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D. VIII, I, 9, third spine 2% in total head length, fourth ray 2; 

 A. II, 8, second spine 3^, third ray 2%; caudal \}i, ends in median 

 point; least depth of caudal peduncle 23^; pectoral lj^; ventral \%. 



Largely pale uniform brown. Iris whitish. Dark band made up 

 of brown dots slopes obliquely down over cheek close behind maxillary 

 and another as a postocular line. 



Only known from the type. 



No. 70251, U.S.N.M. Rasa Island, Mantaquin Island, Palawan. April 1, 1909. 

 Length 37 mm. 



Genus AMIA Gronow 



Amia Gronow, Zoophylac, 1763, p. 80. Species nonbinomial. Type 



Amia moluccensis Valenciennes, designated by Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. 



Sci. Philadelphia, 1862, p. 237. 

 Apogoti Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1802, p. 411. Type Apogon 



ruber Lacepede, monotypic. 

 Ostorhinchus Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, p. 23. Type 



Ostorhinchus fleurieu Lacepede, monotypic. 

 Diplerodon Lacepede, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 4, 1802, p. 167. Type 



Dipterodon hexacanthus Lacepede, designated by Jordan and Evermann, 



Genera of Fishes, vol. 1, 1917, p. 63. 

 Macrolepis Rafinesque, Analyse de la nature, 1815, p. 89. Type Apogon 



ruber Lacepede. Macrolepis Rafinesque proposed to replace Apogon 



Lacepede. 

 Monoprion Poey, Mem. Hist. Nat. Cuba, vol, 2, 1860, p. 123. Type 



Monoprion maculatus Poey, monotypic. 

 Lepidamia Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1863, p. 81. Type 



Amia kalosoma Bleeker, monotypic. 

 Pristiapogon Kltjnzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, 1870, p. 715. Type 



Apogon fraenatus Valenciennes, monotypic. 

 Vincentia Castelnau, Proc. Zool. Acclim. Soc, Victoria, vol. 1, 1872, 



p. 245. Type Vincentia ivaterhousei Castelnau, monotypic. 

 Monosira Poey, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 10, 1881, p. 326. 



Type Monosira stahli Poey, monotypic. 

 Rhabdamia Weber, Notes Leyden Mus., vol. 31, 1909, p. 165. Type 



Rhabdamia clupeiformis Weber, designated by Jordan, Genera of Fishes, 



pt. 4, 1920, p. 534, as orthotypic. 

 Nectamia Jordan, Copeia, No. 44, May 24, 1917, p. 46. Type Apogon 



fuscus Quoy and Gaimard, orthotypic. 

 Zoramia Jordan, Copeia, No. 44, May 24, 1917, p. 46. Type Apogon 



graeffii Gunther, orthotypic. 

 Brephamia (Jordan) Jordan and Jordan, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, No. 



1, 1922, p. 43. Type Apogon parvula Smith and Radcliffe, orthotypic. 



Body oblong, compressed. Head large. Eye large, usually greater 

 than snout. Mouth wide, oblique. Maxillary reaches below middle 

 of eye. Villiform teeth only, in bands in jaws, on vomer and pala- 

 tines. Preopercle ridge double, edge somewhat serrate, at least in 

 young, sometimes entire with age. Opercle with spine posteriorly. 

 Gill rakers rather long. Vertebrae 25, of which 14 caudal. Scales 

 large, ctenoid or cycloid. Top of head, interorbital and snout naked. 

 Lateral line usually complete, scales 20 to 40. Dorsal spines 6 or 7 

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