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concurrent with dorsal profile. Scales with 13 basal radiating striae; 

 apical denticles 38; circuli very fine. 



D. VII-I, 9, i, fourth spine 2^ in total head length, second ray 

 1%; A. II, 8, i, second spine lj^, fourth ray \%; caudal 1J<£, convex; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 2%; pectoral 1%; ventral 1J^. 



Dark brown generally. Pectoral pale brown, other fins uniformly 

 blackish brown. 



India, Philippines. We have only seen the example reported by 

 Fowler, redescribed above. 



Diagnosis. — Differs from Apogonichthys carinatus chiefly in its 

 uniform brown coloration with blackish fins. 



47491 A.N.S.P. Philippines. Length 55 mm. Type of Amia melas Fowler. 



APOGONICHTHYS UNINOTATUS (Smith and Radcliffe) 



Amia uninotala Smith and Radcliffe, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, 1912, 

 p. 436, pi. 34, fig. 3. Bisucay Island and Tara Island, Philippines. 



Amia ocellata (not Weber) Von Bonde, Fisher. Mar. Surv. South Africa, 

 Spec. Rep. No. 1, 1923, p. 14, pi. 1, fig. 2. Natal coast, 27 fathoms. 



Apogon duops Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, 1927, p. 522 (on 

 Von Bonde). 



Depth 2*/£ to 2% ; head 2% to 2^, width 2 to 2Ko- Snout 4^ to 4% 

 in head from snout tip; eye 3Xo to 3J^, longer than snout or interorbi- 

 tal; maxillary reaches ^ to ^5 in eye, expansion 1%, length 1% to 2 in 

 head; teeth villiform, in bands in jaws and on vomer, none on pala- 

 tines; interorbital 4^ to 4%, nearly level; preopercle ridge and edge 

 entire. Gill rakers 6 + 15, lanceolate, equal gill filaments or 2% in eye. 



Scales 21 or 22 in lateral line and 3 more on latter; 2 above, 6 below, 

 4 or 5 predorsal, 2 rows on cheek; head naked, except cheeks and 

 opercles. Tubes in lateral line large, well exposed, each with well- 

 developed basal scale. Scales with 13 to 16 basal radiating striae; 

 84 to 115 apical denticles, with 1 or 2 transverse series of basal 

 elements; circuli fine. 



D. VII-I, 9, 1, third spine V/% to 2 in total head length, second ray 

 V/g to 23^; A. II, 8, 1, second spine 2 J/g to 3, second ray 2 to 2Yi ; caudal 

 13^ to 1^/5, convex behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 2^ to 2%; 

 pectoral \% to \%) ventral 1% to \%. 



Brown generally, not paler below. Round neutral black blotch 

 above pectoral and close behind head, smaller than eye though little 

 larger than pupil. Brown streak from lower hind eye edge down 

 toward preopercle angle. Iris slaty. Vertical fins all dusky to black- 

 ish brown, hind caudal edge pale. Pectorals brown, ventrals dusky 

 or blackish. Smaller examples all with fins much paler. All show 

 pale underlaid narrow line sloping down from humeral region across 

 large dark post-humeral blotch and back over tail till midway along 

 median body axis. Small examples with pale iris. 



Natal, Philippines. 



