FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 685 



Engraulis evermanni Gunthee, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, pt. 16, p. 379, 1909' (New 



Pomerania). 

 Engraulis macrops Kishinouye, Journ. Coll. Agric. Tokyo, vol. 2, p. 385, 1911 

 (type locality: Habajima, Bonin Islands). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 

 10, p. 32, 1928 (copied). 

 Engraulis maci'opus Kishinouye, Joum. Coll. Agr. Tokyo, vol. 2, pi. 30, flg. 3, 

 1911. 

 Depth 41/2 to 42/5 ; head 31/2 to 334, width 2% to 21/2. Snout 44^ 

 to 5% ill head; eye 3% to 4i/^, greater than snout or interorbital, 

 adipose lids covering eye ; maxillary reaches slightly beyond mandible 

 joint, though not quite to gill opening, expansion 1% to 2 in eye, 

 length 114 to IV5 in head; maxillary with minute uniserial teeth, 

 scarcely enlarged posteriorly and not continuous across mouth front; 

 mandible with similar teeth, smaller, erect; small patch of minute 

 teeth each side of vomer, series on each palatine and patch on each 

 pterygoid; interorbital 31/2 to 4i^, evenly convex; cheek and opercle 

 smooth. Gill rakers 15 + 19, slender, 11/5 in eye; gill filaments 1% in 

 eye. 



Scales 37 or 38 in median lateral series to caudal base and 3 or 4 

 more on latter; 9 to 11 transversely, 14 to 20 predorsal. Caudal 

 scaled, outer portions finely so. Dorsal and anal with broad basal 

 scaly sheaths. Pectoral scaly flap ll^ to 1% in fin, ventral flap 1% 

 to 1% its length. Abdominal serrae 5 or 6 + 9 or 10, begin behind 

 pectoral base. Scales with 14 or 15 variable though largely vertical 

 striae ; circuli fine, transversely parallel. 



D. Ill, 10, 1 to III, 12, 1, first branched ray ly^ to 1% in head; A. iii, 

 26, 1 or III, 27, i, first branched ray 1% to 31/3 5 least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2% to 3l^; pectoral 1% to 1^; ventral l%o to 2; caudal 

 1 to 11/10? well forked. 



Back and head above dull olivaceous brown, line of demarcation 

 along side of body indistinct. Sides of head and trunk silvery white, 

 also iris. Dorsal and caudal grayish, other fins whitish. Peri- 

 toneum silvery. 



Red Sea, Arabia, Zanzibar, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles, India, 

 East Indies, Siam, Philippines, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia. 

 Known by its short maxillary, absence of silvery lateral band and 

 the abdominal scutes beginning behind pectoral base. 



Engraulis polynemoides Gtinther seems to be a synonym of the 

 present species, with both the scales and anal rays given as 35. 

 Engraulis macrops Kishinouye is likely another synonym, with ab- 

 dominal serrae 6+7. 



26 examples. Basun River, Tawi Tawi Islands. September 23, 1909. Length, 

 83^-110 mm. All with small adherent scales and metallic reflections of 

 purplish. 



7 examples. Batangas, Luzon. June 7, 1908. Length, 102-131 mm. 



