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A MIA PARVULA Smith and Radcliffe 



Amia parvula Smith and Radcliffe, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, 1912, 

 p. 432, pi. 34, fig. 2. Tataan Pass, Tawi Tawi Group and Saboon Island, 

 Luzon. 



Depth 3 to 3 l /i; head 2% to 2%, width 2}{ to 2]/ 2 . Snout 4 to 

 4)4 in head from snout tip; eye 3 to 3%, much greater than snout 

 or interorbital; maxillary reaches % to 3^ in eye, expansion 3 to 3% 

 in eye, length 2j/£ in head; teeth apparently uniserial, even, minute 

 and only in jaws, none on vomer or palatines; interorbital 4^ to 4%, 

 nearly level; preopercle ridge entire, edge finely serrated. Gill rakers 

 6 + 18, finely lanceolate, slender, nearly double gill filaments or 2}£ 

 in eye. 



Scales 22 in median lateral series to caudal base, 4 more on latter; 

 tubes 6 in lateral line, which not extending beyond spinous dorsal; 9 

 scales transversely, 6 predorsal, 2 rows on cheek; head naked except 

 cheeks and opercles. Scales with 9 to 11 basal marginal striae; 25 

 to 48 apical denticles, with or without 2 series transversely; circuli 

 moderate. 



D. VI-I, 9, 1, third spine 2% to 2^2 in total head length, first ray 

 V/s to 2; A. II, 8, 1, second spine 3 to 33^, first ray 1% to 2; caudal 

 1% to 13^2, deeply emarginate behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 

 3% to 3%; pectoral 1% to 13^; ventral 2 to 2%. 



Brown, paler to whitish on belly and under surface of head. Snout 

 brown and mandible blackish terminally. Brown median line from 

 occiput to spinous dorsal. Whitish triangular spot medianly in inter- 

 orbital posteriorly and also close behind each side another white spot. 

 Brown band, made up of dark brown dots, extends from above snout, 

 over eye and back till below soft dorsal. Black band from side of 

 snout, through eye and back medianly to caudal base. Another 

 dark band from preorbital, along infraorbital backward broadly over 

 cheek and opercle and obscure behind pectoral till over anal. Dark 

 margin narrowly along front of spinous dorsal. Along bases of soft 

 dorsal and anal each with blackish line; same fins also with dusky 

 subbasal longitudinal band extending back to tip of last ray in each 

 fin. Fins otherwise all pale, 



Phillipines, East Indies. 



Two examples. Alibijaban Island, Ragay Gulf. March 6, 1909. Length 32 



to 35 mm. 

 Twenty-nine examples. Busin Harbor, Burias Island. March 8, 1909. Length 



25 to 30 mm. 

 One example. Canmahala Bay. March 11, 1909. Length 33 mm. 

 Two examples. Cataingan Bay, Masbate. April 18, 1908. Length 35 to 36 mm. 

 One example. Caxisigan Island, Balabac. January 2, 1909. Length 35 mm. 

 Four examples. Mantacao Island, west coast Bohol. April 8, 1908. Length 



27 to 30 mm. 

 One example. Nabatas Point, Samar. July 24, 1909. Length 37 mm. 



