FISHES OF THE ISLANDS OF LUZON AND PANAY. 11 



46. Mugil sundanensis Bleeker. 



Head 4.10 in length; depth 4; doraal iv, 9; anal iii, 9: scales 27 to 30, 9 in vertical series; a well- 

 developed adipose eyelid; snout equal to eye; 17 or 18 scales in front of dorsal. Color in spirits silvery; 

 no spot at axil; narrow line indistinctly along each row of scales. Two specimens from Cavite, length 7. .50 

 inches. 



47. Mugil ceramensis Cuvicr & Valenciennes. 



Six specimens from Cavite. 



LIZA Jordan & Swain. 



48. Liza aniarula (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 3.7.5 in length; depth 4; eye 3.10 in head; dorsal iv-i, 9; anal iii, 9; scales 37; upper jaw rather 

 wide, smooth; lower jaw thin, the symphysis prominent; preorbital strongly bent and serrated. Color 

 silvery, light below, outer margin of caudal dusky. One specimen from Cavite, length 3.25 inches. 



49. Liza troscheli (Bleeker) . 



Head 3. .50 in length; depth 3.55; eye 3.50 in head, 1 in snout; scales 32, 11 in vertical series; no adipose 

 eyelid; dorsal iv-i, 8; anal in, 9; 19 rows of scales before dorsal; lip thin; premaxillary hidden, except 

 tip; preorbital stronglj' spinous at end; maxillary scaled; origin of dorsal over anterior third of anal; caudal 

 emarginate. Color in spirits silvery, a light brownish wash above ; caudal with dusky wash at margin, fins 

 otherwise uniform. One specimen from Cavite, length 2.75 inches. 



50. Liza waigiensis (Quoy & Gaimard). 



Head 3.50 in length; depth 3.75; dorsal iv-i, 8; anal in, 8; scales 27. Color in spirits yellowish, with 

 silvery reflections, the centers of scales with narrow dark longitudinal line; dorsals and upper half of pectoral 

 black, other fins gray. Two young examples from Cavite, length 2. .50 inches. 



Family SPHVR.€N1D.€. 



SPHYRaiNA Liunaena. 



51. Sphyrsena obtusata Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Head 3 in length; depth 6.05; eye 4.25 in head; snout 2.50; dorsal vi, 9; anal i, 9; scales 83, about 

 16 series in front of doi-sal and 16 between the 2 dorsals. Color in spirits dusky above, silvery below, an 

 indistinct dusk}- band on side. Five specimens from Cavite, length 5 to 9.50 inches. 



52. Sphyrsena jello Cuvier & Valenciennes. 



Head 2.90 in length; depth 8; scales about 130; dorsal v-i, 9; anal i, 9. Color in spirits yellowish, 

 with indistinct darker bands over back and on sides. One specimen from Manila, length 5.25 inches. 



Family P0LYNEM1D.€. 



POLYDACTYLUS Lac^pede. 



53. Polydactylus zophomus Jordan & McGregor, new species. 



Polynemus pkbejus Cantor, Malayan Fishes, 27, 1S34, Malayan Peninsula; not of Broussonet. Ciinther, Cat., n, 329, 18(30; 



Amboyna: Malayan Peninsula; not synonymy. 

 Polydactylus plebeius Jordan & Evemiann, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxv, 1902, .1.!>1, Kotosho, Formosa. 



Head 3.2 in length to base of caudal; depth 3.25; dorsal vni-i, 13; anal ni. 13; first dorsal spine and 

 first anal spine minute; 5 free pectoral rays, the longest reaching a little beyond tip of pectoral fin; eye 4 in 

 head; scales large, ctenoid, deciduous, about 58 in lateral line. 



Color in alcohol light golden brown; fins browner, all of them more or less speckled with black; first 

 dorsal most heavily speckled and with a narrow but distinct black border; a horizontally oblong black spot 

 with serrate edges, three-eighths of an inch in diameter, above gill-opening, the lateral line passing through 

 its middle. 



