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Ked Sea, Arabia, East Africa, Natal, Madagascar, Seychelles, 

 India, Ceylon, Andamans, Malacca, Singapore, Pinang, East Indies, 

 Philippines, Formosa, China, Japan, Queensland, West Australia, 

 New South Wales. Well figured by Bleeker, and known by its 

 speckled back and the very distinct black spots on the dorsals. In 

 some examples the spots on the back and sides tend to form into 

 longitudinal dark streaks, though not entirely continuous as in 

 Pomadasys argenteus. With age many old examples are very finely 

 mottled or specked with dusky. Only small or young examples with 

 the pattern of Day's plate 19, figure 3, though these are also more 

 or less mottled dusky on the back. 



20136. Bacoor, Luzon. June 15, 1908. Length 111 mm. 



9887, 9888. Basud River, Luzon. June 15, 1909. Length 165 to 175 mm. 



21252. Below mouth of Mindanao River, Mindanao. May 20, 1908. Length 



66 mm. 

 22477. Buena Vista, Guimaras Island. January 14, 1909. Length 94 mm. 

 12089. Capunuypugan Point, Generale Island. May 10, 1908. Length 188 mm. 

 12877 to 12879. Cotabato. May 20, 1908. Length 125 to 138 mm. 

 12999. Iloilo market. March 28, 1908. Length 195 mm. 

 11524, 11525, 11644, 20429. Malampaya Island, Palawan. December 26, 1908. 



Length 123 to 212 mm. 

 19596, 19597. Manila Harbor. January 13, 1908. Length 61 to 75 mm. 

 4655. Manila market. January 13, 1908. Length 443 mm. Life color silvery, 



scales on upper parts with red-brown spots forming irregular lines; snout 



and cheeks greenish bronze; dorsal pale purple, with brown spots, rays like 



silver fins ; ventrals greenish ; caudal dark green, with black edges ; anal 



spines and rays silvery green, the first membrane pearly. 

 5253. Manila market. March 23, 1908. Length 225 mm. 

 6726. Manila market. December 5, 1908. Length 386 mm. 

 6756, 6757. Manila market. April 20, 1909. Length 238 to 250 mm. 

 7626, 7639. Mouth of Malampaya River, Palawan. December 28, 1908. Length 



275 to 403 mm. 

 8574, D. 5442. San Fernando Point Light, N. 39° E., 8.4 miles (16° 30' 36" N., 



120° 11' 06" E.), Luzon. May 11, 1909. Length 283 mm. 

 11320. San Roque. July 29, 1909. Length 147 mm. 



9541, 21673. Santiago River, Luzon. February 20, 1909. Length 157 to 168 mm. 

 12320 to 12325. San Vicente Harbor. November 13, 1908. Length 148 to 



180 mm. 

 A787, A78S. Sebatic Island. October 1, 1909. Length 214 to 395 mm. 

 A662. Simaluc Sibi Sibi Island. September 23, 1909. Length 377 mm. 

 19416. Sorsogon market. March 12, 1909. Length 192 mm. 

 7268. Stream at ISIaagnas, Luzon. June 17, 1909. Length 124 mm. 

 8332. Subig Bay. January 7, 1908. Length 95 mm. 

 7667. Ulugan Bay, Palawan. December 28, 1908. Length 360 mm. 

 17199, 20400. Verde del Sur Island. April 6. 1909. Length 73 to 135 mm. 

 19339. Sandakan Bay, Borneo. March 2, 1908. Length 66 mm. 

 5126. Sandakan Bay, March 4, 1908. Length 193 mm. 

 A1014. Buka Buka Island, Gulf of Tomini, Celebes. November 20, 1909. Length 



100 mm. 

 14620. Doc Can Ii^laud, Siilu Sea. January 7, 1910. Length 160 mm. 



