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vol. 5, No. 8, 1858-59, p. 2 (Manado); vol. 8 (Sumatra), 1859, p. 10 

 (Priaman), p. 12 (Benculan); Verslag. en Mededeel. Akad. Wet. Amster- 

 dam, vol. 12, 1861, p. 31 (Singapore). — Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, 

 Fische, 1913, p. 326 (Ternate). 



Amphacanthus vermicularis Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 17, 

 1858-59, p. 130 (Atapoepoe, Timor). — Beaufort, Bijd. Dierk., Amster- 

 dam, vol. 19, 1913, p. 126 (Halmahera, Amboina). 



Teuthis vermiculata Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 3, 1861, p. 317 

 (Philippines, Amboina). — Bleeker, Nederland. Tijds. Dierk., vol. 1, 

 1863, p. 152 (Batjan), p. 270 (Atapupu, Timor).— Day, Fishes of Malabar, 

 1865, p. 123. — Alleynb and Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South 

 Wales, vol. 1, 1877, p. 339 (Trinity Bay, Queensland).— Day, Fishes of 

 India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 166, pi. 40, fig. 1. — Karoli, Termesz. Fiizetek, 

 Budapest, vol. 5, 1881, p. 158 (Singapore). — Meyer, An. Soc. Espanola, 

 Hist. Nat. Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 22 (Manado, Celebes; Tabukan, 

 Sangi). — Day, Fauna Brit. India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 88. — Elera, Cat. Fauna 

 Filipin., vol. 1, 1895, p. 529 (Luzon, Batangas, Nasugbu, Cavite, Santa 

 Cruz). — Steindachner, Abh. Senckenb. Naturf. Ges., vol. 25, 1900, p. 

 425 (Ternate). 



Teuthis vermiculatus Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 12, 

 ser. 2, 1904, p. 546 (Padang). 



Siganus vermiculatus Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fish., vol. 26, 1906 

 (1907), p. 98 (Zamboanga, Bacon, San Fabian). — Seale and Bean, Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, 1907, p. 248 (Zamboanga).— Seale, Philippine 

 Journ. Sci., vol. 5, No. 4, 1910, p. 283 (Sandakan, Borneo). — Fowler, 

 Copeia, No. 58, June 18, 1918, p. 64 (Philippines); Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, 1927, p. 287 (Orion, Bacon, Philippines). 



Siganus shortlandensis Seale, Occas. Papers Bishop Mus., vol. 4, No. 1, 1906, 

 p. 69, JBg. 17. Shortland Island, Solomons. 



Depth 1^ to 2}4; head 3>g to 4}4, width 2 to 2}^. Snout 2 to 

 2}4: in head; eye 2j/g to SJ/g, l}4 to 1 J^ in snout, 1 to 1}4 in interorbital; 

 teeth about 44 in each jaw; maxillary 33^ to 3% in head; interorbi- 

 tal 2?-^ to 3, broadly convex; preorbital, preopercle limb and scapular 

 arch striate though striae rather imperfect. Gill rakers 6 + 19, short, 

 flexible points. 



Scales small, ovoid, cycloid, 60 to 138 circuli. Cheek more or less 

 completely covered with small scales to preopercle ridge. 



D. XIII, 10, 1 or 11, 1, fifth spme Iji to 2 in head, fourth ray 1}4 

 to 1%; A. VII, 9, I, third spine 1]/$ to 2, third ray l}i to 13^; caudal 

 lunate or moderatehy^ emarginate, 33^ to S% in combined head and 

 body; least depth of caudal peduncle 33/^ to 3^ in head; pectoral IJ^ 

 to 1^; ventral 13^ to 1%. 



Generally deep brown or sienna, scarcely paler on under surface of 

 head, breast and belly though latter all pale to whitish in very 

 young. Iris brown. Entire head and body with vermiculating gray 

 or gray-white lines, very numerous and convoluted in adults, but 

 rather few and more or less longitudinal in young. Also with age 

 vermiculations on belly become broken and more of fine speckled 

 appearance. Fins all more or less brownish like back. Dorsal and 

 anal spinous fins more or less clouded or shaded with deeper brown 



