FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 173 



Kuhlia arge Jordan and Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 12, 1889, 



p. 159. Chatham Island, Galapagos. 

 Kuhlia sternecki Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 107, pt. 1, 



1898, p. 461, pi. Gulf of Alsabah. 



Depth 2% to 2%; head 3 to 334, width 2V % to 2%. Snout 2>Yz 

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

 snout, greater than interorbital in young to subequal with age; max- 

 illary reaches about 34 i n eye, expansion 3 in eye, length 2 3^ to 2% 

 in head from snout tip; teeth finely conic, in moderate bands in jaws, 

 patch on vomer and small patch on front of each palatine, tongue 

 toothless; interorbital 3 to 3%, broadly convex; lower preorbital and 

 preopercle edge minutely serrate, hind preopercle edge entire and pre- 

 opercular flange striate. Gill rakers 12 + 24, lanceolate, slender, 1% 

 in eye. 



Scales 50 or 51 in lateral line to caudal base and 5 more on latter; 

 6 scales above, 12 below, 12 predorsal forward to occiput, 5 rows on 

 cheek to angle of preopercle ridge, preopercle flange naked; caudal 

 largely covered with fine scales, larger basally; dorsals and anals 

 each with moderate basal sheath of small scales. Scales with 8 to 12 

 basal radiating striae; 71 to 75 apical denticles with about 14 or 15 

 transverse series of basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. IX, I, 10, i, fifth spine 1% to \% in total head length, first ray 

 \% to 1%; A. Ill, 11, i, third anal spine 2% to 3, first ray V/ 8 to 2]/ z ; 

 caudal 2% to 3 x /i in combined head and body to caudal base; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 2% in total head length; pectoral 1% 

 to 13^; ventral 1% to 1%. 



Back brown, sides and below silvery white. Iris whitish. Dorsals 

 and anals pale, with obscure dark scattered dots. In young membranes 

 of spinous dorsal black terminally. Upper anterior angle of soft dorsal 

 also black in young. At all ages caudal whitish, black median band 

 from base and each lobe with broad oblique, greatly contrasted blotch 

 though leaving tip of each lobe white. Paired fins and anal usually 

 pale or whitish. In young also bases of dorsals more or less narrowly 

 dark. 



Red Sea, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Natal, South Africa, Madagascar, 

 Mauritius, Reunion, Laccadives, Seychelles, Ceylon, Andamans, East 

 Indies, Philippines, Riu Kiu, China, Japan, New South Wales, Mela- 

 nesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, Galapagos and Revillagigedos Islands. 

 This interesting species is easily known among all the others of its 

 genus by the strongly contrasted caudal fin, which is marked by a 

 median black band and two inclined broad black bands on each 

 caudal lobe. 

 20652. Port Ciego, Balabac. January 3, 1909. Length 45 to 59 mm. ii 



examples. 

 Eight examples. Silino Island, tidepool. August 10, 1909. Length 25 to 4S mm. 



