FISHES OF THE PHHiIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 191 



Aprion niicrolepis Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerlancl., vol. 8, 1S7&-1877, pi. 



(58) 336, fig. 5.— FowLEK, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1900, p. 502 



(Hawaii).— Weber, Siboga Exp., vol. 57, Fische, 1913, p. 257 (Sulu, Sulu 



Archipelago; Banda ) .— Ogilby, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 5, 1916, p. 182 



(Moreton Bay).— Fowler, Copeia, No. 112, Nov. 20, 1922, p. 83 (Hawaii) ; 



Proc. Acad. Nat. S<i. Philadelphia, 1929, p. 634 (Hawaii). 

 Pristiponioides microlepis Fowleb, Mem. Bishop Mus., vol. 10, 1928, p. 192 



(Hawaiian Islands). 

 Aprion bretnrostiis (Cuvieb and Valenciennes) Guichenot, Notes He Reunion, 



vol. 2, 1862. p. 24 (name only ) .— Saxtvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., 



1891, p. 109 (name in synonymy). 

 Etelis irevirostris Vaillant, Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris, ser. 6, vol. 10, 1873, p. 15. 



Bourbon. — Sauvage, Hist. Nat. Madagascar, Poiss., 1891, p. 109, pi. 10, fig. 



2, a-1) (type). 

 Arnillo aunciUa Jordan, Evekmann, Tanaka, Proc. California Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 



vol. 16, 1927, p. 668, pi. 23, fig. 3 Honolulu. 



Depth 3% ; head 2^%, width 21/5. Snout 3i/^ in head from snout 

 tip; eye Syg, greater than snout or interorbital ; maxillary reaches 

 opposite front pupil edge, expansion 2% in eye, length 2% in head 

 from snout tip ; bands of conic teeth in jaws, firmly erect, outer series 

 enlarged and has 6 anterior canines in each ; triangular patch of fine 

 teeth on vomer and narrow band on each palatine; interorbital 3%, 

 nearly level; preopercle edge denticulate. Gill rakers 8+18, lan- 

 ceolate, longer than gill filaments or % of eye. 



Scales 62 in lateral line to caudal base and 3? more on latter; 9 

 scales above lateral line, 16 below, 18 predorsal forward to occiput, 

 6 rows on cheek. Suprascapula serrated. Scales with 7 to 9 basal 

 radiating striae; apical denticles 49 to 52, with imperfect row of 

 basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. X, 10, I, third spine 2% in total head length, second ray 3%; 

 A. Ill, 8, third spine 3%, first ray 3I/4 ; caudal II/5, deeply forked, 

 lobes sharply pointed ; least depth of caudal peduncle 3% ; pectoral 

 11/2 ? ; ventral 1%. 



Uniform brownish, with slight olive cast above, below and on sides 

 lighter or with silvery tints. Eye pale. Fins all pale brownish. 



Bourbon, East Indies, Philippines, Queensland, Hawaii. Bleeker 

 describes it as rosy above, silvery rosy below. Head above and snout 

 violaceous rosy. Iris yellow. Fins rosj^ or clear. Dorsal with 

 median yellow longitudinal band and base between each spine and 

 ray silvery or yellowish. Lateral line golden brownish. My descrip- 

 tion from a Hawaiian example in the Academy. 



5256. San Fernando, Union Province, Luzon. March 17, 1908. Length 243 ? mm. 

 13290. A.N.S.P. Hawaiian Islands. Dr. ,T. K. Townsond. Length 152 mm. 



PRISTIPOMOIDES FILAMENTOSUS (Valenciennes) 



Sen-anus filamentosvs Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 6, 1830, p. 508. St, 

 Denis, Bourbon ; Mauritius. 



Anthias filamentosus Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 502 (Mau- 

 ritius, type of Serranus mHis). 



