FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 151 



and Beaufort, Nova Caledonia, Saras. Roux, vol. 2, pt. 1, 1915, p. 31 



(Oubatche River, Bond<5). — Fowler, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 



166 (Apia). 

 Ambassis lafa Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 25, 1905 (1906), p. 



235, fig. 46. Vaisigano River, Apia, Samoa. — Snyder, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus., vol. 42, 1912, p. 413 (Tanegashima). — Fowler, Bull. Bishop Mus., 



No. 22, 1925, p. 32 (Samoa). 

 Priopis lungi Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 (1907), p. 



18, fig. 6. Cavite, Philippines. — Seale and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 



vol. 33, 1907, p. 242 (Zamboanga). 

 Ambassis lungi Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 



(1907), p. 75 (Bacon). 



Depth 2% to 2%; head 2% to 2%, width 2K to 2^. Snout 4^ 

 to 4^ in head measured from snout tip; eye 3 to 3}i, greater than 

 snout or interorbital; maxillary reaches front eye edge or first fifth 

 in eye, expansion 3% to 4 in eye, length 2% to 2% in head from 

 snout tip; teeth fine, slender, very small, in narrow bands in jaws, on 

 vomer and palatines, also median row down tongue; interorbital 4 

 to 43^, slightly convex; 1 or 2 supero-posterior supraorbital spines; 

 preorbital edge below with 7 or 8 spines and ridge with few smaller 

 ones inconspicuous; lower ridge and edge of preopercle serrate, ser- 

 rae on latter little larger, and angle of ridge with rather broad tri- 

 angular spine. Gill rakers 7 or 8+ 18 or 19, slender, lanceolate, 2 in 

 eye; gill filaments Y2 °f giU rakers. 



Scales 26 to 28 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 or 5 more on 

 latter; 4 scales above, 8 below, 12 to 14 predorsal forward in posterior 

 interorbital forming median keel, 2 rows on cheek and preopercle 

 flange naked; caudal with fine scales basally; basal scaly sheaths 

 one scale wide along dorsals and anal. Scales with 7 or 8 basal radi- 

 ating short marginal striae; circuli moderately fine. 



D. VII, I, 9, 1, second erect spine 1% to 1% in total head length, 

 first ray 2 to 2)4 ; A. Ill, 10, 1, or 11, 1, third spine 1% to 2; caudal 

 1 to 1 y%, deeply forked, slender lobes sharply pointed; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 2% to 2%; pectoral l)i to Vyi) ventral 1% to 1%. 



Pale brown, scales on back and upper surfaces dusted with deep 

 brown dots, those of upper back broadly so on margins. Sides and 

 lower surfaces paler to whitish and bright silvery white sheen over 

 sides of head. Median silvery white band from eye to caudal, in 

 formaline specimens with narrow neutral dusky line from gill opening 

 to caudal base medianly and most distinct on tail. Iris silvery white. 

 Fins pale, verticals dusted with grayish, anal paler than others. 

 Membrane between second and third erect dorsal spines blackish. 



Red Sea, Portuguese East Africa, Natal, Seychelles, India, Anda- 

 mans, Nicobars, East Indies, Philippines, China, Micronesia, Melan- 

 esia, Polynesia. Most of our materials agree with the second of 

 Bleeker's figures, or figure 1 of his plate 73. Although some speci- 

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