FISHES OF THE ISLANDS OF LUZON AND PANAY. 5 



DUSSUMIERIA Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 10. Dussumieria elopsoides (Blteker). 



-Head 3.80 in length; deptli o; eye 3.50 in head; dorsal 19; anal 1.5. Color bluish above, silvery below, 

 a more or less distinct line along sides; margin of caudal dusky; belly not distinctly rounded but slightly 

 compressed, with a ridge which, however, has no sharp scutes. 



A second specimen has the head 3.50 in length; depth 6; eye 3.75 in head; dorsal 20; anal 24; scales 

 about 56; some minute teeth in jaws. Color yellowish white, a distinct black streak down back, another 

 indistinct one along side. The two colors are not sharply divided on sides. This specimen has the origin of 

 ventrals under anterior half of dorsal. 



Four specimens from Cavite; length 5.75 to 6 inches. 



ILISHA Gray. 

 11. Hisha hoevenii (Bleeker). 



Head 3.50 in length ; depth 9.45; eye 2. .50 in head; dorsal 17; anal 37; maxillary 2 in head. Color silvery; 

 tip of caudal and dorsal dusky. Eight specimens from Cavite, length 3 to 7.50 inches. 



Family DOROSOMATlDyE. 



ANODONTOSTOMA Bleeker. 



12. Anodontostoma chacunda (Hamilton). 



Head 3..50 in length; depth 2.25; eye 3. .50 in head: adipose eyelid well developed; tip of snout projecting 

 beyond the narrow under jaw; maxillary ending under anterior margin of pupil; scales 39; dorsal 18; anal 19. 

 Color light brown above, silvery below, a brown spot above axil of pectoral just posterior to upper edge of 

 opercle. Five specimens from Cavite, length 3..50 to 6 inches. 



Family ENGRAULID.€. 



ANCHOVIA Jordan & Evermann. 



13. Anchovia commersoniana (Lac^p&de). 



Head 4.20 in length: depth .5. .50; dorsal 15; anal 21; small teeth in jaws, vomer, and palatines; scales 36. 



Color yellowish white, caudal with wash of dusky at tip. Seven specimens from Manila, length 2 to 4.20 



inches. 



14. Anchovia hamiltonii (Gray'). 



Head 4.45 in length; depth 3. .50; eye 4 in head; scales 40; dorsal 12; anal 37: maxillary ending as a 

 sharp spine almost on line with posterior margin of opercle: maxillary 4.25 in head. Color Ijrownish above; 

 silvery below; red at base of anal; a blotch of short narrow black lines on shoulders; belly sharp, serrated. 

 Two specimens from Cavite, length 3 and 7.35 inches. 



15. Anchovia indica (Van Hasselt). 



Head 4.50 in length; depth 6; eye 3.20 in head; dorsal 16; anal 18; scales about 40; deciduous teeth in 

 jaws, vomer, and palatines. Color yellowish white; a silvery line on side. Six specimens from Cavite, length 

 2..50 to 6 inches. 



Related to Anchona coit'inersoniaim, but easily distinguished by the greater length and the greater number 

 of scales. 



Family SYNODONTID.€. 



SAURIDA Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



16. Saurida japonica (Ilouttuyn). 



Head 4 in length; depth 9; eye 4.25 in head; dorsal 11; anal 10; scales .54; adipose eyelid thin. Color 

 in spirits brownish above, with some indistinct blotches on side, white below; outer half of pectoral and 

 caudal .shaded with gray. Eight specimens from Cavite, length 3..50 to 5.50 inches. 



This species differs from Saurida hadi (Cuvier) in the thin adipose eyelid, and pale ventrals. Saurida 

 tumbil has the scales 60, and the back with dark crossbars. 



