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Depth 2% to 2%; head 2^ to 2%, width V/ 8 to 2. Snout 4% to 

 5 in head from snout tip; eye 2^2 to 2%, much greater than snout or 

 interorbital ; maxillary reaches % in eye, expansion 3, length 2 to 234 

 in head; teeth villiform, in bands in jaws and on vomer and palatines; 

 interorbital 5 to 5^, nearly level; preopercle ridge entire, hind edge 

 finely serrated. Gill rakers 8 + 16, greater than gill filaments or 2 to 

 2% in eye. 



Scales 21 to 23 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 or 4 more on 

 latter; 2 above, 6 below, 3 predorsal, 2 rows on cheek; head naked, 

 except cheeks and opercles. Tubes in lateral line large, simple, well 

 exposed, with small crimped basal scale. Scales with 7 to 12 basal 

 radiating striae; 76 to 84 apical denticles with 1 or 2 transverse series 

 of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. VII-I, 9, i, third spine 2 to 2}/i in total head length, first ray 

 1^ to \%; A. II, 8, i, second spine 2% to 334, first ray 1% to 2)i; 

 caudal 1% to 13^2, hind edge emarginate; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2% to 3; pectoral 1% to 1%) ventral 1% to 1%. 



Pale brown generally, lighter below with silvery white sheen, 

 largely with pale lilac tints. Iris silvery gray, little more grayish 

 above. Snout and front more or less deeper brownish than rest of 

 head. Median pale line from interorbital to spinous dorsal. Pale line 

 from each parietal region up and along bases of dorsals and unite 

 behind soft dorsal to form single median line along upper surface of 

 caudal peduncle. Third pale line from snout above, over eye back 

 along lateral line at first to middle of upper caudal lobe basally. 

 Fourth pale line from iris above back over upper postocular region. 

 Fifth pale line over postocular and along median axis of body to 

 caudal base medianly. Sixth pale line from infraorbital to pectoral 

 axil and back along lower face of caudal peduncle to middle of base 

 of lower caudal lobe. 



Red Sea, Zanzibar, East Indies, Philippines. Seale described this 

 species as Amia magnified, evidently thinking the structural differ- 

 ences sufficient. As compared with Klunzinger he gives D. VI-I, 8 

 compared with D. VII-I, 9 and A. II, 7 compared with A. II, 8. 

 Klunzinger gives the color as silvery gray or bluish, with 4 or 5 citron 

 yellow or golden longitudinal bands. Belly, breast and under jaw 

 yellow. On head the longitudinal bands with blue reflections. 

 Bleeker's account varies still more, as D. VII-I, 9 or I, 10 and A. II, 

 8 or 9. The body is said to be pale blue with 6 longitudinal golden 

 bands and his figure, doubtless colored from the preserved specimen 

 54 mm. long. Seale's example was but 40 mm. 



23379. Alimango Bay, Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length 41 mm. 

 12252. Batan Island. June 5, 1909. Length 46 mm. 



Three examples. Cataingan Bay, Masbate Island. April 17, 1908. Length 45 

 to 48 mm. 



