42 ■ ATHERINID^: SILVERSIDES 



This species is a true Atherina, having the mandibular rami ele- 

 vated posteriorly, the premaxillary processes more than half as long as 

 the eyes, the head rather pointed, and the body slender. 



58. Atherina uisila Jordan and Scale, 1906.-^*- 



Atherina uisila Jordan and Scale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 25, 216, fig. 23, 1906; 

 Kendall and Goldsborough, Mem. Mus. Comp. ZooL, 26, 255, 1911. 

 Atherina insila Scale, Phila. Journ. Sci. (A), 4, 498, 1909 (misspelled). 

 Type-locality. — Apia, Samoa. 

 Range. — Samoan and Marshall Islands, South Pacific. 



The mandibular rami are elevated posteriorly in this species, and 

 the premaxillary processes are considerably more than half as long as 

 the eye. 



Atherina uisila is related most closely to the Japanese A. tsurug.^ 

 and the Philippinne A. panatela. 



f^, ;'i5^ 59. Atherina panatela Jordan and Richardson, 1908.-^'- 

 »*^^" (Plate II, Fig. 8.) 



Atherina panatela Jordan and Richardson, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 27, 243, fig. 6, 

 1908. 

 Type-locality. — Calayan Island, Philippine Islands. 

 Range. — Philippine Islands. 



In this species the premaxillary processes are as long as the eye, 

 and the mandibular rami are elevated posteriorly. 



60. Atherina elongata Klunzinger, 1879. 



Atherina elongata Klunzinger, Sitzb. Akad. Wiss. IVien, 80, 394, pi. 3, fig. 4, 1880. 



Type-locality. — King George's Sound. 

 Range. — Shores about King George's Sound, Australia. 



Atherina elongat.\, judging from the original description closely 

 resembles A. microstqma, and may prove to be identical with it. 



' 61. Atherina" microstoma Giinther, 1861. '^'• 



Atherina microstoma Giinther, Catalogue Fishes Brit. Mus., 3, 401, 1861 ; Macleay. 



Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 6, 39, 1881 (1882) ; Johnston, Pap. Proc. Roy. 



Soc. Tasmania, 122, 1882 (1883); 34, 1890 (1891). 

 T^niomembras microstomus Ogilby, Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, 23, 41, 1898; 



McCulloch, Zool. Res. Fish. Exp. Endeavour, 1, 32, pi. 10, fig. 2, 1911. 

 Type-locality. — Tasmania. 

 Range. — Shores of Tasmania and Victoria. 



Mr. McCulloch has sent us specimens of this species from Queens- 

 clifif, Victoria. These specimens, like those of the next species examined, 

 have the mandibular rami elevated postriorly, and the premaxillary pro- 

 cesses more than half as long as the eye. The gill-rakers in these species 

 are no fewer than in some specimens of A. caspia, and the mouth is 

 scarcely smaller than in several other species of the genus. Considering 

 these facts, we do not feel justified in accepting as valid the nominal 

 srenus T.^niomembras. 



