NO. 1568. FISHES FROM THE PHILIPPINES— SEALE AND BEAN. 241 

 Family SPHYR^NID^. 



Sphyraena obtusata ( Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



Two specimens, 10.75 and 18.25 inches long. 



Polydactylus plebeius (Broussonet). 



Head, 3; depth, 3.75; eye, 4.20 in head; snout, 4.75. 



D., VIII, 1, 13; A., Ill, 13; scales 58 to end of caudal vertebrge, 

 63 to end of lateral Ime. Pectoral appendages 5. Color in spirits 

 Yellowish white, darker above, and with a streak along each row of 

 scales ;*fins dusky; caudal yellowish, margined with dusky. 



Two fine specimens, 9.50 and 10 inches long. 



Careful comparison of these examples with specimens from Samoa 

 leave no doubt in our minds that the fish are identical, and that the 

 species described as Polydactylus zopliom/us by Jordan and jMcGregor 

 is the young P. plebeius. The number of rows of scales are the same. 



Family HOLOCENTRID.E. 



Holocentrus cornutus Bleeker. 



Three specimens, 8 to 8.50 inches long. 



Holocentrus caudimaculatum Riippell. 



One fine specimen, 10.50 inches long, from Zamboanga. Color 

 in spirits yellowish, with indistinct pinkish lines on center of row^s of 

 scales. Spinous dorsal orange.. 



Myripristis murdjan (Forskal). 



One specimen, 8 inches long. 



Myripristis macrolepis (Bleeker). 



One specimen, 8 inches long. 



Family SCOMBRID.^. 



Scomber macrolepidotus Riippell. 



Two specimens, 10 and 10.50 inches long. 



Family C^ARANGID^. 



Scombroides toloo-parah (Riippell). 

 Two specimens, 6.25 inches long. 



Scombroides tala (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



One specimen, 26 inches long. 



Caranx speciosus (Forskal). 



One specimen, 15.50 inches long. Cross bands of body alternating 

 wide and narrow; distinct. 



Caranx sexfasciatus Quoy and Gaimard. 



Six young specimens, 2 to 3.75 i" dies long. 

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