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Apogon armatus Thiolliere, Fauna Woodlark, 1857, p. 144. Woodlark 



Island. 

 Mionorus graeffei (not Gunther) Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher. 



vol. 25, 1905 (1906), p. 247 (Apia). 

 Mionorus graeffei Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 192S, p. 163 (part) 



Depth 2K to 2Y 2 ; head 2^ to 2%, width 2% to 2%. Snout 3? 

 to 4 }/8 in head from snout tip; eye 3 to 4, greater than snout oi 

 interorbital; maxillary reaches opposite hind eye edge, opposite hind 

 pupil edge in young, expansion \y$ to 1^5 in eye, length 1% to 2 in 

 head; teeth fine, villiform, in bands in jaws, on vomer and palatines; 

 interorbital 4}/2 to 5, level; preopercle edge and ridge entire. Gill 

 rakers 2 + 5, also 2 rudiments above and 4 below; long as gill fila- 

 ments or 2Yi in eye. 



Scales 20 to 25 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 or 5 more on 

 latter; 3 above, 6 or 7 below, 8 predorsal, 2 rows on cheek to pre- 

 opercle ridge. Tubes in lateral line large, simple, well exposed, each 

 with small basal, crimped scale. Scales with 17 basal radiating striae ; 

 46 to 186 apical denticles, with 2 to 16 transverse series of basal 

 elements; circuli fine. 



D. VI-I, 8, 1 or 9, 1, second spine lj/g to 2 x /i in total head length, 

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

 \% to 2)4; caudal 1}4 to 1%, hind edge slightly emarginate; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 2%; pectoral 1% to 1%; ventral 



IK to 1%. 



Brown, sides and lower surfaces much paler. Often brassy tinge 

 on middle of side. Muzzle with more or less drab brown or gray. 

 Iris pale, with neutral gray tints. Dorsals and caudal brownish, 

 other fins pale. Neutral black blotch, nearly large as eye at caudal 

 base medianly. Spinous dorsal with dusky or neutral black band 

 on front of second membrane close along and behind second spine. 

 Small neutral dusky spot each side at base of last anal ray, in young 

 reflected variously as dark diffuse blotch on lower side of caudal 

 peduncle. Our smallest examples show the dark caudal spot rather 

 diffuse and less contrasted than with age. They also have the bases 

 of soft dorsal and anal decidedly dark brown. 



Zanzibar, Seychelles, East Indies, Philippines, Melanesia. 



23205, 23206. Alimango River, Burias Islands. February 26, 1908. Length 



107 to 138 mm. 

 5484. Basud River, Luzon. June 15, 1909. Length 40 to 144 mm. 7 examples. 

 Nine specimens. Caiholo River, Ulugan Bay, Palawan Island. December 29, 



1908. Length 70 to 103 mm. 

 Nine specimens. Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 11, 1909. 



Length 122 to 156 mm. Of these 4 males with buccal ova. 

 23887, 23888. Cataingan Bay, Masbate Island. April 18, 1908. Length 50 



to 102 mm. 

 11510 to 11513. Dumaca River. February 25, 1909. Length 133 to 156 mm. 



