24 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



120. Terapon puta (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 3.10 in length; depth 3.95: eye 3.25 in head: dorsal x, 12, 10; anal iii, 9; scales numerous; maxil- 

 lary extending to below anterior margin of eye. Color grayish, with 4 dusky longitudinal lines, one from tip 

 of snout to tip of caudal, the other from superior orbit to posterior axil of dorsal; cavidal with a median central 

 line and 2 olilique lines; spinous dorsal with a large dusky blotch. 



Another example: Head 3.20 in length; depth 3.50; dorsal xii, 10; anal iii, 8; scales .")4. Color grayish, 

 with 4 longitudinal brown lines, the upper one indistinct, nmning along base of dorsal and over too of head, 

 the 3 broader lines below this, 2 or more oblique brown bands on tail apparently the continuation of the lines 

 on side; dorsal with black blotch. 



Four specimens from Manila, length about 1.3 inches, and 3 specimens from Cavite, length abdut 2.75 

 inches. 



The species is easily distinguished Ijy the vcrj- strong tooth-like spines at angle of pr<'opcrcIe. 



121. Terapon quadrilineatus (Bloch). 



Head 3.12 in length; depth 3.12: dorsal xii, 10: anal lii. 10; eye 3.25 in head: .serration at angle of 

 preopercle rather strong, but even. Color grayish, with 5 dusky longitudinal lines; a dusky spot, not very 

 distinct, on the shoulder; spinous dorsal with small dusky blotch. Six specimens from Manila, length about 

 1..50 to 3 inches. 



122. Terapon theraps (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 3..50 in length; depth 2.75; eye 3.50 in head; dorsal xii, 10; anal iii, S: scales 54; preopercle 

 strongly but evenly serrated. Color dull grayish, with 3 longitudinal dusky liands, caudal with 2 oblique 

 dusk}' bands; spinous dorsal with a large dusky blotch: soft dorsal with 2 dusky blotches; anal and ventrals 

 with dusky blotches. One specimen from Iloilo. length 3.50 inches. 



Family SP.\RID.^:. 

 LETHRINUS Cuvier. 



123. Lethrinus mahsenoides Bleeker. 



Head 3 in length; depth 2.50; dorsal -X, 9; anal in, 8; scales 48 to end of vertebrse: eye 1.90 in snout; 

 maxillary thin, its median width 2 in pupil. Color, dull yellowish white. One specimen 9.20 inches long; 

 4 young examples, length 3 to 4 inches. The young have slight indications of dark blotches. 



Easily distinguished from Lethrinus rainak by the narrow maxillary. 



124. Lethrinus amboinensis Bleeker. 



Head 3 in length; depth 2. .50; dorsal x, 9; anal in, 8; scales .52; eye 1.95 in snout: niaxillarv at middle 

 equal to pupil. Color yellowish silvery, a black blotch below lateral line above middle of pectoral. Upper 

 profile of head convex. One adult example, 7.50 inches in length; 1 young example from Cavite 2 inches long. 



Family GERRID.^i. 



XYSTa:MA Jordan & Evermann. 

 125. Xystaema punctatum (Cuvier ct Valenciennes). 

 (Gerres filameniosus Cuvier & Valenciennes) 



Head 3 in length; depth 2.20; dorsal ix, 10; scales 49; first dorsal ray elongate, reaching to posterior 

 dorsal ray. Color light yellowish brown above, with about 7 vertical bands on side down to median line; 

 .silvery below; dusky spot on axil; in old examples these bands take more or less the form of bands of spots. 

 Nine specimens from Cavite, length 2 to 5.25 inches. 



PENTAPEION Bleeker. 

 126. Pentaprion longimanus (Cantor). 



Head 3.40 in length; depth 2.75; eye 2.75 in head; dorsal ix, 14; anal v, 13: scales deciduous. Culnr 

 yellowish white; a dusky opercular spot; a slight shade of dusky on anterior membranes of spinous dorsal, 

 otherwise fins immarked. Six specimens from Cavite, length 2.75 to 3.5 inches. 



