24 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



120. Terapon puta (Cuvior & Valenciennes). 



lloul 3.10 in length; depth 3.95; eye 3.25 in head: dorsal x, 12, 10; anal iii, 9; scales numerous; maxil- 

 lary e.xtending to below anterior margin of eye. Color grayish, with 4 dusky longitudinal lines, one from tip 

 of snout to tip of caudal, the other from superior orbit to posterior axil of dorsal; caudal with a median central 

 line and 2 oblique lines; spinous dorsal with a large dusky blotch. 



Auotlier exami)lc: Head 3.20 in length; depth 3.50; dorsal xii, 10: anal III, 8; scales 54. Color grayish, 

 with 4 longitudinal brown lines, the upper one indistinct, running along base of dorsal and over top of head, 

 the 3 broader lines below this, 2 or more oblique Ijrown bands on tail apparently the continuation of the lines 

 on side; dorsal with black blotch. 



Four specimens from Manila, length about 1.3 inches, and 3 specimens from Cavite, length about 2.75 

 inches. 



The species is easily distinguished liy the verv strong tooth-like spines at angle of preopercle. 



121. Terapon quadrilineatus (Bloeli). 



Head 3.12 in length: depth 3.12; dorsal xii, 10: anal iii, 10; eye 3.25 in head: serration at angle of 

 preopercle rather strong, but even. Color grayish, with 5 dusky longitudinal lines: a dusky spot, not very 

 distinct, on the shoulder: spinous dorsal with small dusky blotch. Six specimens from Manila, length about 

 1..50 to 3 inches. 



122. Terapon theraps (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 3.50 in length; depth 2.75; eye 3.50 in head; dorsal xii, 10; anal in, 8: scales 54; preopercle 

 strongly but evenly serrated. Color dull grayish, with 3 longitudinal dusky bands, caudal with 2 oblique 

 dusky bands; spinous dorsal with a large dusky blotch; soft dorsal with 2 dusky blotches; anal and ventrals 

 with dusky blotches. One specimen from Iloilo, length 3..50 inches. 



Family SP.XKID.JS. 

 LETHKINUS Cuvier. 



123. Letlirinus mahsenoides Bleckcr. 



Head 3 in length: depth 2..50: dorsal x, 9; anal in, 8: scales 48 to end of vertebrse; eye 1.90 in snout; 

 maxillary thin, its median width 2 in pupil. Color, dull yellowish white. One specimen 9.20 inches long; 

 4 young examples, length 3 to 4 inches. The young have slight indications of dark blotches. 



Easily distinguished from Lethrinus ramak by the narrow maxillary. 



124. Lethrinus amboinensis Bleeker. 



Head 3 in length: depth 2. .50; dorsal x, 9: anal in, S: scales 52; eye 1.95 in snout: maxillary at middle 

 equal to pupil. Color yellowish silvery, a black blotch below lateral line above middle of pectoral. Upper 

 piofde of head convex. One adult example, 7. .50 inches in length: 1 young example from Cavite 2 inches long. 



Family C.ERRID/E. 



XYSTa;MA Jordan & Evermann. 



125. Xystsema punctatum (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 

 (Gcrrc.i dlamentosus Cuvier & Valenciennes.) 



Head 3 in length; depth 2.20; dorsal ix, 10; scales 49; first dorsal ray elongate, reaching to posterior 

 dorsal ray. Color light yellowish bro^^Ti above, with about 7 vertical bands on side down to median line; 

 silvery below: dusky spot on axil; in old examples these bands take more or less the form of bands of spots. 

 Nine specimens from Cavite, length 2 to 5.25 inches. 



PENTAPKION Bleeker. 



126. Pentaprion longimanus (Cantor). 



Head 3.40 in length: depth 2.75; eye 2.75 in head; dorsal ix, 14: anal v. 13: scales deciduous. Color 

 yellowish white: a dusky opercular spot; a slight shade of dusky on anterior membranes of spinous dorsal, 

 otherwise fins unmarked. Six specimens from Cavite, length 2.75 to 3.5 inches. 



