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s^. Depth 1% to 1%. Light brownish- 

 yellow, forehead and neck with 

 transverse bluish stripes; oblique 

 deep brown, blue edged band 

 descends from fourth to sixth dor- 

 sal spines to pectoral base; second 

 similar band from dorsal origin to 

 orbit and interspace between bands 

 yellow; scattered blue dots on upper 

 parts of body; some oblique bluish 



streaks on snout virgatus 



II. Lo. Snout produced, muzzle as short tube; largely uniform gray brown, 

 head, thorax, and upper pectoral ray dusky vulpinus 



SIGANUS JAVUS (Linnaeus) 



Teuthis javus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 12, vol. 1, 1766, p. 507. Java. — 

 Walbaum, Arted Pise, vol. 3, 1792, p. 623 (on Linnaeus). — GtJNTHEB, 

 Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol, 3, 1861, p. 315 (Ceylon, Pinang, Singapore, 

 Amboina, Hobson Bay). — Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Dierk., vol. 2, 1865, p. 31 

 (Manila Bay). — Meyer, An. Soc. Espanola Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 

 1885, p. 22 (Macassar, South Celebes; Manila Bay, Cebu). — Boulenger, 

 Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1887, p. 659 (Muscat). — Elera, Cat. Fauna Fili- 

 pin., vol. 1, 1895, p. 529 (Luzon, Manila, Cebu). — Fowler, Journ. Acad. 

 Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 12, ser. 2, 1904, p. 545 (Padang). 



Theutis javus Bonnaterre, Tabl. Ichth., 1788, p. 157 (Java). 



Teuthis Java Cantor, Journ. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (Cat. Malay Fish.), vol. 18, 

 pt. 2, 1849, p. 1189 (Malay Peninsula and Islands). — Day, Fishes of 

 Malabar, 1865, p. 125. — Bleeker, Verslag. en Mededeel. Akad. Wet. 

 Amsterdam, ser. 2, vol. 2, 1868, p. 291 (Rio, Bintang). — Day, Fishes of 

 India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 165, pi. 40, fig. 1; Fauna Brit. India, vol. 2, 1889, 

 p. 88. 



Theutis Java Duncker, Mitt. Naturh. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 21, 1903(1904), 

 p. 159 (Singapore). 



Amphacanthus javus Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 10, 1835, p. 118 

 (Pondichery, Batavia, Malacca). — Schlegel and Muller, Verh. Nat. 

 Ges. Nederland. Zool., 1839-44, p. 10 (Batavia). — Bleeker, Verh. Batav. 

 Genootsch. (Madura), vol. 22, 1849, p. 5 (Kammal); (Nal. Ichth. Bengal), 

 voL 25. 1853, p. 48; Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 2, 1851, p. 471 

 (Rio); vol. 3, 1852, p. 53 (Singapore), p. 717 (Karangbadji, Banka), p. 

 740 (Macassar); vol. 5, 1853, p. 154 (Macassar); vol. 7, 1854, p. 227 

 (Macassar), p. 313 (Bantem); vol. 10, 1856, p. 347 (Rio, Bintang); 

 vol. 12, 1856, p. 215 (Nias); vol. 16, 1858, p. 408 (Japara, Java); 

 vol. 17, 1858-59, p. 143 (Boleling, Bali); vol. 20, 1859-60, p. 141 (Bad- 

 joa, Boni); vol. 21, 1860, p. 138 (Muntok, Banka). — Weber, Siboga 

 Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 326 (Macassar). 



Amphacanthus javanus Castelnau, Res. Fish. Australia (Victoria Rec. Phila- 

 delphia Exhib.), 1875, p. 29 (Cape York, Queensland). — Martens, Preuss. 

 Exp. Ost-Asien, 1876, p. 394 (Singapore, Bangkok, Batavia). 



Siganus javus Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fish., vol. 26, 1906 (1907) p. 35 

 (Cavite).- — Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fish., p. 98 (Bulan). — Jordan 

 and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fish., vol. 27, 1907 (1908), p. 271 (Manila 

 and Iloilo). — Seale, Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 5, ser. 4, 1910, p. 283 (San- 

 dakan. North Borneo).— Beaufort, Bijd. Dierk. Amsterdam, vol. 19, 

 1913, p. 126 (Waigiu).— Fowler, Copeia, No. 58, June 18, 1918, p. 64 



