FISHES OF THE ISLANDS OF LUZON AND PANAV. 11 



46. Mugil sundanensis Bleeker. 



Head 4.10 in length: depth 4: doi-sal iv, 9: anal iii, 9; scales 27 to 30, 9 in vertical series; a well- 

 developed adipose eyelid: snout equal to eye: 17 or 18 scales in front of dorsal. Color in spirits silvery; 

 no spot at axil; narrow Hue indistinctly along eacli row of .scales. Two specimens from Cavite, length 7.50 

 inches. 



47. Mugil ceramensis Cuvicr & Valenciennes. 



Six specimens from Cavite. 



LIZA Jordan & Swain. 



48. Liza amarula (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 3.75 in length ; depth 4; eye 3.10 in head; dorsal :v-i, 9; anal iii, 9: scales 37; upper jaw rather 

 wide, smooth; lower jaw thin, the symphysis prominent; preorbital strongly bent and serrated. Color 

 silvery, light below, outer margin of caudal dusky. One specimen from Cavite, length 3.25 inches. 



49. Liza troscheli (Bleeker). 



Head 3.50 in length; depth 3.55; eye 3.50 in head, 1 in snout; scales 32, 11 in vertical series; no adipose 

 eyelid; dorsal iv-i, 8; anal iii, 9; 19 rows of scales before dorsal; lip thin; preraaxillary hidden, except 

 tip; preorbital strongly spinous at end ; maxillary scaled : origin of dorsal over anterior third of anal; caudal 

 emarginatc. Color in spirits silvery, a light l>rownish wash above; caudal with dusky wash at margin, fins 

 otherwise uniform. One specimen from Cavite, length 2.75 inches. 



50. Liza waigiensis (Quoy >.t Gaim;ird). 



Head 3.50 in length; depth 3.75; dorsal iv-i, 8; anal in, 8; scales 27, Color in spirits yellowish, with 

 silvery reflections, the centers of scales with narrow dark longitudinal line; doreals and upper half of pectoral 

 black, other fins gray. Two young examples from Cavite, length 2. .50 inches. 



Family SPHYR.€NID.€. 



SPHYRa;NA Linnaeus. 



51. Sphyraena obtusata Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Head 3 in length; depth 6.05; eye 4.25 in head; snout 2.50; dorsal vi, 9; anal i, 9; scales 83, about 

 U) series in front of dorsal and 16 between the 2 dorsals. Color in spirits dusky above, silvery below, an 

 indistinct dusky band on side. Five specimens from Cavite, length 5 to 9.50 inches. 



52. Sphyrsena jello Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Head 2.f)U in length; depth S; scales about 130; dorsal v-i, 9; anal i, 9. Color in spirits yellowish, 

 with indistinct darker bands over back and on sides. One specimen from Manila, length 5.25 inches. 



Family POLY\EMID,€. 



POLYDACTYLUS Lacepede. 



53. Polydactylus zophomus .lordan & McGregor, new species. 



Polijnemus plebcjus Cantor. Malayan Fishes, 27, ISjt, Malayan I'eninsula: not of Broussonct. GuntlKM-. Cat., ii, 329, 1860: 



Amboyna; Malayan Peninsula; not synonymy. 

 I'olydactylus plebeius Jordan & Evermann, Proe. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxv. 1902, 351, Kotosbo, Formosa. 



Head 3.2 in length to l)ase of caudal; depth 3.25; dorsal viii-i, 13; anal in, 13; first dorsal spine and 

 first anal spine minute; 5 free pectoral rays, the longest reaching a little beyond tip of pectoral fin; eye 4 in 

 liead; scales large, ctenoid, deciduous, about .58 in lateral line. 



Color in alcohol light golden brown; fins browner, all of them more or less speckled with black: first 

 dorsal most heavily speckled and with a narrow but distinct black border; a liorizontally oblong l^lack spot 

 with serrate edges, three-eighths of an inch in diameter, above gill-opening, the lateral line passing through 

 its middls. 



