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23319. Tomahu Island, Bouro Island. December 11,1909. Length 97 mm. 

 14483 to 14485. Tomahu Island. December 12, 1909. Length 45 to 106 mm. 



Seven examples. 

 23577, 23578, 23617, 23618. Tifu Bay, Bouro Island. December 10, 1909. 



Length 73 to 107 mm. 

 23401, 23402. Dodepo and Pasejogo Islands, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. November 



16, 1909. Length SS to 96 mm. 

 23715, 23716. Labuan Blanda Island, Buton Strait. December 14, 1909. 



Length 49 to 63 mm. 

 Four examples. Makasser Island, Buton Strait. December 16, 1909. Length 



31 to 34 mm. 

 23451. Doworra Island, south of Patiente Strait. December 2, 1909. Length 



65 mm. 

 12479, 12480, 13832, 13833, 23290, 23624 to 23626. Powati Harbor, Makyan 



Island, Molucca Passage. November 28, 1909. Length 97 to 120 mm. 

 23307, 23308, 23410. Gane Road, Gillolo Island. December 1, 1909. Length 



98 to 106 mm. 

 23537 to 23539. Tidore Island, south of Ternate. November 25, 1909. Length 



110 to 115 mm. 



AMI A MELAS (Sleeker) 



Apogon melas Bleeker, Journ. Indian Arch., vol. 2, 1848, p. 635. Bima, Sum- 

 bawa. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 243 (copied). — 

 Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 230 (Biaru Island and High 

 Key). — Beaufort, Bijd. Dierk., Amsterdam, 1913, p. 115 (Majalibit Bay, 

 Waigiu). 



Amia melas Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Nderland., vol. 7, 1873-76, p. 94 

 (Batu, Nias, Singapore, Celebes, Sumbawa, Ternate, Buru, Ceram, 

 Amboina); vol. 8, 1876-77, pi. (70) 348, fig. 1.— Fowler, Mem. Bishop 

 Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 159 (compiled). 



Depth 2\i to 2%; head 2% to 2%, width 2)/ s to 2%. Snout 3% 

 to 4 in head from snout tip; eye 2% to 3%, greater than eye to equal 

 with age, likewise interorbital; maxillary reaches opposite eye center, 

 expansion 1% to 2Y2 in eye, length 2}i to 2}4 in head; bands of vil- 

 liform teeth in jaws, on vomer and palatines; interorbital 3% to 4, 

 nearly level; preopercle ridge entire, edge finely denticulate. Gill 

 rakers 6 + 14, of which 3 or 4 uppermost and lowermost rudimentary, 

 others lanceolate, 2% in eye. 



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

 latter; 2 above, 5 or 6 below, 2 predorsal; 1 or 2 rows on cheek; 

 muzzle, including maxillary, preorbital and interorbital naked. 

 Tubes in lateral line large, well exposed, simple. Scales with 15 to 

 19 basal radiating striae; apical denticles 85 to 166, with 1 or 2 

 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine and irregularly waved 

 apically. 



D. VII-I, 9, 1, third spine 1% to V/% in total head length, first 

 branched ray l}{ to 134; A. II, 8, 1, second spine Y]/% to 23^5, first 

 branched ray 134 to 13^; caudal \)U to 134, slightly emarginate 

 behind with upper lobe usually little longer; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2 to 2%) pectoral \Yi to 1%; ventral \% to V/2. 



