FISHES OF THE rilll.lI'I'INK ISLANDS. 



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75. Leiognathus virgatus Fowlei 



Two specimens from Bulan (no 3916; length 2.5 and 2.75 in.). 



rgatui Fowler, rourn \< Nat. Scl. Phila., 2d ser., \u . 1904 iiim 10), 515, pi. tv, fig. 1, Pedang. Sumatra. 



76. Leiognathus dussuniieri (Cuvier & Valenciennes) Malaway 



Two specimens From San Fabian (no. 32 Id and 3212; lcii^tli li and 6.2 in.). 



Hi ad A:2 iii length; depth 1.9; eye 3.1 in head; snout .'-M : spine-shaped cresl on nuchal region not 

 reaching halfway to base of lirsi dorsal spine. 



ri Cuvter 4 Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poisa., x,"56 (77), pi. 283, is:;;>. Coromandel: Gunthi r, I at., n, 500 



77. Leiognathus splendens i Cuviii i Masangui 



Two specimens from San Fabian (no. 3955 and 3959; length 2.5 and 3.75 in.), one from " Philippines" 

 mi local label, No. 3765; length 2.75 in.), and :i from I '.a. ■on (no 1030; length 2.5 to 2.75 In 



Breast scaled; supraorbital serrate; lateral line not so strongly arched as in /. edentulus, the anterior 

 part slightly concave ; tip of dorsal Mark. 

 Equvla splcndctu Cu , II, 212, 1829, Indies; Giinther, Cat., n,501. 



78. Leiognathus stercorarius Evermann & Seale, new species. 



Head 3.7 in length; depth 3; eye 3 in head; snout 3; interorbital 3; dorsal vm, 17: anal in. 1 I . scales 57 



Body oblong, moderately c pressed, the upper and lower profiles almost evenly curved; jaws equal; 



depth of caudal peduncle I .9 in head; entire bodj covered with thin deciduous scales; cheek and breasl 



scaled; lateral lini mplete, with a long low curve from caudal peduncle to head; mouth verj protractile; 



roove for the processes of the maxillary extending to a line with posterior margin of eye, the l<-i iLrt ! i of 

 the bonj spine-shaped cresl extending back from the groove 2.6 in head; upper jaw heavy; minute teeth 



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S;ifi.pvSa¥sffiwi!. 



l i » . v specii fype. 



in jaws, none on vomer, palatines oi tongue; no canines; i welve gillrakers on lowi r limb, i In- longest about 2 



in pupil: maxillary ending on a line with anterior margin of eye, scarcely one-half exposed; mandible '_' in 



at angle of 30°; width of preorbital L.85 in snout ; lower limb of preopi rele denticulate on it- in: 



i; opercle entire ; eye with slight adipose eyelid. 



( )ri'_ r in of dorsal -li'_'lit l\ posterior to origin oi\ entrals, longest dorsal spine 1.75 in head, aboul "111-1111 If 



depth of I.. .. other specimen a cotype 'In- spine measures 1.4 in head and is greater than one-half 



1. 1 al 1 of 1 ,1 nl \ 1, the (ir-i dorsal spine minute, the second longest, the dorsal continuous, none of the spines or 



