FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 31 



15586, 15587, 23509 to 23511. Tulayan Island, vicinity of Jolo. September 15, 

 1909. Length 63 to 75 mm. 



23175 to 23177, 23278, 24016. Tutu Bay, first anchorage, Jolo Island. Septem- 

 ber 19, 1909. Length 69 to 78 mm. 



23762 and 23763. Daisy Island, west of Bumbum, Borneo. January 6, 1910. 

 Length 55 to 57 mm. 



23898 and 23899. Pendek Island, Buton Strait. December 15, 1909. Length 

 60 to 71 mm. 



24030. Buka Buka Island, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. November 20, 1909. 

 Length 70 mm. 



14396, 14936, 22728, 23907 to 23912, 23941 to 23942. Talisse Island. Novem- 

 ber 9, 1909. Length 63 to 82 mm. 25 examples. 



23854 to 23856, 23920. Togian Bay, Togian Island, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. 

 November 19, 1909. Length 54 to 66 mm. 



23606 to 23677. Gane Road, Gillolo Island. December 1, 1909. Length 59 to 

 66 mm. 



23309,23310,23697! Gomomo Island, Pitt Passage. December 3, 1909. Length 

 68 to 75 mm. 



AMIA ORBICULARIS (Cuvier) 



Apogon orbicularis (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., 

 vol. 2, 1828, p. 155. Java. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 

 1859, p. 233 (copied).— Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1870, p. 681 

 (Andamans). — Gunther, Journ. Mus. Godeffroy, vol. 1, pt. 1, 1873, 

 p. 22, pi. 20, fig. D (Radack Island). — Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 

 1875, p. 65, pi. 17, fig. 7 (Andamans). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. 

 Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 12 (Manado, Celebes; Sangi; Manila Bay, 

 Luzon; Cebu; Rubi, New Guinea). — Day, Fauna Brit. India, vol. 1, 1889, 

 p. 500.— Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 221 (Biaru).— 

 Beaufort, Bijd. Dierk., Amsterdam, 1913, p. 115 (Najalibit Bay, Waigiu; 

 Amboina?). 



Amia orbicularis Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873-76, p. 79 

 (Sumatra, Nias, Singapore, Java, Sangir, Ceram, Amboina, Goram); vol. 

 8, 1876-77, pi. (61) 339, fig. 1.— Seale and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 33, 1907, p. 242 (Zamboanga). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 

 1928, p. 154 (Ponape, Pelew Islands, Kingsmill, Truk, Moen). 



Apogon nigromaculatus Hombron and Jacquinot, Voy. Astrolabe, Zool., vol. 

 3, 1853, p. 32, pi. 1, fig. 2. New Guinea. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., 

 vol. 1, 1859, p. 233 (copied). 



Amia nigromaculaia Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873-76, 

 p. 80 (compiled). 



Depth 1% to 1%) head 2% to 2%, width V/ s to 2. Snout 3% to 

 4 in head from snout tip; eye 2% to 3, greater than snout or inter- 

 orbital; maxillary reaches opposite eye center, expansion 2 in eye, 

 length 2 to 2Ko in head; bands of villiform teeth in jaws, on vomer 

 and palatines; interorbital 2% to 3%, nearly level or only slightly 

 convex; preopercle ridge entire, edge denticulate; preorbital entire. 

 Gill rakers 5 + 20, lanceolate, little longer than gill filaments or 2 Y /i in 

 eye. 



Scales 23 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on latter; 2 

 above, 6 below, 6 predorsal, 2 rows on cheek. Tubes in lateral line 

 simple, well exposed, large, without basal scale. Scales with 12 or 13 



