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SCOLOPSIS Cuvier. 
136. Scolopsis cancellata Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
One specimen, 3.50 inches long, from Cuyo. In life the upper half brown, with three pale yellow 
stripes; lower half silvery white; vertical fins washed with pink; paired fins white with a black spot in 
each axil. 
POMADASIS Lacépéde. 
137. Pomadasis argyreus (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 
Eight specimens, 2.50 to 4 inches long, from Manila. Color in life of largest examples silvery white, 
washed ventrally with elusive yellow; fins more strongly yellow; a dusky spot on posterior part of opercle; 
eye large, 3.2 in head; second anal spine long and slender. 
These specimens are certainly not different from those described and figured by Bleeker as Pristi- 
poma argyreum, and figured by Day as P. guoraca. The P. guoraca and argyreum of Bleeker appear to be 
different species, the first having a much smaller eye and shorter and heavier second anal spine, and being 
probably identical with the Guworaka of Russell. 
138. Pomadasis argenteus (Lacépede). 
Two specimens from Manila, 3 to 4 inches. Color in life silvery, with dusky spots on each scale of 
upper parts; pectoral pale yellow; other fins a little dusky; spines of dorsal silvery. 
139. Pomadasis maculatus (Bloch). 
A single example, 3 inches long, from Manila. General color in life dusky silvery; five dusky ver- 
tical blotches on side, three below dorsal crossing lateral line, and two on caudal peduncle, the first just 
behind soft dorsal; dorsal and caudal fins dusky; pectoral clear; ventral light yellow; anal dusky yellow. 
PENTAPUS Cuvier & Valenciennes. 
140. Pentapus caninus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). (Pentapus bifasciatus Bleeker.) 
Two specimens, 2.50 inches long, from Cuyo. Color in life brown, the side stripes and belly white. 
PLECTORHYNCHUS Lacépéde. 
141. Plectorhynchus orientalis (Bloch). 
One specimen from Calayan, 4incheslong. In life white, with large irregular dark seal brown bands 
and blotches; one irregular wide band from eye to end of caudal on each side, connecting across occiput; a 
transverse interorbital band; another paler narrow band from base of pectoral to and on anal; dusky spot 
on snout and another on each side below eye, bordered with yellow; caudal crossed diagonally above and 
below by seal brown bands; spinous dorsal crossed by two brown bands; soft dorsal with one band; both 
dorsals white and yellowish on margins; ventral white; red spots in lis of ventral and pectoral. 
142. Plectorhynchus lineatus (Linnzeus). 
Three specimens from Aparri, 2.50 inches long, agreeing in all respects with the original figure and 
description of Diagramma albovittatum of Riippell. Riippell’s types were 5 inches long. 
Family SPARIDA. 
LETHRINUS Cuvier. 
143. Lethrinus meensii Bleeker. 
One specimen, 7.50 inches long, from Calayan. Depth 3.2; head 2.75; snout 2 in head; teeth all 
conical and pointed; each side with 6 indistinct dusky cross bands; a dark spot at base of each dorsal spine 
andray. In life brownish; dorsal and caudal marked with red; a red spot on opercle. 
This species appears to be close to Lethrinus variegatus Ehrenberg (L. latifrons Riippell), from which 
it is distinguished apparently by its more slender form and by certain differences in coloration. 
144. Lethrinus mahsenoides Ehrenberg. 
A specimen 4 inches long from Cuyo agrees with others called Lethrinus mahsenoides by Jordan & 
Seale. Depth 2.50 to base of caudal; posterior teeth molar; coloration in spirits uniform pale olive, each 
scale of sides and back with a faint dark spot at base; base of dorsal spines dusky. The third, fourth, and 
fifth dorsal spines are the longest. The specimen is evidently close to Lethrinus hematopterus of Tem- 
minck & Schlegel, and may be that species. We have no notes on the life colors. 
