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11430, 11433. Pucot River, Manila Bay. January 29, 1909. Length 131 to 

 150 mm. 



19836, 19837 [1746]. San Roque, Leyte. July 29, 1909. Length 76 to 87 mm. 



5864 to 5866. Small stream, San Roque, Leyte. July 29, 1909. Length 78 to 

 84 mm. 



9247. Varadero Bay, Luzon. July 23, 1908. Length 243 mm. 



7640 to 17642, 17229. Yaua River, Legaspi, Luzon. June 7, 1909. Length 115 

 to 198 mm. 11 examples. 



13922, Amboina stream, Amboiua, Dutch East Indies. December 7, 1909. Length 

 155 mm. 



A1284, A128o, A1286, A1287, 9739, 9740, 9741, 13494. Uki, Boero Island. Decem- 

 ber 9, 1909. Length 148 to 257 mm. 



7215. Limbe Strait, Celebes. November 9, 1909. Length 238 mm. 



TERAPON ROSENBERGH (Bleeker 



Datnia rosenbergii Bleekeb, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 22, 1860, p. 237. 



Ruwata River, southern Ceram. 

 Therapon (Datnia) rosenhergii Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7, 



187^-1876, p. 116 (Ceram). 

 Therapon rosenhergii Bleekek, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 7 1873-1876, 



pi. (26) 304, fig. 1.— Beaufort, Bijd. Dierk., Amsterdam, pt. 19, 1913, No. 9, 



p. 118 (River at Batu Merah, Ambon; river at Batjan). 



Depth 3; head Si^g. Snout SjV in head; eye 4, 1% in snout; 

 maxillary reaches % in ©ye, expansion 1%, length 3 in head; jaw 

 teeth in several series, outer row little larger; interorbital little 

 elevated ; preopercle edge strongly denticulated. 



Scales 50 in lateral line to caudal base (figure shows about 67 pores 

 to caudal base and 2 more on latter) ; 12 scales above lateral line, 15 

 below, 4 rows on cheek. Suprascapula denticulate. 



D. XII, 11, fifth spine 1% in head, first ray II/2; A. Ill, 9, second 

 spine 1%, second ray I14; caudal l^s, little emarginate behind; 

 least depth of caudal peduncle 2% ; pectoral 1% ; ventral ll^. 



Above bluish green, below silvery. Iris yellow. Median lateral 

 obscure brown band, also 2 below parallel, incomplete. About 4 

 pale diffuse deep gray vertical bands. Fins yellowish, dorsal and 

 anal rays violaceous basally. Length 153 mm. (Bleeker.) 



East Indies. 



TERAPON ARGENTEUS (Cuvier) 



Datnia argentea Cuvier, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vol. 3, 1829, p. 139, pi. 54. Java. — 

 Day, Fishes of India, pt. 1, 1875, p. 71, pi. 18, fig. 7. 



Therapon argenteus Guntheb, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vol. 1, 1859, p. 283 

 (Amboina, India, Cape Seas). — Martens, Preuss. Exp. Ost Asien, 1876, 

 p. 386 (Manila).— Bleeker, Atlas Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 8, 1876-1877, 

 pi. (48) 326, fig. 1.— Meyer, Anal. Soc. Espau. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 

 1885, p. 13 (Laguna de Bay, Luzon). — Gorgoza, Anal. Soc. Espafi. Hist. 

 Nat., Madrid, vol. 17, 1888, p. 284 (Pasacao).— Day, Fauna Brit. India, 

 Fishes, vol. 1, 1889, p. 507. — Weber, Zool. Ergebn. Reise Nederland. Ost 



