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Family SPHYRAENIDAE. 
SPHYRAENA AUREOFLAMMEA Seale. 
Head, 24; depth, 62; D. V—I, 9,1; A. II, 9, 1; tubular scales, 
81 in lateral line (mostly fallen) to caudal base, and about 8 more on 
latter; 10 scales above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin, 10 below 
to spinous anal origin; 26 (pockets) predorsal scales to occiput; 
snout, 24 in head from upper jaw tip; eye, 54; maxillary, 22; inter- 
orbital, 63. Gill-rakers, 2, lanceolate, on cerato-branchial, about 
two-thirds of filaments or 3 in eye. Scales with 28 to 34 basal 
parallel striae, circuli fine. Maxillary reaches nostril, but not quite 
to eye. Spinous dorsal begins opposite tip of pectoral. Ventral 
origin nearer pectoral base than spinous dorsal origin. Color in 
alcohol, brownish above, paler below. Length, 163 mm. (caudal 
damaged). Cebu. 
Our example agrees in most every way with Seale’s account. In 
the short maxillary not extending to the eye it is certainly near 
Sphyraena langrar Bleeker and S. brachygnathus Bleeker. Of these 
the former is said to have the snout nearly twice as long as the eye 
and larger scales. In the latter the body is much more slender and 
the eye larger. 
Family MUGILIDAE. 
MUGIL TROSCHELII Bleeker. 
Head, 32; depth, -t; D. IV—I, 8; A. IIT, 9, 1; scales, 33 from gill- 
opening to caudal base; 12 scales transversely between soft dorsal 
and anal origins; 20 predorsal scales; snout, 34 in head; eye, 332; 
mouth width, 3; interorbital, 22. Guill-rakers about 31+50, finely 
lanceolate, 14 in filaments or 1? ineye. Scales with 5 radiating basal 
striae, and circuli very fine. Five scales between depressed spinous 
dorsal] tip and soft dorsal origin. Preorbital scaly, with fine den- 
ticles. Pectoral axillary scale slightly less than half of fin. Soft 
dorsal largely scaled, anal likewise and its front fourth before soft 
dorsal origin. Maxillary reaches level of lower preorbital edge, 
slightly uncovered. Spinous dorsal slightly higher than soft fin, its 
origin midway between front pupil edge and caudal base. Least 
depth of caudal peduncle, 22 in head; pectoral length, 12. Caudal 
emarginate. Color in alcohol, dull brownish, mostly uniform. Cau- 
dal with slight wash of pale dusky. Length 148 mm. Cebu. 
Evermann and Seale have noted and figured this species as Liza tro- 
schelti™ from Manila. They say the origin of the anal is under the 
origin of the soft dorsal, though their figure shows it well in advance 
and as found in our example. Also, they say the pectoral is long as 
1 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 31, 1907, p. 506, fig. 1. 
