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104. Archamia bleekeri (Gimtlu'r). Musangui. 



Forty-eight soccimens from Bacon (nu. 3279 to 3306 and 3678: length 1.5 to 3 in.), and 2 from San 

 Fabian (no. 3S15; length 1.2.5 in.). 



These each have 16 anal rays, a round black spot at base of caudal, its outline sharply defined, a large 

 black spot at anterior end of lateral line, touching upper edge of opercle, and a dusky line from eye to sub- 

 opercle. Resembling ^4. ntarropieroides but readily distinguished In- tlie form and position of the caudal and 

 humeral spots. 



^Vmong our specimens are botli males and females. Nearly mature eggs were found in the ovaries of 

 some of the females, and a mass of mature eggs was discovered in the mouth of a male. It has long been 

 asserted that the male of certain species of this familj' carries the eggs in his moutli during incubation. Meas- 

 urements of 10 of these eggs gave an average diameter of 0..51 nmi. 



Apogon bleekeri Giinther, Cat., I, 245, 1859, Batavia; Padang; Amboyna. 



Apogon macropteTus. Bleeker, Nat. Tij'ds. Ned. Ind., n, 168, 1851, and Atlas, viii, pi. cccxLvi, fig. 2. 



Family .\MB.\SSID.i. 



105. Ambassis urotaenia Bleeker. 



One lumdred and three .specimens from Bacon (no. 3408 and 3621; length 1.7.5 to 3 in.). 

 Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.75; eye 3.1 in head; snout 4.75; second dorsal spine 4 in length; dorsal 

 vii-i, 9; anal m, 10; scales 1-28-6, 2 rows on cheek. 



Ambassis urotsenia Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., ni, 1852. 2.i7, Amboyna; .\tlas, vni, 1-35, pi. crc.xLiv, flg. 2, and pi. cccli, 

 flg. 1; Gunther, Cat., I, 224. 



106. Ambassis lungi (.Jordan & Seale). 



Four specimens from Bacon (no. 38.34 and 4192; length 1 to 3 in.). 



This species is easily distinguished by the single row of scales on cheek, the broken lateral line, and the 

 color of the fins and l)ack. 



Ambassis urotxnia. Day, Fishes India, pi. xv, fig. 8; not of Bleeker. 



Priopis lungi Jordan & Seale, Bull. Bu. Fisheries, xxvi, 1906. IS. fig. li. Cavite, Luzon. 



Family PEMPHERID^. 

 107. Pempheris vanicolensis Cuvier & ^'alencienIles. 



Eight specimens from Bacon (no. .3213 to 3218, 3.542 and 3762; length 3.75 to 6 in.), and 3 voung from 

 Bulan (no. 3817). 



Head 3.4 in length; depth 2.2; eye 2.6 in head; snout 6.5; anal iii, 43. 



No black spot on base of pectoral; anterior dor.sal rays black-tipped ; edge of anal black. These characters 

 distinguish the species. 



Pempheris vanicolensis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., \^I, 227 (305), 1831. Vanicolo. 



Family SERRAMD,^-. 

 108. Epinephelus merra Bloch. 

 Four specimens from Bacon (no. 3630, 3631, 3632, and 4082; length 4 to 6.5 in.). 

 Epinephelus merra Bloch, Ichth., vn, 17. pi. cccxxi. 1797; Bouleuger, Cat., i, 241, 1895. 



109. Epinephelus tauvina (Forskai). 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3633; length 1.4 in.). 



Perca tauvina ForskS.1, Descr. .Vuim., 39, 1775, Red Sea. 

 Epinephelus tauviim, Boulenger, Cat., i. 244. 



110. Epinephelus fasclatus (Forsk&l). 



One fine specimen from Bacon (no. 4040; length 10.75 in.). 



Perca fasciata Forsk&l, Descr. Anim.. 40. 1775. Red Sea. 

 Epinephelus fasciatus, Boulenger, Cat., i. 238. 



