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species published by Day. Bleeker fails to describe and omits from his figure the black blotch 
between the second and third dorsal spines. There is, however, scant reason for supposing that his 
and Day’s specimens are different. Amia jenkinsi Evermann & Seale differs from the present species 
in its shorter maxillary. Life colors of Calayan specimen silvery, dusky above; a large circular dusky 
spot on caudal peduncle; a small dusky mark on each side above posterior base of anal. 
106. Amia kalloptera (Bleeker). 
A single specimen 3 inches long, from Fuga Island, evidently belongs to this species. There is an 
indistinct dusky lateral band, above and below which is a faint light border. At the base of the caudal 
fin, above the lateral line, is a black blotch as large as the pupil. There are oblique black blotches on 
the first four membranes of the spinous dorsal. Both soft dorsal and anal are barred across the base, 
and the soft dorsal is also margined with dusky. The caudal is black-edged above and below, and the 
membrane between the first and second rays of the ventral is blackish. 
MIONORUS Krefft. 
107. Mionorus glaga (Bleeker). 
Four specimens, 2 to 3 inches, from Manila. Color in life silvery, with green reflections; dorsal and 
caudal edged with dusky; ventral and anal washed with yellow; pectoral faintly washed with red. 
APOGONICHTHYS Bleeker. 
108. Apogonichthys fo (Jordan & Seale). 
A single example, 2 inches long, from Iloilo. 
The original type of Apogonichthys Bleeker is A. perdix Bleeker (Floris). This specieshas an incom- 
plete lateral line, an entire preopercle and teeth on the palatines. The genus Apogonichthys is therefore 
the same as Foa, and Fowleria (aurita) is generically distinct. 
Family AMBASSID. 
AMBASSIS Cuvier. 
109. Ambassis urotznia Bleeker (not Ambassis wrotenia of Day). 
Four specimens, 3 to 4 inches long, from Calayan, in a brackish estuary, and one example from Iloilo, 
4inches. Lateral line not interrupted. 
110. Ambassis kopsi (Bleeker). 
A single specimen, 2.50 inches long, from Iloilo. 
PRIOPIS Kuhl & Van Hasselt. 
111. Priopis interrupta (Bleeker). 
Two specimens from Mindoro Island, 2.50 and 3 inches long, and one from Cuyo, 2 inches. 
112. Priopis buruensis (Bleeker). 
Two specimens from Aparri, 2.75 and 3.50 inches long, we refer with some hesitation to this species. 
They are of slightly slenderer form than the specimens we have called Priopis interrupta, and the second 
dorsal spine is not so long, the specimens in these respects agreeing with those from Cavite, called buru- 
ensis by Jordan & Seale. In both the present specimens and in those here recorded as Priopis interrupta 
the interopercle has from 3 to 5 small denticulations in front of its posterior angle. Doctor Bleeker states 
(Key, Revision Apogonini) that the interopercle is smooth or has only a single denticulation in Ambassis 
buruensis. The two forms, as they are represented in our own specimens, are evidently very closely 
related, and may not be really different. 
Family SERRANIDA. 
NIPHON Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
113. Niphon spinosus Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
A single specimen, 3.50 inches long, from Cuyo. 
Color in life pale silvery blue; fins light salmon; caudal light yellow at base. 
