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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



A specimen 2.75 inches long lias ventral fins 0.75 of an inch long, while a larger specimen, length 3.75 

 inches, has the ventrals but 0.30 of an inch long: these fins disappear in the adult. 

 Two specimens (young) from Cavite. 



Family .\POGONICHTHYIl).-E. 



AMIA Gronow. 

 78. Amia quadrilasciata (C'uvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 2.75 in length; depth 3: eye 3.75 in head; dorsal vii-i, 9; anal ii, 8; scales 25. Color in spii-its 

 yellowish, with 2 longitudinal brown stripes, one from tip of snout thru eye and along median line of body to 

 tip of caudal, the other from upper part of snout back to base or near base of caudal; about 11 indistinct vertical 

 bands on side of body; a black band through the basal portion of soft dorsal and anal; anterior part of spinous 

 dorsal marked with duskv; tip of ventrals dusky; anal also indistinctly tipped with dusk}'; no black spot at 

 base of caudal. Six specimens from Cavite, length 2.50 to 3 inches. Three of these, which differ in no other 

 respect, have the colors nmch less distinct, not showing any trace of the vertical liands, and a very indistinct 

 trace of bands through anal and dorsal. 



Amia fasciata (White), from Sydney, as represented by specimens sent by Mr. Edgar R. Waite, seems to 

 be distinct from this species, and equally so from Amia novemfasciata (Cuvier & Valenciennes) and Amia 

 aroi/hiensis (Hombron & Jacquinot), with both of which Dr. Giinther confounds it in Fische der Siidsee. 



79. Amia cavitensis .lord^vn & Scale, new species. 



Head 2.90 in length without caudal; depth 3.05; dorsal vii-i, 9; anal ii.S; eye 3 in head; scales 2-26-5: 

 maxillary 2 in head, its distal end under posterior third of eye: posterior limb of preopercle serrated; snout 

 1.35 in eye; interorbital e(|ual to snout. 



Fig. 5. — Amia raritenfii.t Jordan A Seale, new species. Type. 



Body compres.sed, of moderate depth, the profile from origin of dorsal to tip of snout almost straight; 

 depth of caudal peduncle 2.20 in head; small teeth on jaws, vomer, and palatines; lateral line complete; origin 

 of spinous dorsal directly over origin of ventrals, third dorsal spine 1.90 in head; second less than half as long, 

 the first very minute; the spine of soft dorsal 2.20 in head, the longest dorsal ray 1.50; base of anal 2.75 in 

 head, longest ray of anal 1.75 in head; ventrals 1.75 in head; pectorals 1..50: caudal slightly emarginate, with 

 lobes rounded. 



Color in spirits yellowish, a distinct dusky line on median line of nuchal region; a distinct dusky line from 

 snout over eye, extending to upper base of caudal, very indistinct posteriorly; a wide dusky line from snout 

 thru eye to operele; about 5 indistinct shadoi^^y, longitudinal lines on side of body: tips of fins dusk\\; a 

 distinct round spot on middle of base of caudal, dorsal fins yellowish, with slight wash of dusky more dLs- 

 tinetly dusky on posterior rays of soft dorsal, other iins yellowish-white with slightly dusky wash, the anal 

 with indistinct dusky line at base. 



One specimen from Cavite, the type, 2.75 inches long, no. if2A\, Museum Stanford University. 



This species seems related to .1. hartzfcldii (Bleeker). 



