FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 97 

 AMIA SEMILINEATA (Schlegel) 



Apogon semilineatus Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Poiss., pt. 1, 1842, p. 4, pi. 

 2, fig. 3. Japan. — Richardson, Ichth. China, Japan, 184G, p. 221 

 (copied). — Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch., No.4, vol. 26, 1854, p. 55, 

 pi. 1, fig. 2 (Nagasaki). — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 

 240 (copied). — Karoli, Termesz. Fuzetek, Budapest, vol. 5, 1882, p. 152 

 (Nagasaki and Kobe). — Steindachner and Doderlein, Denkschr. Akad. 

 Wiss. Wien, vol. 47, 1883, p. 2 (Tokyo).— Nystrom, Svensk. Vet. Akad. 

 Handl., 1887, p. 8 (Nagasaki). — Ishikawa and Mats dura, Prelim. Cat. 

 Fishes Tokyo, 1897, p. 55. — Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 

 vol. 23, 1901, p. 903, fig. 7 (Tokyo, Yokohama, Yodomi, Enoshima, Misaki, 

 Wakanoura). — Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1906, p. 527 

 (Japan). — Jordan and Hubbs, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 10, No. 2, 1925, 

 p. 230 (Wakanoura and Misaki). 



Amia semilineata Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 412 

 (Misaki and Shimizu). — Jordan and Thompson, Mem. Carnegie Mus., 

 vol, 6, No. 4, 1914, p. 247, fig. 19 (Shimonoseki and Osaka). 



Amia semilineatus Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 9, 1914, p. 64 (Hong 

 Kong). 



Apogon quadrifasciatus (not Cuvier) Jordan and Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., vol. 23, 1900, p. 353. Yokohama (lapsus for Apogon semilineatus). 



Depth 2% to Z}4; head 2% to 2%, width 2K to 2%. Snout 4 to 

 4^5 in head from snout tip; eye 33^ to 3%, subequal with snout 

 or greater in young, always greater than interorbital; maxillary 

 reaches % to % in eye, expansion 2, length 2 in head; teeth villi- 

 form, in bands in jaws, on vomer and palatines; interorbital 43^ to 

 5, nearly level; preopercle ridge entire and edge finely denticulate. 

 Gill rakers 8 + 18, lanceolate, greatly longer than gill filaments or 2)^ 

 in eye. 



Scales 25 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 more on latter; 2 

 above, 6 below, 6 predorsal, 2 rows on cheek; head naked, except 

 cheeks and opercles. Lateral line of rather large tubes, each well 

 exposed and with crimped basal scale. Scales with 13 to 15 basal 

 radiating striae; 73 to 90 apical denticles, with 3 to 5 transverse 

 series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



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

 ray 1% to \%\ A. II, 8, i, second spine 2% to 3, first ray Vyi to 1%; 

 caudal 1}4 to 1}4, deeply emarginate behind; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2% to 3^; pectoral 1% to 1%; ventral 1J4 to 2. 



Rather pale brown, inclining to white below with silvery white 

 reflections, especially about head and breast. Iris silvery white, with 

 brown above. On snout from its tip dark brown band extends to 

 eye, then back over postocular along median axis to caudal peduncle. 

 Another dark brown band begins on snout above, and extends over 

 eye back along upper side of back till below soft dorsal fin. Round 

 blackish spot, little smaller than pupil, at caudal base medianly. 

 Fins all pale to whitish, except blackish spot marginally at apex of 

 spinous dorsal over at least 2 membranes. 



