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Archamia mucropteroidcs Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 

 1906 (1907), p. 74 (Bacon). — Jordan and Richardson, Mem. Carnegie 

 Mus., vol. 6, No. 4, 1909, p. 181 (Takao, Formosa). — Fowler, Proc. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia, 1927, p. 274 (Bacon). 



Apogon notata (not Spams notatus Houttuyn) Day, Proc. Zool. Soc. 

 London, 1867, p. 936. Madras. 



Archamia notata Jordan and Metz, Mem. Carnegie Mus., vol. 6, No. 4, 

 1909, p. 181, pi. 69 (Takao, Formosa). 



Depth 2}4 to 3; head 2% to 2]/ 2 , width 2^ to 2%. Snout 4 to 

 43-^ in head from snout tip; eye 2% to 334, greater than snout or inter- 

 orbital; maxillary reaches opposite middle of eye to %, expansion 2 

 to 23^ in eye, length V/& to 23^ in head; teeth minute, villiform, in 

 bands in jaws, also few weak ones in band on vomer and palatines; 

 interorbital ?>% to 43^, slightly convex; preopercle ridge entire, with 

 broad short spine at angle, hind edge entire and lower edge and around 

 angle finely denticulate. Gill rakers 3 or 4+16, with 2 or 3 rudi- 

 mentary tubercles also above and below; length greater than gill 

 filaments or 2 in eye. 



Scales 22 to 24 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 or 4 more on 

 latter; 2 or 3 above, 6 or 7 below, 5 or 6 predorsal with slight median 

 ridge; 1 or 2 rows of cheek scales to preopercle ridge at angle; 

 muzzle, including interorbital, maxillary and suborbitals, naked; 

 median lateral scales deeply and narrowly imbricated. Scales with 

 2 to 15 basal radiating striae; 18 to 88 small weak apical denticles, 

 with 2 or 3 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. VI-I, 9, 1, third spine 2}/% to 2% in total head length, first ray 

 13^ to 12^; A. II, 13,i, to 17,i, second spine 2% to 2%, first ray 1% to 

 2; caudal 13^ to 134, hind edge slightly emarginate; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2}^, to 2}/£; pectoral 1% to \ x /i\ ventral 1% to 2. 



Pale brown generally, little paler below, sides and below with silvery 

 and pale lilac tints. Entire side of head and body with underlaid 

 dull or obsolete brownish dots. Iris whitish or grayish. Diffuse 

 dark or dusky brown blotch at caudal base, little less than eye, 

 usually very conspicuous or contrasted. Fins all uniformly pale 

 brownish. 



Red Sea, East Africa, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Madagascar, India, 

 Ceylon, East Indies, Philippines, Formosa, Queensland, Melanesia, 

 Micronesia, Polynesia. 



TYPICAL FORM 



15162, 16292. Alibijaban Island, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 6, 1909. Length 



58 to 62 mm. 3 examples. 

 5592. Batangas market, east coast of Luzon. June 7, 1908. Length 78 to 



86 mm. 7 examples. 

 15061. Canmahala Bay, Luzon. March 11, 1909. Length 54 to 65 mm. 



8 examples. 

 Two examples. Endeavor Strait, northwest Palawan. December 23, 1908. 



Length 38 to 40 mm. 



