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2862 (D. 53G7). Malabrigo Light, N. 81° E., 8 miles (13° 34' 37" N., 121° 07' 



30" E.), Verde Island Passage. In 180 fathoms. February 22, 1909. Length 



162 mm. 

 3243, 3244 (D. 5577). Mount Dromedario, S. 9° W., 10.9 miles (5° 20' 36" N., 



119° 58' 51" E.), north of Tawi Tawi. In 240 fathoms. September 23, 1909. 



Length 155 to 163 mm. 

 Two examples (D. 5545). Noble Point, Tulayan Island, S. 19° W., 3 miles (6° 



04' 45" N., 121° 20' 20" E.), Jolo Island vicinity. In 114 fathoms. Septem- 

 ber 15, 1909. Length 46 to 50 mm. 

 One example (D. 5393). Panganalan Point, Talajit Island, S. 59° E., 14.8 miles 



(12° 03' 30" N., 124° 03' 36" E.), between Samar and Masbate. In 136 



fathoms. March 13, 1909. Length 80 mm. 

 4561 to 4563 (D. 5394). Panalangan Point, Talajit Island, S. 68° E., 8.1 miles 



(12° 00' 30" N., 124° 05' 36" E.), between Samar and Masbate. In 153 fath- 

 oms. 'March 13, 1909. Length 82 to 112 mm. 

 2325 to 2335, 2437, 2438 (D. 5396). Panalangan Point, Talajit Island, S. 78° E., 



4.5 miles (11° 57' N., 124° 12' 24" E.), between Samar and Masbate. In 137 



fathoms. March 15, 1909. Length 83 to 213 mm. 

 Thirty-one examples (D. 5397). Panalangan Point, Talajit Island, S. 78° E., 6 



miles (11° 57' 27" X., 124° 10' 42" E.), between Samar and Masbate. In 134 



fathoms. March 15, 1909. Length 80 to 125 mm. 

 Five examples (D. 5516). Point Tagolo Light, S. 80° W., 9.7 miles (8° 46' N., 



123° 32' 30" E.), Mindanao. In 175 fathoms. August 9, 1909. Length 105 



to 150 mm. 

 4262 to 4264 (D. 5517). Point Tagolo Light, S. 83° W., 10.5 miles (8° 45' 30" N., 



123° 33' 45" E.), Mindanao. In 169 fathoms. August 9, 1909. Length 134 



to 180 mm. 

 2215 to 2218 (D. 5519). Point Tagolo Light, S. 71° W., 8.7 miles (8° 47' N., 123° 



31' 15" E.), Mindanao. In 182 fathoms. August 9, 1909. Length 142 to 



160 mm. 

 3678 (D. 5441). San Fernando Point Light, S. 87° E., 18.7 miles (16° 38' N., 



119° 57' 18" E.), west coast Luzon. In 186 fathoms. May 10, 1909. Length 



170 mm. 

 3440 (D. 5542). Tagolo Light, S. 70° W., 13.2 miles (8° 48' 30" N., 123° 35' 30" 



E.), northern Mindanao. In 200 fathoms. August 20, 1909. Length 152 mm. 

 2130, 2131 (D. 5318). China Sea, vicinity Formosa (21° 32' N., 117° 46' E.). 



In 340 fathoms. November 5, 1908. Length 172 to 175 mm. 

 4364 (D. 5312). China Sea, vicinity Hong Kong (21° 30' N., 116° 32' E.). In 



140 fathoms. November, 1908. Length 70 mm. 



Genus LATEOLABRAX Bleeker 



Lateolabrax Bleeker, Verh. Batav. Genootsch. (Japan), vol. 26, 1857, pp. 4, 

 53. Type Labrax japonicus Cuvier, monotypic. 



Body compressed. Mouth large, protractile. Maxillary exposed, 

 with supplemental bone. Villiform teeth in jaws and on vomer and 

 palatines; tongue smooth. Preopercle serrated, with few strong 

 antrorse spines on lower edge. Opercle ends in spines. Gill mem- 

 branes separate. Pseudobranchiae present. Gill rakers long and 

 slender. Branchiostegals 7. Vertebrae 35, of which 18 caudal. 

 Scales small, smooth or ciliated. Head scaly. Lateral line complete, 

 tubes straight and each occupies nearly whole length of scale. Dorsal 



