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Small dusky brown spot, much less than pupil, each side of occiput. 

 Round blackish blotch medianly at caudal base, large as pupil. Fins 

 all pale to whitish, front margin of spinous dorsal and base of soft 

 dorsal with blackish band. 

 Karachi, Philippines, Japan. 



Six examples. Canmahala Bay, Luzon. March 11, 1909. Length 50 to 60 mm. 

 8498 to 8538. Catbalogan, Samar. April 16, 1908. Length 78 to 85 mm. 

 Twenty-six examples. Cataingan Bay, Masbate Island. April 18, 1908. 



Length 25 to 35 mm. 

 1589 (D. 5136). Jolo Light, S. 37° E., 0.70 mile (6° 0-i' 20" N., 120° 59' 20" E.), 



vicinity of Jolo. In 22 fathoms. February 14, 1908. Length S2 to 90 mm. 



5 examples. 

 18177, 18178. Port San Pio Quinto, Camiguin Island, China Sea, vicinity 



Batanes. November 11, 1908. Length 64 to 67 mm. 

 Six examples. U.S.N. M. Ace. No. 100,455. Length 34 to 63 mm. 



AMIA GRIFFINI Seale 



Amia griffini Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 5, No. 2, 1910, p. 117, pi. 2, fig. 2. 

 Bantayan Island, Philippines. 



Depth 2% to 2%; head 2% to 2%, width 1% to 2. Snout ty % 

 to 43^ in head from snout tip; eye 2% to 3, greater than eye or inter- 

 orbital; maxillary reaches % to % in eye, expansion 2^ to 2% in 

 eye, length 2 to 2}{ in head; teeth in villiform bands in jaws, on 

 vomer and palatines; interorbital 4 to 434, nearly level; preopercle 

 ridge entire in young, finely serrate with age, also preopercle edge 

 always serrate; preorbital and edge of orbital socket always entire. 

 Gill rakers 6 + 16, lanceolate, much longer than gill filaments or 234 

 in eye. 



Scales 23 or 24 in lateral line to caudal base and 6 or 7 more on 

 latter; 2 or 3 above, 6 or 7 below, 3 or 4 predorsal, 2 or 3 rows on 

 cheek. Tubes in lateral line large, simple, each well exposed and 

 with small basal crenulated scale. Scales with 21 to 25 basal 

 parallel to subradiating striae; 179 to 230 apical denticles, with 3 or 

 4 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine, none apical. 



D. VII-I, 9, 1, third spine 1% in total head length, second branched 

 dorsal ray long as head in male or l}£ to 1% in female; A. II, 8, 1, 

 second spine 2% to 3, first branched ray \}/2 to 1%; caudal equals 

 head, little emarginate behind, upper lobe usually longer, both lobes 

 more or less rounded; least depth of caudal peduncle 1% to 2Xo; 

 pectoral l 1 ^ to 1%; ventral 134 to l 1 ^. 



Brown generally, scarcely paler below. Each scale with basal 

 deeper brown bar so arranged to form reticulate pattern. Abdomen, 

 opercles and sides of abdominal cavity with brassy to coppery tints. 

 At caudal base medially small round dusky brown blotch about half 

 size of pupil, usually conspicuous. Fins variably pale brown, some- 

 times clouded deeper brown or even dusky brown. Some males with 



