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BULLETIN OF THE KUREAU OK FISHERIES. 



Four specimens, 0.25 to 8 inches in length, from Cavitc, Luzon. The type is mimbered 55598, U. .S. 

 National Museum. Cotype is no. 20113, Museum Stanford llniversity. 



This species differs from the true Polydacttjhiis phheius of Samoa in its much larger scales and also in its 

 different color, its less concave anal and second dorsal, its deeper body, and shorter, blunter snout. In 

 P. zophomus the free pectoral filaments reacli but little beyond tip of pectoral, while in P. phheius they reach 

 be_voud tip of ventral. 



Fig. i.^Polydactylvs zophomn^ .Tordan A Seaie, now .species. T>T>e. 



P. zophomus has been confounded with Polydiuiijliis phhehix, as the above synonyinv indicates. It is, 

 however, quite distinct from the latter and equally so from the common Japanese species, Polijdaclyliis nyonasi 

 Jordan & McGregor, which also has been recorded as Polydactyhis plebeius. 



Family HOLOCENTKID.-E. 



HOLOCENTRUS Bloch. 



54. Holocentrus ruber (Forskil). 



Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.75; dorsal xii, 13; anal iv, 9: scales 37. Color in spirits yellowish, with 8 

 dark longitudinal stripes; a dusky blotch at base of soft dorsal; tip of ventrals and upper and lower margins 

 of caudal, web between first and second anal rays, and portions of spinous dorsal dusky. Three specimens 

 from island of Panay, length 3 to 3.25 inches. 



Family SCOMI5KII).4<;. 



SCOMBER Linnaeas. 



65. Scomber niicrolepidotus Ruppell. 



Head 3.35 in length; depth 3.75; eye 3.90 in liciul; adijxisc eyelid covering all but middle of eye. Doisal 

 x-i. II, v; anal i, ii-y; teeth minute, in both jaws; none cm vomer or palatines; maxillary reaching to below 

 posterior margin of eye. Color, back bluish, old individuals with longitudinal stripes, silvery below; young 

 •with dusky spot under pectoral fin; adults usuall_y showing some dusky spots at base of spinous dorsal, the 

 fin with dusky margins; other fins yellowish white; pectoral with slight wash of dusky at tip. Twelve speci- 

 mens from Cavitc, length 3 to 11 inches. 



