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bands of fine villiform teeth in jaws, on vomer and palatines; inter- 

 orbital 4% to 4%, level; preoperele ridge entire, edge finely denticu- 

 late. Gill rakers 3 + 7, lanceolate, with 2 more as rudiments above 

 and 4 to 6 below; length little longer than gill filaments or 2}/i in eye. 



Scales 23 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 to 5 more on latter; 

 2 above, 7 below, 3 predorsal, 2 rows on cheek; muzzle, including 

 interorbital, maxillary and suborbitals, naked. Lateral line of rather 

 large tubes, well exposed, each with basal crenulated scale. Scales 

 with 14 to 17 basal radiating striae; 128 to 148 apical denticles with 

 1 to 3 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. VII-I, 8, i, or 9, i, third spine 1% to 1% in total head length, 

 first ray 1}4 to \\i) A. II, 8, i, second spine 2)4 to 2%, first ray 1% 

 to \%', caudal 1^ to l 1 ^, hind edge slightly emarginate; least depth 

 of caudal peduncle 2^ to 2%; pectoral V/i to \%) ventral \% 



toiy 2 . 



Body brown, much paler below. Diffuse dusky blotch at occiput. 

 Diffuse vertical dusky bar down from front of spinous dorsal to median 

 axis of body or lower. Also another, similar, from front of second 

 dorsal but behind spine of fin. Small, round, dusky spot at caudal 

 base medianly, smaller than pupil. Fins variably pale brown to 

 more or less dusky, sometimes quite dark. Dark bands on back 

 often well reflected on bases of dorsals and spinous dorsal always 

 more or less deep dusky terminally. Pectoral pale. Ventral more or 

 less dusky, especially so anteriorly and terminally in most examples. 



Red Sea, Natal, India, East Indies, Philippines, China. It was 

 not obtained by Bleeker. The original figure by Riippell agrees in 

 nearly every respect with our examples, except that the second dor- 

 sal spine is about % length of third and the first spine about half the 

 length of second in Riippell's drawing. They are surely like Day's 

 figure of Apogon hifasciatus. Day's figure of Apogon taeniatus differs 

 in that the third dorsal spine is % of the fourth. 



(1952). Cabalian Point, Jolo. September 18, 1909. Length 48 mm. (D. 5555). 

 13679. Manila market. June 24, 1908. Length 117 mm. 

 23480. Mariveles Wharf, Manila Bay. January 30, 1909. Length 88 mm. 

 17285. Nabatas Point, Samar Island. July 24, 1909. Length 122 mm. 

 11660. Kowloon market, China. October 5, 190S. Length 109 mm. 



AMIA RHODOPTERA (Bleeker) 



Apogon rhodopterus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 3, 1852, p. 



62. Singapore.— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 233 



(copied). 

 Amia rhodopterus Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erland., vol. 7, 1873-76, p. 



81, pi. (34) 312, fig. 1 (Singapore). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 



1928, p. 155 (Shortland Island, Samoa). 

 Amia rhodoptera Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1927, p. 273 



(Philippines). 



