FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 33 



Ventral spine bluish, membranes of fin green with white tip, other rays white 

 with black marginal zone. This fish was found in a small compact school on 

 sandy shores, on edge of mangroves. The black oblique bar was very con- 

 spicuous in life. The fish were not shy, but very active and hard to catch. 



23311 and 23696. Gomomo Island, Pitt Passage. December 3, 1909. Length 

 70 to 74 mm. 



24048. Powati Harbor, Makyan Island, Molucca Passage. November 28, 1909. 

 Length 67 mm. 



Subgenus Amia Gronow 



Body elongate, depth less than half of length. Scales large, 20 to 

 30 in lateral line. 



AMIA TAENIATA (Cuvier) 



Apogon taeniatus (Ehrenberg) Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 2, 1828, p. 

 159. Djedda, Red Sea. — Ruppell, Atlas Reise nordl. Afrika, Fische, 

 1828, p. 48 (Red Sea); Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1835, p. 87 (copied).— 

 Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 234 (copied). — Klun- 

 zinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 20, 1870, p. 712 (copied). — Day, 

 Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 101 (type); Fauna Brit. India, vol. 1, 1889, 

 p. 493. — Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1889, p. 238 (Muscat). — 

 Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., 1895, p. 469 (Luzon, Manila). 



Amia taeniata Bleeker, Naturk. Verh. Holland. Maatsch. Wet. (Rev. Apo- 

 gon), vol 3, ser. 3, pt. 1, 1874, p. 24 (synonymy). 



Apogon bifasciatus Ruppell, Neue Wirbelth., Fische, 1839, p. 86, pi. 22, fig. 2. 

 Djedda, Red Sea.— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 238 

 (China, Red Sea, Philippines). — Kner, Reise No vara, Zool., vol. 1, pt. 5, 

 1865, p. 42 (Hong Kong). — Klunzinger, Verh. zool. bot. Ges. Wien, vol. 

 20, 1870, p. 711 (Koseir, Red Sea).— Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 

 62, pi. 16, fig. 9 (Madras); Suppl., 1888, p. 784 (note).— Karoli, Termesz. 

 Fuzetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1882, p. 152 (Singapore, Canton). — Day, Fauna 

 Brit. India, vol. 1, 1889, p. 497 (Madras). — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., 

 1895, p. 470 (Luzon, Manila, Cavite, Santa Cruz). — Borsieri, Ann. Mus. 

 Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, vol. 41, 1904, p. 190 (Noira on Daalac Island and 

 Suakim). — Regan, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc, vol. 16, No. 2, 1905, 

 p. 330 (Persian Gulf). — Steindachner, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, 

 Math.-Nat. Kl., vol. 71, pt. 1, 1907, p. 129 (Gischin, Sokotra).— Zug- 

 mayer, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Math.-Phys. Kl., vol. 26, pt. 6, 1913, p. 

 10 (Oman). — Regan, Ann. Durban Mus., vol. 2, 1919, p. 197 (Durban, 

 Natal).— Barnard, Ann. South Afric. Mus., vol. 21, 1927, p. 521 (Natal 

 coast). 



Apogon (Amia) bifasciatus Klunzinger, Fische Roth. Meer., 1884, p. 21. 



Amia bifasciata Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Ne'erland., vol. 7, 1873-76, p. 81 

 (note). — Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 9, 1914, p. 63 (Hong Kong). — 

 Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 62, 1922, p. 24 (Cebu). 



Apogon trimaculatus (not Cuvier) Richardson, Ichth. China, Japan, 1846, 

 p. 221 (China). 



Apogon maximus Boulenger, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 18S7, p. 655. 

 Muscat, East Arabia; Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1889, p. 244 (Mus- 

 cat). — Zugmayer, Abh. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Math.-Phys. Kl., vol. 26, 

 pt. 6, 1913, p. 10 (Oman). 



Depth 2% to 2Y 2 ; head 2K to 2y 2 , width 2 to 2}/ 8 . Snout 4 in 

 head from snout tip; eye 3 to 3}4, greater than snout or interorbital; 

 maxillary y 2 to y in eye, expansion 2 in eye, length 2 to 2% in head; 



