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entire. Gill rakers 10 + 21, finely lanceolate, \% in eye; gill fila- 

 ments % gill rakers. 



Scales 13 or 14 + 14 to caudal base and 3 more on latter; 4 scales 

 above lateral line, 6 below to lower section, 13 to 15 predorsal form- 

 ing median keel to occiput, 2 rows on cheek and preopercular flange 

 naked; caudal covered with small scales basally; dorsals and anals 

 each with basal sheath of scales one row in width. Scales with 4 or 

 5 short basal radiating striae marginal; circuli moderate. 



D. VII, I, 9, i, second spine 1% to 134 in total head length, first 

 ray 2 to 2}/%; A. Ill, 9, i, third spine 1% to 1%; caudal \y s to lH, 

 forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 2}4 to 2%; pectoral 134 to 

 1%; ventral \Y 2 to 1%. 



Pale brown, pale or whitish below. Median silvery lateral band. 

 Membrane between second and third dorsal spines dusky with age. 

 Fins and iris all pale or whitish. 



Socotra, Zanzibar, Natal, Mauritius, Seychelles, India, Andamans, 

 Cochin, Tonkin, East Indies, Philippines, China. Many examples, 

 we find, do not have the second membrane of the spinous dorsal and 

 the hind caudal edge blackish. The second and third dorsal spines 

 are variably subequal. 



22467. Cavite and San Roque markets. June 27, 1908. Length 67 mm. 



5519, 5530. Malabon market. August 8, 1908. Length 50 to 58 mm. 



One example. Manila Bay. December 6, 1907. Length 65 mm. 



One example. Manila Bay. December 7, 1907. Length 67 mm. 



One example. Manila Bay. December S, 1909. Length 53 mm. 



4516. Manila Bay. December 9, 1907. Length 60 to 6S mm. 4 examples. 



Seven examples. Manila Bay. December 11, 1907. Length 60 to 71 mm. 



Seven examples. Manila Harbor. December 30, 1907. Length 55 to 65 mm. 



Fifty-seven examples. Manila Harbor. December 31, 1907. Length 52 to 



70 mm. 

 Seven examples. Manila Harbor. January 31, 1908. Length 55 to 67 mm. 

 Two examples. Manila Harbor. March 16, 1908. Length 61 to 75 mm. 

 19500, 19501. Manila market. December 12-18, 1909. Length 71 to 74 mm. 

 Eleven examples. Palawan. December 25, 1908. Length 49 to 63 mm. 

 Fifteen examples. Philippines. Length 55 to 60 mm. 



19728. Tacloban market, July 25, 1909. Length 55 to 63 mm. 2 examples. 

 One example. Tara Island, Mindoro Strait, December 15, 1908. Length 



15 mm. 



AMBASSIS BATJANENSIS Bleeker 



Ambassis batjanensis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 9, 1855, p ■ 

 196. Batjan, in fresh water. — Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, 

 p. 225 (Amboyna). — Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 8, 1876-77, 

 p. 138, pi. (76) 354, fig. 4 (Singapore, Java, Bali, Celebes, Sumbawa, 

 Rotti, Batjan, Buru, Amboina). — Karoli, Termesz. Fiizetek, Budapest, 

 vol. 5, 1882, p. 151 (Change River, Singapore). — Meyer, Anal. Soc. 

 Espan. Hist, Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 11 (Manila Bay). — Weber, 

 Zool. Ergebn. Reise Nederland. Ost Ind., vol. 3, 1894, p. 409 (Koinino 

 River, Kupang, Timor); Semon's Zool. Forsch. Reis. Austral., vol. 5, 

 1895, p. 263 (fresh waters Amboina).— Elera, Car. Fa-ma Filip., 1895, 



