NO. 1568. FISHES FROM THE PHILIPPINES— SEALE AND BEAN. 239 



An annotated list of the species other than those described as new, 

 and which Doctor Mearns informs us were all taken at or in the imme- 

 diate vicinity of Zamboanga, follows: 



Family DASYATID.^. 



Dasyatis kuhli (Miiller and Henle). 



One specimen, 9.50 inches long (tail absent). 



Taeniura lymma (Forskal). 



One specimen. Snout to vent 11 inches; vent to end of caudal 

 16.50 inches. 



Family CIIANID^. 



Chanos chanos (Forskal). 



Two specimens, each 12 inches long. 



Family CI.UPEID^. 



Clupea melanura (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 

 Five specimens, 4.75 to 5.25 inches long. 



Harengula moluccensis Blacker. 



One specimen, 1*.75 inches long. 



Family DOROSOMATID^. 



Konosirus nasus (Bloch). 



Four specimens, 5.50 to 6 inches long. 



Family ENGRAULIDiE. 



Anchovia bcelama (Forskal). 



Two specimens, 1.25 and 2.50 inches long. Numerous additional 

 specimens, 3 to 3.50 inches long, are slightly more elongate than 

 figured by Doctor Bleeker, but in other respects agree very well with 

 the description of A. hoelama. 



Family ANGUILLID^. 



Anguilla mauritiana Bennett. 



Four specimens, 12 to 22 inches long, bearing collector's numbers 

 937, 938, 939, and 980. 



Family MUR^NID/E. 



Gymnothorax fimbriata (Bennett). 



One fine specimen, 30 inches long, agrees c[uite well wdth Doctor 

 Bleeker's figure of Gymnothorax isingleenoides, which Doctor Gunther 

 placed in the synonymy of G.fmhriata. 



Family PLOTOSID^E. 



Plotosus anguillaris (Bloch). 



Three specimens, 8 to 9 inches long, and a very large number of 

 young from 1.75 to 2.50 inches long. 



