FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 73 



Malpas, Ceylou Admiuistr. Report, 1921, pp. E4, Ey, E6, E8.— Pillay, 



Journ. Bombay Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 33, No. 2, Feb. 15, 1929, p. 365 (Travan- 



core). 

 Priacanthus schmittU Bleekee, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 3, 1852, p. 572. 



Padang.— GtJNTHEE, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 220 (copied). 

 Priacanthus poecilopterus Gunthee, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 220, 



Sumatra. (Name in text.) 



Depth 23^ to 2% ; head 2% to 3, width 1% to 2. Snout 32/g to 

 Z% in head from snout tip; eye 1% to 214, greater than snout or 

 interorbital ; maxillary reaches i/4 to % in eye, expansion 2 to 21/8, 

 length 1% to 1% in head from snout tip; teeth in narrow bands, 

 fine, simple, conic in jaws and on vomer, none on palate or t-mgue; 



Figure 9. — Priacanthus tatenus Richardson. Young 



interorbital 4% to 4i/^, nearly level ; preopercle spine 2^/2 to 3 in eye. 

 Gill rakers 4 + 17 or 18, lanceolate, 2% in eye; gill filaments % 

 in gill rakers. 



Scales 68 to 70 counted along and above lateral line to caudal 

 base and 5 to 8 more on latter; tubular scales 58 to 60 in lateral line 

 to caudal base and 2 or 3 more on latter; 10 or 11 scales above 

 lateral line, 30 to 33 below, 42 or 13 predorsal scales forward above 

 nostrils, 14 or 15 rows across cheek to preopercle angle. Scales with 

 4 basal lobes; 10 to 12 apical denticles ; circuli moderate. 



D. IX or X, 11, I or 12, i, fifth spine 2% to '2% in total head 

 length, fourth ray li/g to li/s ; A. Ill, 13, i, third spine 21/3 to 2%, 

 fourth ray I14 to 14^ ; caudal 1% to I14, well emarginate ; least 

 depth of caudal peduncle 4 to 4% : pectoral 1% to 2 : ventral ly^ 

 to 11/5. 



