PISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE islands. 71 



Our specimens agree perfectly with Bleeker'a figure of tln~ species, l>ui differ from Giinther's description 

 in the shorter second anal spine. They seem to differ from X.oyena (Ruppell) in the lower curve of the dorsal 

 oul line and the absence of dark lateral lines along the rows of scales 



<;,rr. ■ ..!,< Bleeb r, Nat. Tijds. Ned. [nd.,11, [851, is.'. Batavia. 



ojxw Bloeker, Atlas, Yin, 127, pi ccclxi, fig 3 (East [ndli 

 r,, r r, i tape < lilnther, Cat., i\ 



Familj \1 ENID E. 



87. Emmelichthys leucogramrnicus Bleeker 



Nine specimens from Bulan (no. 3971; length 2.5 to 3.2 in.), and one from Bacon (no 3758 length 1.85 

 in These agree well with Bleeker's figure 



chlhyt i, ucogrammii u Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind.,1, 103, 1850, Celebes; Atlas, vii, pi. ccxciv, fi| 

 Erythricht hys leueogramm etw, Gunther, Cat., I, 

 /' pi erygonotus leucogrammitMS Bleeker, ah. is. vui, 12 



Family SCORPIDID/C. 



88. Monodactylus argenteus (Linnaeus 



One specimen from Bulan (no. 3594; length 3.75 in. Head !'.'•» in length; depth 1.2; eye 2.6 in head: 

 snout 5.2. Color in spirits dusky silvery, a black band from nape through eye to lower edge of gill-opening 

 and another across body ami base of pectoral just posterior to gill-opening to origin of dorsal and anal aud 

 then extending on those fins in tips "l produced rays. 



Ltnnseus, A n lead. , IV, 249 



Gilnther, Cat., It, -is: 



Family APOGOMCHTHV1I).€. 



89. Amia fraenata (Valencienne 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3766: length o.7.~> in.). (Not A.frenatus of GQnther.) 



Il.ad 2.5 in length: depth 3.18; snout 4: eve very large, longer than snout. :;.l in head: side with a 



well-defined black band about width of pupil, extending through eye and across tip of snout, where it is most 



distinct : a distinct black spot on caudal peduncle at base of caudal lin: a black bar on base of anal: am 



dorsal spines Mack. 



From Am in snyderi this species seems to differ in the larger eye. more slender body, and better defined 



black caudal spot and lateral band. The two may, however, lie identical. 



Apogon fra aatv t Valei Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat., 57, pi. 4, flg. 4. 1832. 



90. Arnia koilomatodon (Bleeker 



Two fine specimens from Bacon (no. 3509 and 3511; length 1.75 and 5.2 in. These agree in every 

 respecl with specimens from Samoa. 



koilomatodon Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., iv, l»4, 1853, Ternate. 

 koilomatodon Bleeker, Atlas, vn. pi. 1 1 < vu, fig. 1; Jordan & Seale, Bull. U. S. Bu. Fish.. XXV, 1905 (1906), 240, flg. 34. 



91. Arnia quadrifasciata (Cuyier & Valenciennes Bakuiut. 



Twenty-nine specimens from Jolo (no. 3555 to 3583; length 2.5 to 3.5 in. , all showing the indistinct 

 vertical bands, in addition to the 2 distinct longitudinal stripes, no caudal sp,,i . the lower longitudinal stripe 

 extending to tip of caudal. 



Apogon quadrifasi iatut Cuvter & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., u, 113 (153), 1828, Pondicherry; Gunther, tat., i, 239; 

 Day, Fishes India . 59 



; Bleeker Atlas, vm, 88, pi. cccxxxv, fig. 1. 



