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smooth, toothless lower jaws. Our specimens doubtless came from fresh water, though this is not stated 
on the locality label. 
Family SPHYRANIDA. 
SPHYRAENA Linneus. 
53. Sphyreena jello Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
One specimen, 4 inches long, badly broken, from Iloilo. 
54. (?) Sphyreena commersonii Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
A specimen, 6 inches long, from Aparri, agreeing with S. snodgrassi, from Honolulu, Hawaii, in 
every respect except that there is a slight tentacle at tip of chin. Scales 80; head 2.80; depth 7.50; 
nose 2.20; eye 2.70 in snout; maxillary 2.25, not reaching front of eye; opercle with a single flexible 
point; sides with about 12 indistinct cross bands. 
From S. commersonii as understood by Giinther and Day, this specimen differs in its shorter 
maxillary. We are not certain that it is possible to determine satisfactorily what species was meant 
by Cuvier & Valenciennes in their original description of S. commersonii. Lacépéde’s figure of ‘‘le 
Sphyréne chinoise,’’ on which the original description of Cuvier & Valenciennes was in part based, is 
poor to the point of wretchedness. 
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Family POLYNEMID&. 
POLYDACTYLUS Rafinesque. 
55. Polydactylus zophomus Jordan & McGregor. 
Polydactylus zophomus Jordan & McGregor, in Jordan & Seale, Bul. U.S. Fish Comm., xxv1, 1906, p. 11, fig. 4; Cavite, P.I. 
Two examples, 5 inches long, from Manila, and one from Iloilo, 3 inches. In life white, with 
metallic golden and green reflections; dorsal and caudal dusky pale greenish; pectoral, ventral, and 
anal dusky, with wash of yellow; a dusky blotch behind upper margin of opercle. 
56. Polydactylus tetradactylus (Shaw). Mamalay. 
Two specimens, 4.50 inches long, from Manila. 
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Family FISTULARIIDA. 
FISTULARIA Linneus, 
57. Fistularia petimba Lacépéde. Torotot. 
A specimen, 10 inches long, from Cuyo, and one from Lubang, 9 inches. In life dark greenish; 
under side of head and a line along belly to vent white. 
58. Fistularia serrata Cuvier. 
Two specimens, 6 to 7 inches, from Manila. In life light brown above and white below. 
Family CENTRISCID, 
ZZOLISCUS Jordan & Starks. 
59. Holiscus strigatus (Giinther). 
Seventeen specimens from Cagayancillo, 4 to 5 inches long. 
Family SYNGNATHID. 
CORYTHROICHTHYS Kaup. 
60. Corythroichthys spicifer (Kaup). 
Five specimens, 4 to 5.50 inches long, from Aparri. 
