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BULLETIN f'F TH K BUREAL oK FISHERIES. 



iiiul ciuiini; iiiuicr aiilLTior third of i-vc, ils dislal cud fui iiied by llif suppk'iiiciitLd Ijoric, poiiiti'd :iiid duvclcd 

 slifilitly upward; base of raandiblc uiidcr ii]id<lli' iif eye: tcfth in jaws in a single row, rather strong, triangular, 

 about 14 to 17 on each side; minute tcetli on vomer, palatines, and tongue: gillrakers rather bluntly pointed, 

 l.") on lo\>'er limb, the longest 3 in snout: opende and preopercle entire, the posterior margin of preopercle 

 with a wide anterior curve in ils middle portion: cheek and opercle with fine scales: body entirely covered 

 with line, thin deciduous scales: lateral lines 2, the upper beginning at upper edge of opercular opening and 

 rumiing approximately parallel with the back to below the sixth dorsal finlet, where it curves downward and 

 unites with the lower branch: lower branch originating under base of third dorsal spine, running nearh- 

 vcrticallv downward to li'\ cl of lower cdj^c of pectoral, where it curves backward and extends along lower 

 third of side lo niiddle of caudal peduncle, where it again unites with the upper branch; no corselet; breast 

 scaled: caudal peduncle with a median keel and a smaller one above and below it. 



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Origin of spinous dorsal midway between tip of snout and third ray of soft dorsal ; dorsal spines connected, 

 except the 2 posterior ones, which do not )>rotrude, the longest spine 2.75 in head, (he 2 dorsals entirely separate; 

 origin of soft dorsal slightly in advance of vent, its longest ray 2.75 in head; dorsal Unlets 7; origin of anal 

 midway between base of caudal and origin of ventrals, its longest ray 3.75 in head; anal finlets 7; no free 

 spines in front of anal; origin of ventrals below axil of pectoral, their length 3 in head; caudal deeply forked. 



Color in spirits, browni-sh above, silvery below: a large dusky blotch at origin of lateral line and in axil 

 of pectoral; top of snout dusky; a du.skv area through eye; membranes of spinous dorsal dusky; ventrals 

 darker on posterior third; other fins with very slight wash of duskj'. 



One specimen (field no. 417.S), the type, no. .55899, \j. S. National Museum, Ki inches long, from Bulan, 

 Sorsogon. 1'. I.: collected by Prof. Charles .1. Pierson. foi; whom the spciics is named. 



Family 1 RICHIUKIU.4':. 



55. Tricliiurus hauniela (Forsk;U). Phih, 



129; anal 

 w minute 



Head 7.5 in length; depth 14; eye 6.1 in head, 2 in snout; interorbital 2.5 in snout; dorsal 

 represented by 106 minute spines; teeth large, IS in upper jaw, 20 in lower; no teeth on vomer, a f( 

 teeth on palatines; gillrakers consisting of small, sharp spines, about 14 on lower limb. 



Color in spirits, silvery, bluish aljove; 2 bright yellow longitudinal stripes on lower half of liody; dorsal 

 yellow, with dusky margin. 



One .specimen from San Fabian (no. 3381; length 19.75 in.). 



Ctuptd hniiwila Forskal, Descr. .Vnini.. 72. 1775, Red Sea. 



Tricliiurus iiuumcla. Ounthcr. (';it., n, ;i4s (Malayjui I'diinsllla; .VintK)yna). 



Familv C.\K.\\GII).JL 



56. Scomberoides toloo-parah (Riippell). Cgssixunri. 



Two s[)eciniens from San Fabian (no. ifflfi and 3717; length 0.25 and 0.5 in.). 



Lichi'l lotoo-piiruh Un\)\)r\[, .^tlas. Fisohc. 91, IS2S. Massowah, Red Sea. 

 Chorineinas lolao, Giuithcr. (^at.. n. 47;{. 



