FISHES "i nil PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. ''''• , 



shallow groove; pectoral short, it- length about L.5 in head; ventrals short, their length slightly greater than 

 diameter of orbit, the distance from their tips to base of Brsl anal spine 1.5 in their length caudal broadly 

 forked, the lobes about I -■"> in head; scales small, thin, ami deciduous; lateral line in a low regular arch 

 from upper edge of gill-opening to base of caudal; breast naked. 



in spirits, dirty olivaceous yellow, back more or less marbled and vermiculated with brownish; a 

 dark line along base >f dorsal I'm; cheek and lower half of side finelj punctulatc with dark dots; lip of 

 black; axil of pectoral dusky; fins otherwise pure yellowish. 



This species is bused on a single specimen 5 inches long, field no. 3876 ' MiTTs,, from San Fabian, Pange 



nan. Type, no. 55904, U. S. National Museum. It is apparently related to Gunther's Eqwula l a from 



which it differs, however, in the smooth preopercle, the presence of a supraocular spine. and the less develop- 

 ; i he anterior dorsal -pine. We take pleasure m naming this species lor Brig. Gen. Clarence I!. Edwards, 

 V. S. Army, Chief of the Bureau of Insular Affairs, U.S. War Department. 



80. LeiognatiiU3 fasciatus Liepi I 



Four specimens from San Fabian i no. 321 1 and 3956 to 3958; length 3.25 to 6.2 in.). 



Body very deep, back strongly arched. Head 3.18 in length; depth 2: eye :: in head, snout 2.95; two 

 strong supraocular -pine-; lower limb of preopercle serrate; scales very -mall, breast naked; lateral line 

 complete, 60; body with about l8narrou black vertical bars. 



. pi Hist. Nat. Poiss., -. . i- 



I I :. 198, - 9 



81. Leiognathus edentula (Bloch). 



Pour specimens from San Fabian (no. 3950 to 3953; length 2.7-~> to 3.5 in.). 



Body very deep, the back much arched; breast naked; lateral line stronglj arched, the anterior part at 

 first slightly concave. 



Head 3 in length; depth 1.7: eye 3 in head; snout 2.75; nuchal crest almost reaching base of first dorsal 



-pine, which i- 2.5 in depth; teeth not evident; tip of dorsal I'm not black. 



! i r edentulus Bloch, ichth ., pi. ccccxxvm, I7s.'>. 

 Fr/inihi ed&ntula, Gunther, Cat., n, 498; Day, Fishes India, 238, pi. i.n, fig. 1. 



82. Gazza tapeinosoma Bleeker. 



Five specimens from the Philippines (no local label given; no. 3779, 3780,3781, 3783, and 3784; length 

 3.75 to 5.2 in.), and 8 from Bulan (no. 3489 to 3496; length 4.5 to 5 in.). 



a Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., IV, 260, 1853, Batavia. 

 Gazza argenlaria, Gunther, Cut.. II, 506; probably not of Forster. 



83. Gazza rninuta (Bloch). Matamho; Bwgsang. 



Seven specimens from San Fabian (no. 39-17 to 3949 and 3868 to 3871 length 2.75 to 4 in.). 

 Head 2.9 in length; depth 2; eye 2.75 in head; snout 3.1; scales minute, lateral line complete; breast 

 naked; preopercle serrate. 



Scombtr minutus Bloch, Ichth., xu, 110, pi. CCCCXXIX, tig. 2, 1707. no locality given 

 Gazza mmula, Gunther, Cat., it. 506. 



Family GERRIDjE. 



84. Xystsema punctatum (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Three specimens from Bulan (no. 3220 to 3223; length 4.7o to 5.2 in.), agreeing well with the figures 

 given by Bleeker and by Day and with Day's description. 



i:,r,. uvier .v Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. P.nss.. vi, :v\i (ISO) 1S30, Pondicherry. 



t;,TT,- filaments ti Gunther, Cat., 1, 345, and iv, 261; Pay, Fishes in'lia.'.is pi. wv.fr.-; 



85. Xystsema baconensis Evermann & Seale, new species. ThUiuL. 



Head 3.2.") in length, depth 2.6; eye 3.25 in head; snout 3; lateral line complete; scales about 1 17 8 

 interorbhal 2.S in head; maxillary 2.5; depth of cheek 3.3; dorsal tx, ID; anal ill, 7: pectoral 1.1 in head; 

 vcntrals 1.9. 



