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99. Aniia jenkinsi Evermann & Scale, new species 



Head 2.75 in length; deptb 2.9; eye 3 in bead; snoul 1.6; interorbital 1.2; dorsal <n i 9 anal n. 8 

 scales 3 25 5. 



I'., uly oblong, moderately compressed ; depth of caudal peduncle 2 I in head anterior profile from base oi 



dorsal to tip of snoul forming a straight line al an angle of al i 15 . d ill large; lowei jaw the longei 



maxillary 2.1 in head, its posterior margin under middle of pupil, the width of distal end equal to pupil 

 mandible 1.75 in head; minute teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines in I or _' row-; 16 gillrakers on lower limb, 

 the longest about 7 in head; posterior limb of preopercle finely denticulate, a few scattered denticulation at 

 angle of anterior limb; opercle with an indistinct spine on posterior margin; bodj entirely covered with large 

 weakly ctenoid scales; lateral line complete; 2 rows of scales on check; origin of spinous dorsal midway 



een tip of snout and posterior axil of soft dorsal, the longest spine 2.1 in head; longest ray of soft dorsal 

 1.7-5 in head: origin of anal under middle of soft dorsal, its base 2.25 in head, longest ray - in head; origin of 



Fio. '.'.— .1 Evermann <S Seale, new species. Type. 



:.ils under base of pectoral, their length 1.75 in head: pectoral 1.5 in head: caudal rounded, 1.5 in head. 



Color in spirits, dull yellowish, -haded with minute brown punctulations, a large, quadrate black -pot on 

 middle of base of caudal: a round jet-black spot about size of pupil on each side of nuchal region; a wide 

 distinct black line on side of snoul from eve to mouth; tip of lower jaw black; spinous dorsal black : a -hading 

 of dusky on baseof -oft dorsal and anal, otherwise tins all yellowish. One specimen, the type. no. 55907, U. S. 

 National Museum (field no. 4036), length 3.4 in., from Bulan, Sorsogon, P. I. 



Named for Dr. O. P. Jenkins, of Stanford University. 



100. Amia endekataenia (Bleeker). 



Three specimens lion, Bacon mo. :is:i!t and 3818; length 2.25 to 3.5 in.). 



.1. endekaisenia i- undoubtedly a species distinct from A. fasciata, easily distinguished by the bluntly 

 rounded profile of the head, the- short snout, and the more rounded preopercle. Gillrakers II on lower limb 

 including nodules i; only posterior limb of preopercle serrated. Our specimens are laded, hut the ( dusky 

 longitudinal lines arc quite perceptible in the large specimen; also tin- rather diffused dusky caudal -pot 

 The -mall specimens have the spinous dorsal tipped with dusky and show indistinct traces of du-k\ vertical 

 lines, as iii .1 quadrifasdala; tic- large specimen ha- ventrals tipped with dusky. 



Apogonendt Wat Hjds. Ned. Imi . in, 1852, 449 , Banka. 



A mm endekatsmia Bleeker Atlas. \n. B5, i>! . . i \. tig. 2. 



