FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 747 



1 example. A.N.S.P. Baram, Borneo. Wistar Institute of Anatomy. Length, 

 425 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 47995. Cochinchina. Lyons Museum. Length, 333 mm. 



PLOTOSUS ANGUILLARIS (Bloch) 



Platustarns ancfuillaris Bloch, Naturg. ausliind. Fische, vol. 8, p. 61, pi. 373, 

 fig. 1, 1794 (no locality, collection Herr John.) — Schneider, Syst. Ichth. 

 Bloch, p. 373, pi. 74, ISOl (Tranquebar). — Shaw and Nodder, Nat. Misc., 

 vol. 14, pi. 559, 1802 (Indian Seas). — Shaw, General zoology, vol. 5, p. 30, 

 pi. 99, 1803. 



Plotosus anguillaris Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 5, pp. 128, 130, pi. 3, fig. 2, 

 1803 (the Great Indies).— Cuvieb, Regne animal, vol. 2, p. 297, 1817.— 

 RupPEix, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, p. 76, 1835 (Tor). — Cantor, Journ. Asiatic 

 Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, p. 1249, 1849 (Malayan Peninsula and Islands). — 

 Peters, Arch. Naturg., p. 267, 1855 (Mozambique). — Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. 

 Godeffroy, No. 1, p. 10, 1864 (South Seas ) .— Gxjnther, Cat. Fishes British 

 Mus., vol. 5, p. -4, 1864 (Pinang; types of Plotosus marginatus, Borneo, 

 East Indies, Amoy, China, Philippines, Fiji, Moreton Bay). — Schmeltz, 

 Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 4, p. 24, 1869 (Kandavu; Pelew Islands).— 

 Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 2, p. 363, 1878 (Port 

 Darwin). — Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. GodefEroy, No. 7, p. 56, 1879 (Kandavu; 

 Pelew Islands). — Kaeoli, Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, vol. 5, p. 177, 1881 

 (Siam). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 6, p. 203, 

 1881 (Moreton Bay, Endeavour River, Port Darwin) ; Proc. Linn. Soc. 

 New South Wales, vol. 8, p. 276, 1883 (Hood Bay, New Guinea ) .—Pohl, 

 Cat. Mus. Godeffroy, No. 9, p. 38, 1884 (Pelew Islands).— Meyer, Anal. 

 Soc. Espaii. Hist. Nat. Madrid, vol. 14, p. 41, 1885 (North Celebes; Manila 

 Bay). — Steindachner and Doderlein, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 math. nat. Kl., vol. 53, p. 2S7, 1887 (Tokyo, Enoshima, Inland Sea, Kago- 

 shima). — Ogh^by, Mem. Austral. Mus., vol. 2, p. 71, 1889 (Lord Howe Is- 

 land).— Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., p. 477, pi. 47A, fig. 1, 

 1S91.— Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., vol. 1, p. 566, 1895 (Luzon, Manila Bay, 

 Nasugbu, Batangas, Cebu, Samar). — Pfeffer, Thierw. Ost Afrika, Fische, 

 p. 29, fig., 1896. — ISHiKAWA and Matsutiba, Prelim. Cat. Fishes Mus. T'okyo, 

 p. 24, 1897.— Jordan and Evermann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, p. 320, 

 1902 (Giran, Formosa). — Jordan and Fowleb, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 26, 

 p. 898, 1903 (Tokyo, Misaki, Wakanoura, Mogi, Nagasaki).— Fowleb, Journ. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, p. 499, 1904 (Padang).— Waite, 

 Rec. Australian Mus., vol. 5, pt. 3, p. 141, 1904 (Lord Howe Island).- 

 Seale, Occ. Pap. Bishop Mus., vol. 4, No. 1, p. 12, 1906 (Sbortland Island).— 

 Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 1905, p. 191, 1906 (Apia).— 

 Jordan and Dickerson, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 34, p. 604, 1906 (Suva, 

 Fiji).— Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26 (1906), p. 8, 1907 

 (Manila).- Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26 (1906), p. 56, 

 1907 (Bacon).— Seale and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, p. 239, 

 in07 (Zamboanga). — Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 27 

 (1907), p. 242, 1908 (Cuyo).— Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy. pt. 16, p. 

 372, 1909 (Solomons, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Society, Kingsmills Islands). — 

 Jordan and Richardson, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 4, p. 168, 1909 (Takao). — 

 Boulenger, Cat. Fresh Water Fishes Africa, vol. 2, p. 278, fig. 229, 1911 

 (Gulf of Suez, Zanzibar, Rodriguez). — Zugmayeb, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 

 math.-phys. Kl., vol. 26, p. 9, 1913 (Oman). — ^Weber and Beapfort, Fishes 

 Indo-Australian Archipelago, vol. 2, p. 229, 1913 (Batavia, Blitok, Deli, 



