FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 353 



D. XII, 13, fifth spine 21^ in head, third ray 21/5 ; A. Ill, 9 or 10, 

 third spine 21^, third ray 1%; caudal 1%, slightly emarginate 

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



Uniform dark purplish brown, each scale with lighter edge. Soft 

 dorsal and anal with wide gray border. Pectorals gray, with more 

 or less distinct basal bar. Ventral tips translucent gray. Length 

 327 mm. (Ogilby and McCulloch.) 



TERAPON BANCROFTI OgUby and McCulloch 



Therapon l)ancrofti Ogilby and McCtxllooh, Mem. Queensland Mus., vol. 5, 1916, 

 p. 119, pi. 11, fig. 2. Eureka Creek, Stannary Hills, North Queensland. 



Depth 22/3 to 24^ ; head 2% to 31/6, width 1% to l^^. Snout 21/2 to 

 2% in head; eye 5^, 1% to ly^ in snout; maxillary not quite reaching 

 eye, length 3^^; band of villiform teeth in each jaw, outer row strong, 

 conic, ends slightly recurved; all tipped golden bronze; interorbital 

 convex. Gill rakers 7 + 17, rather slender, 2^4 in eye. 



Scales 57 to 61 along above lateral line, 51 to 55 along below lateral 

 line; tubular scales 50 or 51 in lateral line; 11 scales above lateral 

 line, 20 or 21 below, 8 rows on cheek. 



D. XII, 12 or 13, fifth or sixth 234 to 3 J^ in head, fourth ray 21/5 ; 

 A. Ill, 8 or 9, second spine 3 to 3%, third spine 2 ; caudal li/^, hind 

 edge slightly emarginate ; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% ; pectoral 

 11/^; ventral 1%. 



Head, trunk and tail above dark purplish brown, lighter below. 

 On sides of trunk central gray spot on each scale, becoming larger 

 and deeper tinted below. Throat and abdomen pale brown, uniform 

 or with large bluish white blotches irregular or variable. Side of 

 head brown. Lips edged white, intermandibular white or light 

 brown. Unpaired fins blackish, ends of hind dorsal and anal rays 

 and outer half of caudal lavender. Pectorals and ventrals terminally, 

 gray. Length 260 mm. (Ogilby and McCulloch.) 



Leiopotherapon, new subgenus ^0 



Type. — Datnia plumbea Kner. 



Diagnosis. — Differs from the other subgenera in the genus in hav- 

 ing the suprascapula not exposed, hidden by scales. 



TERAPON PERCOIDES GUnther 



Therapon perooide» GiJNTHEE, Ann. Mag. Nat, Hist., ser. 3, vol. 14, November 

 1864, p. 374. Fitzroy River near Rockhampton ; ser. 3, vol. 20, 1867, p. 58 

 (Fitzroy River, Nicol Bay). — Schmeltz, Cat. Mus. GodefEroy, No. 5, 1874, 

 p. 23 (Bowen) ; No. 6, 1877, p. 12 (Burnett River, Gayndah) ; No. 7, 1879, 

 p. 39 (Bowen). — Macleay, Proc. Linn. Soc. New South Wales, vol. 5, 1881, 

 p. 362 (north Queensland river) ; vol. 38S2, p. 69 (Palmer River; rivers 

 of Gulf of Carpenteria) ; vol. 8, 1883, p. 20 (Lillesmere Lagoon, Upper 



««Xeioi smooth; i/ioi shoulder; Therapon. 



