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2245. (D. 5478). Tacbuc Point, S. 80° W., 15.2 miles (10° 46' 24" N., 125° 16' 



30" E.), Leyte. In 57 fathoms. July 29, 1909. Length 47 to 62 mm. 

 (D. 5480). Tacbuc Point, S. 87° W., 17.3 miles (10° 44' 36" N., 125° 19' E.), 



Leyte. In 62 fathoms. July 29, 1909. Length 58 mm. 1 example. 

 3947 (D. 5156). Tinakta Island, S. 77° W., 3.40 miles (5° 12' 50" N., 119° 55' 55" 



E.), Sulu Archipelago, Tawi Tawi Group. In 18 fathoms. February 2, 

 ' 1908. Length 48 mm. 

 4546 (D. 5593). Mount Putri, N. 52° W., 17.2 miles (4° 02' 40" N., 118° 11' 



20" E.), Sibuko Bay, Borneo. In 38 fathoms. September 29, 1909. Length 



65 mm. 

 23125 to 23128, 23370. Sandakan Bay, Borneo. March 2, 1908. Length 58 to 



86 mm. 25 examples. 

 Seven examples. Sandakan market, Sandakan, Borneo. March 2, 1908. 



Length 00 to 75 mm. 

 Twenty-two examples (D. 5644). Makasser Island, N. 4° E., 1.3 miles (5° 27' 



24" S., 122° 38' 00" E.), Buton Strait. In 22 fathoms. December 16, 1909. 



Length 21 to 45 mm. 

 (D. 5303). China Sea (21° 44' N., 114° 48' E.), vicinity of Hong Kong. In 34 



fathoms. August 9, 1909. Length 35 to 50 mm. 21 examples. 

 (D. 5304). China Sea (21° 46' N., 114° 47' E.), vicinity of Hong Kong. In 34 



fathoms. August 9, 1908. Length 34 to 52 mm. 4 examples. 

 18853. Hong Kong market. October 19, 1908. Length 104 mm. 



AMIA KIENSIS (Jordan and Snyder) 



Apogon kiensis Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 23, 1901, 

 p. 905, fig. 9. Wakanoura, Province of Ki, Japan. — Jordan and Hubbs, 

 Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, No. 2, 1925, p. 231 (Misaki). 



Amia kiensis Snyder, Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 412 (Shimizu). — 

 Jordan and Thompson, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, No. 4, 1914, p. 247, 

 fig. 20 (Misaki). — Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 9, 1914, p. 64 

 (Hong Kong).— Fowler and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 62, 1922, 

 p. 26 (Philippines). 



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

 to 5 in head from snout tip; eye 334 to 2>%, greater than snout or 

 interorbital ; maxillary reaches % to % in eye or about opposite hind 

 pupil edge, expansion 1% to 2 in eye, length l%o to 2 in head; villiform 

 teeth in bands in jaws, on vomer and present or absent on each 

 palatine; interorbital 5}{ to 5}4 in head, nearly level; preopercle 

 with ridge entire, hind edge minutely denticulate; preorbital entire. 

 Gill rakers 7 + 15, lanceolate, greatly longer than gill filaments or 

 1% in eye. 



Scales 22 or 23 in lateral line to caudal base or 4 more on latter; 

 2 above, 6 below, 5 or 6 predorsal; 2 rows on cheek. Tubes in lateral 

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

 11 or 12 basal radiating striae; 80 to 82 apical denticles, with 2 to 4 

 transverse series of basal elements; circuli moderately line. 



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

 branched ray 1% to \y 2 ; A. II, 8, i, second spine 3 to 334> first 

 branched ray 1% to 1%; caudal IK to 1^, little emarginate behind; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 3; pectoral \% to l^; 

 ventral 1^ to \%. 



