FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 675 



Back brown, sides paler and below whitish. Iris slate. Dark 

 brown on suprascapula. Fins all pale, dorsal and caudal dark gray 

 marginally. 



India, Burma, Siam, Pinang, Singapore, East Indies, Philippines, 

 Cochinchina, Korea, Queensland. 



8863, 8864. Catbalogan, Samar. April 15, 1908. Length, 126-195 mm. 



6543. Iloilo market. March 28, 1908. Length, 200 mm. 



15 examples. Malampaya River, Palawan. December 26, 1908. Length, 



77-115 mm. 

 5155. Manila market. December 12, 1907. Length, 138 mm. 

 6534 to 6537, 6539 to 6541, 6544. Off Daet. June 15, 1909. Length, 156-190 mm. 

 6908 to 6912. Tacloban market. July 25, 1909. Length, 157-204 mm. 

 11822, 11S23. Sandakan market, Borneo. March 2, 1908. Length, 157-168 mm. 

 1 example. Sebatic Island, Borneo. October 1, 1909. Length, 70 mm. 



1 example. Sebatic Island. November 3, 1909. Length, 78 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 51510. Korea. P. L. Jouy. Length, 86 mm. 

 U.S.N.M. No. 72272. Iloilo. R. C. McGregor. Length, 115 mm. 



3 examples. A.N.S.P. Bombay, India. Dr. F. Hallberg. Length, 165-175 mm. 



2 examples. A.N.S.P. Philippines. Commercial Museum of Philadelphia. 

 Length, 178-225 mm. 



THRISSOCLES MYSTAX (Schneider) 



Clupea mystax Schneideb, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, p. 426, pi. 83, 1801 (type locality: 

 Malabar). — Cuvier, Regue animal, ed. 2, vol. 2, p. 323, 1829 (reference). 



Tliryssa mystax Richardson, Ichth. China Japan, p. 309, 1846 (Seas of China 

 and India). 



Engraulis mystax Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 21, p. 67, 1848 (India). — 

 Cantor, Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 18, pt. 2, p. 1289, 1849 (Pinang, 

 Malay Peninsula, Singapore). — Bleeker, Verb. Batav. Genootsch. (Haring.), 

 vol. 24, p. 43, 1852 (Batavia, in sea) ; (Bengal), vol. 25, p. 74, 1853 (ref- 

 erence) ; Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 6, p. 132, 1866-72 (Java, Madura, 

 Sumatra, Singapore, Banka, Borneo). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 

 7, p. 397, 1868 (Bombay, Madras, Java).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 4, p. 625, 

 pi. 157, fig. 3, 1878. — Klunzinger, Sitzungsber. Akad. Wiss., Wien, math.-nat. 

 Kl., vol. 80, p. 416, 1879 ( Queensland ) .—IVL\cm;ay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New 

 South Wales, vol. 9, p. 58, 1884 (copied). — Day, Fauna British India, Fishes, 

 vol. 1, p. 390, 1889.— Bean and Weed, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, p. 592, 

 1912 (Batavia). — Weber and Beaufort, Fishes of Indo-Australian Archi- 

 pelago, vol. 2, p. 38, 1913 (Batavia). — Hoea, Journ. Nat. Hist. Soc. Siam, vol. 

 6, p. 174, 1923 (Nontaburi) ; Mem. Asiatic Sec. Bengal, vol. 6, p. 481, 1924 

 (Singora). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, p. 32, 1928 (Bonin Is- 

 lands).— Pillay, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 33, p. 356, 1929 (Trav- 

 ancore). — Tibant, Service Oc^anogr. Peches Indo-Chine, 6* note, pp. 29, 114, 

 174, 1929 (Hice).— Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1929, p. 600, 

 1930 (Hong Kong).— Hardenbeeg, Treubia vol. 13, livr. 1, p. 106, 1931 

 (Bagan Si Api Api). — Chevey, Inst. Oc^anogr. Indochine, 19" note, p. 9, 

 1932 (Annam).— Sin'ATTi, Index Fish. Siam, p. 15, 1937 (Gulf of Siam; 

 Phuket; Maenam Canthaburi). 



Stolephorus {Tluissa) mystax Bleeicer, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 6, pi. 

 (3) 261, fig. 2, 1866-72. 



