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15945, 15948. Pangasinan Island, vicinity of Jolo. February 13, 1908. Length 

 51 to 55 mm. 



Six examples. Southern Lagoon, Tumindao Island, Sulu Archipelago. Feb- 

 ruary 26, 1908, (317, 318). 



23325. Simaluc Island, north of Tawi Tawi. September 22, 1909. Length 40 

 mm. (1987). Generally translucent pearly. Head and body crossed by about 

 6 bright orange stripes, first 3 narrow; first along median line of occiput, contin- 

 ued along dorsal base but anterior end with continuation arising some distance 

 before dorsal; second begins behind snout tip, passes above eye and backward 

 to caudal base; third crosses eye above and ends under hind edge of first dorsal; 

 fourth begins on snout, passes through middle of eye, thence backward, ending 

 in scarlet spot at caudal base; fifth crosses premaxillary under eye and back- 

 ward along lower edge of caudal peduncle to caudal base, symmetrical with 

 second; bands all broader below, where about % pupil diameter. Breast and 

 belly with orange wash. Iris silvery except as crossed by dark band. Soft 

 vertical fins very pale hyaline vermilion. Pectorals hyaline pink. Ventrals 

 slightly orange. 



One example. Tonquil Island, east of Gumila Reef, south of Zamboanga. 

 September 14, 1909. Length 36 mm. 



8039. Tumindao Island. February 26, 1908. Length 57 mm. (male with 

 buccal ova). Also 5 others, same data. Length 50 to 58 mm. 



One example. Usadea Island, vicinity of Jolo. March 3, 1908. Length 48 mm. 



One example (2040). Talisse Island, north of Celebes. November 9, 1909. 

 Length 44 mm. Golden stripes on pearly grounds, somewhat olivaceous 

 above. Fins vermilion. 



AMIA MULTILINEATA (Bleeker) 



A pogon maltilineatus Bleeker, Nederland. Tidjschr. Dierk., vol. 2, 1865, 

 p. 188. Ceram — Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 223 

 (Sanguisiapo, Sulu Archipelago). 



Amiamultilineata Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873-76, p. 82 

 (Celebes, Sumbawa, Flores, Timor, Ternate, Ceram, Amboina, Goram). — 

 Radcliffe, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, 1911, p. 259, pi. 25 (Great 

 Tobea Island, Philippines, Celebes). 



Apogon multitaeniatus (not Cuvier) Bleeker, Journ. Indian Arch., 1848, p. 

 635 (Sumbawa).— Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 242 

 (copied). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espan. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, 

 p. 12 (Cebu). 



Apogon multitaeniata Elera, Cat. Fauna Filip., 1895, p. 469 (Cebu). 



Amia multitaeniata Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Nderland., vol. 7, 1873-76, 

 pi. (4) 319, fig. 1. 



Depth 2% to 3; head 2% to 3, width \% to 23/g. Snout 4 to 4% 

 in head from snout tip; eye 2}/% to 2%, nearly twice snout or inter- 

 orbital; maxillary reaches % to % m e y e or about opposite hind 

 pupil edge, expansion 2,^2 to 2% in eye, length 2 to 2% in head; teeth 

 in villiform bands in jaws, on vomer and palatines; interorbital M/l 

 to 5, nearly level; preopercle ridge entire, edge minutely serrated; 

 preorbital entire. Gill rakers 5+14, lanceolate, much longer than 

 gill filaments or 2Yi in eye. 



Scales 23 or 24 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 or 4 more on 

 latter; 2 above, 6 below, 3 or 4 predorsal, 2 rows on cheek. Tubes in 

 lateral line large, simple, each well exposed and with small basal scale. 



