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both extend outward on fins; soft dorsal also with dark front margin. 

 Upper and lower caudal edges dusky narrowly. Paired fins uniformly 

 pale. 



East Indies, Philippines. Allied with Amia fasciata (White) and 

 its allies, but differs chiefly in the presence of but six dorsal spines. 



14844. Alimango Bay, Burias Island. March 5, 1909. Length 93 mm. 



20489. Batan Island. June 5, 1909. Length 74 mm. 



23280 to 23282, 23435 to 23438, 23465, 23466. Biri Channel. June 1, 1909. 



Length 67 to 99 mm. 

 14910,14911,23463,23464. Biri Channel. June 2, 1909. Length 86 to 94 mm. 

 Eleven examples. Biri Channel. June 2, 1909. Length 65 to 102 mm. 

 17029 to 17031. Bisucay Island near Cuyo Island. April 9, 1909. Length 93 



to 98 mm. (Type [17030 Bureau of Fisheries] 68398 U.S.N.M.) 

 14655 to 14659. Bolalo Bay, Palawan Island. December 21, 1908. Length 82 



to 94 mm. 

 Two examples. Bolalo Bay. December 21, 1908. Length 34 to 40 mm. 

 16778. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. November 7, 1909. Length 98 mm. 

 15816. Butauanan Island. June 12, 1909. Length 95 mm. 

 23432, 23433. Butauanan Island. June 13, 1909. Length 84 to 85 mm. 

 23643 to 23645. Caracaran, Batan Island. June 8, 1909. Length 71 to 88 mm. 

 Three examples. Caracaran. June 8, 1909. Length 32 to 36 mm. 

 23995. Cataingan Bay. April 18, 1908. Length 51 mm. 



8494 to 8496. Catbalogan, Samar Island. April 16, 1908. Length 95 to 105 mm. 

 6860. Caxisigan Island, north Balabac Strait. January 2, 1909. Length 79 mm. 

 23332 to 23338. Endeavor Strait. December 22, 1908. Length 50 to 85 mm. 

 227. Endeavor Strait. December 24, 1908. Length 83 mm. 

 23693. Gomomo Island. December 3, 1909. Length 43 mm. 

 17337 to 17343, 23943 to 23945. Isabel, Basilan Island. September 11, 1909. 



Length 83 to 98 mm. 

 5740. Mahinog, Camiguin Island. August 3, 1909. Length 102 mm. 

 15001 to 15003, 15008, 15009, 15012, 16903 to 16906, 23144 to 23147, 23390. 



Makesi Island, Palawan. April 5, 1909. Length 63 to 100 mm. 

 Six examples. Makesi Island. Length 65 to 86 mm. 

 23257, 23258. Mantacao Island, west coast of Bohol. April 8, 1908. Length 99 



to 101 mm. (23258 male with buccal ova). 

 15495. Masamat Bay, Quinalasag Island. June 12, 1909. Length 88 mm. 

 23224. Opol, Mindanao. August 4, 1909. Length 100 mm. 

 Three examples. Oyster Inlet, Ulugan Bay. December 28, 1908. Length 81 



to 87 mm. 

 Eleven examples. Philippines. Length 32 to 96 mm. 

 8766. Port Jamelo, Luzon Island. July 13, 1908. Length 70 mm. 

 23143. Port Matalvi, Luzon Island. November 22, 1908. Length 100 mm. 

 One example. Port Palapag. June 2, 1909. Length 31 mm. 

 14604, 23263 to 23267. Port Palapag. June 3, 1909. Length 72 to 89 mm. 

 23780. Port Uson, west of Pinas Island. December 17, 1908. Length SO mm. 



(811). Alternate dark red brown and silvery stripes. Snout and lower head 



blackish. Fins reddish brown. First dorsal dusky anteriorly; second dorsal 



with indistinct blackish basal bar. Anal with distinct blackish basal bar. 

 Fifteen specimens. Rapurapu Island. June 22, 1909. Length 66 to 91 mm. 

 24102, 24103. Rasa Island, Mantaquin Bay, Palawan Island. April 1, 1909. 



Length 59 to 61 mm. 

 14767, 14769, 23183 to 23187, 23344. Romblon. March 26, 1908. Length 48 



to 90 mm. 



