FISHES OF THE PHHjH'PINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 357 

 TERAPON PLUMBEUS (Kner) 



Datnia plumbea Kneb, Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol, 49, 1864, p. 484. " St 

 Paul Island"; Reise Novara, Fische, 1865, p. 48, pi. 3, fig. 1 ("Java"). — 

 Heree, Copeia, No. 3, Sept. 30, 1930, p. 76 (Laguna de Bay, near Manila). 



Therapon (Datnia) plumbeus BLEa;KER, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N^erland., vol. 7, 

 1873-1876, p. 115 (on Kner). 



Mesopristes plumbeus Fowleb, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. I'hiladelpliia, 1918, p. 36 

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



Therapon plumbeus Fowleb, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1927, p. 281 

 (Santa Maria, Bangui, San Fernando, Orani, Philippines). 



Therapon brevispmis (not STEiNDACHNEat) Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Ber- 

 lin, 1868, p. 256. Quiuogoa River, Bulacan Province, Luzon, Philippines. — 

 Meyeb, Anal. Soc. Espafi. Hist. Nat., Madrid, vol. 14, 1885, p. 13 (Laguna de 

 Bay, Luzon). 



Therapon brachycentus Peters, Monatsb. Akad. Wiss. Berlin, 1869, p. 704 

 (on Peters, 1868). 



Therapon (Datnia) brachycentrus Bleekeb, Atlas Ichth. Ind. N6erland., vol. 7, 

 1873-1876, p. 115 (copied). 



Depth 21/2 to 2% ; head 3 to Si/e, width 1% to 2. Snout 314 to 

 3I/2 in head; eye 3% to 4, 1% to ly^ in snout, greater than inter- 

 orbital in young to equal with age; maxillary reaches eye or l^ in 

 eye, expansion 2 to 2l^, length 3 to 3l^ in head; teeth villiform, in 

 moderately wide bands in jaws, outer row little enlarged; inter- 

 orbital 3% to 3%, nearly flat ; preopercle edge finely serrated. Gill 

 raJiers 9 or 10 -[- 18 or 19, lanceolate, I/2 of gill filaments and latter 

 13/5 in eye. 



Scales 43 to 50 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 or 4 more on 

 latter; 7 or 8 scales above lateral line, 13 to 15 below, 16 to 20 pre- 

 dorsal forward to occiput, 5 rows on cheek to preopercle ridge. 

 Suprascapula not exposed. Scales with 18 to 21 basal radiating 

 striae; apical denticles 30 to 32, rather slender small points, with 

 10 or 11 transverse series of fine basal elements; circuli fine. 



D. XII, 8, I to 10, I, fourth spine 13^ to 1% in head, first ray 1^^ 

 to 21/^ ; A. Ill, 8, 1, second spine 2 to 2%, first ray 1% to 1% ; caudal 

 1% to 11/4, slightly emarginate behind; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2% to 3 ; pectoral 1% to 13^ ; ventral 1% to I3/5. 



Pale olive brownish above, each row of scales with slightly darker 

 line. Spinous dorsal edge dusky, also soft dorsal, anal and caudal 

 tinted with dusky, other fins pale. Iris pale slaty. 



Philippines. 

 Two examples. From fish pond IV2 miles west of Dangalil. Length 120 to 



134 mm. 

 Twenty-six examples. Laguna de Bay, at head of river. June 21, 1908. 



Length 30 to 79 mm. 

 Four examples. Malabon Harbor. August 8, 1908. Length 74 to 99 mm. 

 10629 to 10631, 20310. Manila market. June 17, 1908. Length 118 to 142 mm. 

 11439, 11441, 11444. Manila market. Deceonher 12-18, 1907. Length 118 



to 139 mm. 



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