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(Macassar); vol. 10, 1856, p. 347 (Rio, Bintang); vol. 15, 1858, p. 220 (Bili- 

 ton), p. 242 (Singapore); vol. 18, 1859, p. 354 (Bawean) ; vol. 21, 1860, p. 

 138 (Muntok, Banka); vol. 22, 1860, p. 245 (Batoesendi, Tambelang, 

 Bawean); Act. Soc. Sci. Ind. Neerland., vol. 1, No. 3, 1856, p. 8 (Macassar); 

 vol. 3, No. 5, 1857-58, p. 2 (Macassar); vol. 3, No. 9, 1857-58, p. 4 (Trus- 

 san). — Kner, Reise Novara, Fische, 1865, p. 209 (Java and Singapore). — 

 JouAN, Mem. Soc. Imp. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, ser. 2, vol. 2, 1866, p. 124 

 (Poulo-Condor, off Lower Cochin). — Martens, Preuss. Exp. Ost-Asien, 

 1876, p. 394 (Singapore). 



Teuthis virgata Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 3, 1861, p. 323 (China 

 and Philippines). — Bleeker, Verslag. en Mededeel. Kon. Akad. Wet. 

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

 India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 166, pi. 40, fig. 3 (Andamans). — Karoli, Termesz. 

 Fuzetek, Budapest, vol. 1, 1881, p. 158 (Singapore). — Day, Fauna Brit. 

 India, vol. 2, 1889, p. 89. — Elera, Cat. Fauna Filipin., vol. 1, 1895, p. 531 

 (Luzon, Manila, Cavite, Santa Cruz). — Ishikawa and Matstjura, Prelim. 

 Cat. Fish. Mus. Tokyo, 1897, p. 34. 



Theutis virgata Steindachner, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 60, Heft 1^ 

 1870, p. 565 (Singapore). — DiJNCKER, Mitt. Naturht. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 

 21, 1903 (1904). p. 159 (Singapore). 



Teuthis virgatus Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, 

 1904, p. 546 (Padang). 



Siganus virgatus Jordan and Fowler, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 25, 1902, 

 p. 562 (copied).— Jordan and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fish., vol. 26, 1906 (1907), 

 p. 35 (Panay). — Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fish., vol. 26, 1906 

 (1907), p. 98 (Bacon). — Seale and Bean, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 33, 

 1907, p. 247 (Zamboanga). — Jordan and Richardson, Bull. Bur. Fish., 

 vol. 27, 1907 (1908), p. 271 (Cuyo).— Fowler, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. 

 Philadelphia, 1927, p. 287 (Calapan). 



Depth 13^ to 1%; head 3 3/^ to 3^, width 1^ to 2. Snout 2}^ 

 to 2}4 in head; eye 2>^ to 3M» 1 to 13^ in snout, 1 to 13^ in interor- 

 bital; teeth about 36 in each jaw; maxillary 3% to 3% in head; inter- 

 orbital 23^ to 2J4, broadly convex; infraorbitals, preopercle flange, 

 opercle and scapular arch striate. Gill rakers 5 + 21, short, bifid 

 points. 



Scales small, ovoid, cycloid, 50 to 80 circuli. Cheek naked or with 

 a few scattered small scales, often naked in young. 



D. XIII, 9, I or 10, I, fifth spine 1^ to 1^ in head, fourth ray 13^ 

 to 1%; A. VII, 8, I or 9, i, third spine 1% to 13^^, third ray 13^ to 

 l}/^; caudal slightly emarginate in young, little more so with age, 

 2% to S}4 in combined head and body; least depth of caudal pedun- 

 cle 2 J^ to 4 in head; pectoral 13^; ventral 1^. 



Dull brown generally, but little paler below and usually posterior 

 half of body slightly lighter. Iris brownish. Broad dark brown 

 band from predorsal forward to eye and then obliquely to chin, its 

 width equal to eye. Another parallel oblique deep brown band from 

 anterior portion of spinous dorsal down to pectoral axil and then 

 across breast, its width greater than anterior band above though 

 more or less narrowing below; in adults not extending below pectoral 



