FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS H7 



Four examples. Tomahu, vicinity Bouro Island. December 11, 1909. Length 



49 to 65 mm. 

 Fifty-nine examples. Tomahu. December 12, 1909. Length 31 to 70 mm. 



Male with buccal ova. 

 23965 to 23968. Limbe Strait, Celebes. November 11, 1909. Length 40 to 



57 mm. 

 20668, 20669. Sadaa Island, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. November 17, 1909. 



Length 64 to 66 mm. 

 18118, 18497. Tana Keke Island, Flores Sea. December 21, 1909. Length 34 



to 76 mm. 7 examples. 

 23412, 23413. Gane Road, Gillolo Island. December 1, 1909. Length 71 to 



75 mm. 5 examples. 

 23449, 23450. Doworra Island, Patiente Strait. December 2, 1909. Length 



72 to 80 mm. 

 Four examples. Labuan Blanda Island, Patiente Strait. December 14, 1909. 



Length 43 to 63 mm. 

 23797. Makyan Island. November 29, 1909. Length 72 mm. 

 8400 to 8407. Hokuho, Soo Wan, Formosa. January 29, 1910. Length 66 to 



90 mm. 

 18420. Nan Wan, Formosa. January 25, 1910. Length 73 mm. 



ARCHAMIA ZOSTEROPHORA (Bleeker) 



Apogon zosterophora Bleeker, Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. Neerland. (Manado), 

 vol. 1, 1856, p. 36. Manado, Celebes. 



Apogon zosterophorus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 245 

 (copied). 



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

 p. 103, pi. (35) 313, fig. 2 (Celebes). 



Archamia zosterophora Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 236 

 (Tual, Low Key).— Fowler, Copeia, No. 58, June 18, 1918, p. 63 (Phil- 

 ippines); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1918, p. 28, fig. 12; 1927, 

 p. 274 (Philippine materials); Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 164, 

 fig. 40 (compiled). 



Depth 2% to 2%; head 2% to 2}/ z , width 2y 2 to 3. Snout 4% to 

 5 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 3 to 3^, much greater than snout 

 or interorbital; maxillary Yi to y$ in eye, expansion 2, length 1% to 

 2; teeth minute, villiform, in narrow bands in jaws and few on vomer 

 and palatines; interorbital 4 to 4}/£, slightly convex; preopercle ridge 

 entire, edge finely minute. Gill rakers 4+15, lanceolate, slender, 

 twice gill filaments or 2 in eye. 



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

 latter; 2 above, 6 below, 5 predorsal; 2 rows of cheek scales; muzzle 

 including interorbital, suborbitals and maxillary naked. Tubes in 

 lateral line well exposed, each with small basal scale. Scales with 7 

 to 9 basal radiating striae; sometimes with 22 weak apical denticles; 

 circuli fine. 



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

 1% to 1^ ; A. II, 15, 1, or 16, 1, second spine 2 l / & to 3, first ray 1% 

 to 1%; caudal l}/$ to 134, moderately emarginate behind; least 

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

 to 23^. 



