral Mus., vol. 18, p. 101. 



1931 (note). 



Depth 71/4 to 71/3; head 51/3 to 52/3, width 3% to 31/2. Snout 3% 

 to 41/4 in head from snout tip; eye 4 to 4%, 1 to ll^ in snout, greater 

 than interorbital ; maxillary reaches i/^ to 1/2 in eye, slender, length 

 1% to 2 in head from snout tip ; upper teeth small, except 2 moderate 

 front canines; mandibular symphysis with 2 small sharp teeth, 6 

 elongate on each ramus, gradually longer posteriorly and mandibular 

 rami greatly elevated inside mouth; interorbital 5% to 614, scarcely 

 elevated, median ridge not extended beyond eye. Gill rakers 3 + 11, 

 long, compressed, well spaced, shorter than long gill filaments. 



Scales very small, deciduous. Well developed scaly dorsal and 

 anal sheaths. Pectoral with both broad outer and axillary scaly 

 flap. Ventral with small inner flap. Caudal base scaly. Scales all 

 fallen in preserved materials. 



D. IV, 13, 1 or 12, 1, fourth simple ray 2i/4 to 2i/^ in total head length ; 

 A. IV, 30, 1, fourth simple ray 3 to 31^ ; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 2% to 24^; pectoral spine 11/2 to 2; ventral 51/^ to 7%; caudal 41/5 

 to 4I/2 in rest of body. 



Back brown, sides and below whitish. Dorsal and caudal brown- 

 ish, other fins pale pink. 



Red Sea, Arabia, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Natal, Mauritius, India, 

 Malay Peninsula, Pinang, Singapore, Siam, East Indies, Philippines, 

 China, Formosa, Japan, Queensland, New South Wales, Melanesia. 



1894. Cebu market. September 4, 1909. Length, 105 mm. Depth QV2. 



4541. Manila market. December 26, 1907. Length, 271 mm. 



22545, 22546. Manila market. January 13, 1908. Length, 229-252 mm. 



