FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 225 



Pinjalo pinjalo Fowler, Copeia, No. 58, June 18, 1918, p. 63 (Philippines) ; 

 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1927, p. 278 (Orion; Philippines). 



Mesoprion mitchelli Gunthek, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 3, vol. 19, 1867, p. 257,. 

 pi. 9. Madras Museum. 



Odontonectes erythrogaster (not Cuvieb) Fowler, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, ser. 2, vol. 12, 1904, p. 528 (Padang). 



Depth 2% to 2%; head 3 to 31/3, width 1% to 21/8- Snout 31/2 

 to 34^ in head from snout tip; eye 3i/^ to 4i^, 1 to li/4 in snout, 

 V/s to 11/2 in interorbital ; maxillary reaches eye or to 14 its di- 

 ameter, expansion 2i/^ to 3 in eye, length 3 to 3% in head from 

 snout tip ; lips rather narrow, fleshy ; teeth very small, somewhat 

 biserial with outside row little larger ; palate and tongue edentulous ; 

 interorbital 3 to 3i/^, elevated convexly; preopercle edge finely ser- 

 rated, angle rounded. Gill rakers 8 + 14, lanceolate, equal gill fila- 

 ments or little over I/2 of eye. 



Scales 70 along lateral line to caudal base and about 12 more on 

 latter; tubular scales 47 to 50 in lateral line to caudal base and 10 

 more on latter; 10 or 11 scales above lateral line to caudal base, 19 

 or 20 below, 19 to 21 predorsal forward to occiput, 5 to 7 rows on 

 cheek. Scales with 12 to 15 basal radiating striae; 80 to 90 apical 

 denticles, with 10 to 14 transverse series of basal elements; 

 circuli fine. 



D. XI, 14, I, fourth spine 2 to 2^ in total head length, eleventh 

 spine 22/3 to 2%, first ray 2% to 21/2 ; A. Ill, 10, i, third spine 2i/4 

 to 2%, first ray 2% to 2l^; caudal 2% to 2% in combined head and 

 body to caudal base; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 2% in 

 total head length ; pectoral 1 to 1% ; ventral li/2' 



Brown generally, little paler below. Each row of scales on back 

 and sides above shows dark median streak. Vertical fins and ven- 

 trals dusky on edges and terminally. 



India, Singapore, East Indies, Philippines. A well-marked 

 species known by the oblique rows of scales on the body. 



8454. Cebu market. March 27, 1909. Length 455 mm. No dark stripe through 



each scale row. 

 22554. Manila market. January 13, 1908. Length 126 mm. 

 6749, 6750. Manila market. April 16, 1909. Length 350 to 353 mm. 

 6761, 21156, 21157. Manila market. April 21, 1909. Length 180 to 293 mm. 



Dull reddish, paler below. Narrow brownish red stripe through each scale 



row, oblique above lateral line. Ventral edges dark. 

 6917. Tacloban market. July 25, 1909. Length 148 mm. 

 6694. Hong Kong market, China. August 13, 1908. Length 265 mm. 

 A1020. Buka Buka Island, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. November 20, 19091. 



Length 128 mm. 

 55987. U.S.N.M. Bulan, Philippines. Bureau of Fisheries (4038). Length 305? 



mm. As Caesio pinjalo. 

 56281. U.S.N.M. Cavite. Dr. G. A. Lung. Length 72 to 130 mm. 4 examples. 



As Pinjalo pinjalo. 



