art.2, FORMOSA AND PHILIPPINES FISHES—FOWLER AND BEAN. 25 
above lateral line to soft dorsal origin; 3 predorsal scales; snout 4,5 
in head from upper jaw tip; eye, 3; maxillary, 24; interorbital, 44. 
Gill-rakers, 1. 3-++11, rv, lanceolate, filaments seven-eighths of gill- 
rakers, which 3 in eye. Scales with 14 to 18 basal radiating striae, 
128 to 148 apical denticles, and circuli coarse. Dorsals dusted with 
dull brownish. At upper caudal base small deep brown round spot, 
little less than pupil. Length, 98 mm. (caudal damaged). Cebu. 
We compared this example, though poorly preserved and much 
larger, finding it agrees with the types in the Academy. 
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AMIA LINEATA (Schlegel). 
Head, 24 to 24; depth 23 to 3; D. VIII, 9,1; A. II, 8,1; tubular 
aos 
scales, 20 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 more on latter; 2 scales 
above lateral line to soft dorsal origin, 5 below to spinous anal origin; 
5 predorsal scales; snout, 5 to 54 in head; eye, 34 to 34; maxillary, 
12 to 2; interorbital, 34 to 3%. Gill-rakers m, 3+-11, lanceolate, twice 
filaments, or 2 in eye. Scales with 10 to 16 basal radiating striae, 
2 or 3 auxiliaries, apical denticles 93 to 104, and circuli rather 
fine. Color in alcohol with ten pale brown vertical bars, wide or 
narrower as whitish interspaces on trunk. Back pale brown. Dor- 
sals and caudal dusted with blackish dots, more crowded and darker 
marginally or terminally. Pale subbasal dusky band on soft dorsal. 
Anal pale, dusted with blackish marginally. Paired fins pale. 
Length, 38 to 75mm. Eight from Takao. 
An example in the Academy from Nagasaki compared and agrees. 
We believe the narrower vertical dark bands described by Jordan 
and Snyder are largely due to conditions of preservation. Our 
specimens, which are much fresher, at least in appearance, show 
more dark pigment dots under a lens and the dark areas they form 
are of greater extent. No structural differences can be found. 
AMIA ELLIOTT (Day). 
Head, 24 to 22; depth, 34 to 32; D. VII—I, 9,1; A. II, 8,1; tubular 
scales 22 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 more on latter; 2 scales 
above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin, same to soft dorsal 
origin, 6 below to spinous anal origin; 4 or 5 predorsal scales; snout 
5 to 54 in head from upper jaw tip; eye, 32 to 33; maxillary 2; inter- 
orbital, 34 to 42. Gill-rakers m1, I-++9, m1, lanceolate, filaments four- 
fifths of gill-rakers, which 24 in eye. Scales with 11 or 12 basal 
radiating striae, often 1 to 4 auxiliaries incomplete, apical den- 
tricles 69 to 83 and circuli coarse. Color in alcohol dull brown with 
silvery reflections. Seven broad brown vertical bands, pale inter- 
spaces one-third width of bands. Iris slaty, with coppery tints. 
Upper half of spinous dorsal black. basal half white. Soft dorsal 
white, with margin and median horizontal band black. Caudal 
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