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23796, 23798. Makyan Island. November 29, 1909. Length 73 or 74 mm. 



3 examples. 

 23627, 23799. Powati Harbor, Makyan Island. November 28, 1909. Length 



70 to 84 mm. 

 23531. Tidore Island, south of Ternate. November 25, 1909. Length 77 mm. 

 23412. Gane Road, Gillolo Island. December 1, 1909. Length 73 mm. 

 8400, 8402, 8403, 8405 to 8407. Hokuho, So Wan, Formosa. January 29, 1910. 



Length 68 to 87 mm. 

 18420. So Wan. January 28, 1910. Length 73 mm. 



ARCHAMIA BURUENSIS (Bleeker) 



Apogon buruensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 11, 1856, p. 



394. Kajeli, Bouro. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 245 



(copied). 

 Amia buroensis Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 1873-76, p. 



102 (type); vol. 8, 1876-77, pi. (75) 353, fig. 2. 

 Apogonichthys buruensis Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 164 



(compiled). 



Depth 2% to 3; head 2% to 23/£, width 2^ to 2%. Snout 4 to 

 4^2 in head from snout tip; eye 3% to 3}/£, greater than snout or 

 interorbital; maxillary reaches ^2 to % in eye, expansion 2 X /^ to 2%, 

 length 23^5 to 234 in head; teeth villiform, in rather narrow bands in 

 jaws and on vomer and palatines; interorbital 4% to 5^, very 

 slightly convex; preopercle ridge entire or only with short spine at 

 angle and edge serrated. Gill rakers 6 + 16, of which 2 upper rudi- 

 ments, others lanceolate or Y2 of eye. 



Scales 23 or 24 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 or 5 more on 

 latter; 2 above, 6 below, 6 or 7 predorsal, 2 rows on cheek; head 

 naked, except scales on cheek and opercles. Each tube of lateral 

 line well exposed, with small exposed basal scale. Scales with 10 or 

 11 basal radiating striae; 30 to 57 apical denticles in 2 or 3 transverse 

 series; circuli moderate. 



D. VII-I, 9, 1, second spine 2% to 2j/£ in total head length, first 

 ray 1^ to V/2; A. II, 12, 1, or 13, 1, second spine 2% to 3, first ray 

 \ 2 /z to 1%; caudal 1^5 to \}/&, slightly concave behind; least depth 

 of caudal peduncle 2^ to 2%; pectoral 1% to V/i) ventral 1% to 2. 



Light brown generally, much paler below, with silvery to lilac or 

 pale purplish tinge on lower half of trunk and front of tail. Median 

 dark brown predorsal line extending back to form dark edge along 

 bases of both dorsals. Second dark brown line or narrow band from 

 above snout, over eye and back toward and below bases of last dor- 

 sal rays. Third broader dark or blackish brown band from snout tip 

 through eye, not wider than pupil and following along median axis of 

 trunk nearly to middle of caudal base, where round blackish brown 

 blotch about size of pupil, subbasally on abdomen close above anal 

 base brown line and extending back along each side of caudal peduncle 

 below. Iris silvery white, except as crossed by dark horizontal band. 



