THE FISHES OF THE FAMILIES AMIIDAE, CHANDI- 

 DAE, DULEIDAE, AND SERRANIDAE, OBTAINED 

 BY THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF FISHERIES 

 STEAMER "ALBATROSS" IN 1907 TO 1910, CHIEFLY 

 IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT 

 SEAS 



By Henry W. Fowler 



Of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 



and 

 Barton A. Bean 



Of the United States National Museum 



INTRODUCTION 



The present work is the third installment 1 of the report on the 

 fishes collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer 

 Albatross and the first report on the percoid series of fishes collected 

 by the Albatross Philippine Expedition of 1907-1909. We have 

 limited it to the more typical perchlike families, of which the 

 Amiidae and Serranidae are far more extensive in both species 

 and series of specimens. Both are likewise most diverse in specific 

 variation with respect to color, while the Serranidae alone are 

 extreme in individual variation. The Chandidae are, on the con- 

 trary, the most homogeneous. With this feature in view the senior 

 author has prepared the accompanying illustrations, showing some of 

 the more striking cases where extensive series of specimens permit. 



Two valued papers have appeared by Smith and Radcliffe 2 describ- 

 ing the new Amiidae, most of the species of which we accept. 



The names which we propose as new are as follows: 



Apogonichthys melanopterus, new name to replace Amia melas, Fowler 1918 

 (not Bleeker 1848). 



Sphaeramia, new subgenus. Amia. 

 Ioamia, new subgenus. Archamia. 



1 The first and second are volumes 7 and 8, Bulletin 100, U. S. National Museum. 

 »Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41 (July 15, 1911), pp. 245-261, pis. 20-25; vol.41, 1911 (Jan. 31, 1912), 

 pp. 431-446, pis. 34-38. 



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