254 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. voc. 41. 



end; the second unites with its fellow at tip of snout and extends 

 through center of eye to base of caudal, ending in a round black 

 blotch about the size of pupil; a third from middle of maxillary, 

 beneath eye, through lower pectoral base to inferior base of caudal, 

 very indistinct posteriorly; obscure brown dots along lower part of 

 maxillary to base of anal ; fins hyaline, spines and rays whitish, base 

 of soft dorsal and anal white with dusky above, indicating presence of 

 dark bar as in related species ; dorsal stripe on head margined with a 

 white line which becomes median at anterior end of stripe, extending 

 forward to first lateral stripe; a white line crosses upper third of 

 eye, extends forward on snout as a margin to first lateral stripe, a 

 similar line through lower part of eye, margining second stripe 

 around tip of snout. 



A specimen 7 cm. in length from Sipadan Island, Borneo, has the 

 following measurements: Head 2.72; depth 3.11; depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2.10, length 1.43; eye 2.50; snout 4.17; maxillary 1.75; 

 interorbital 5.71; third dorsal spine 1.81; height soft dorsal 1.45; 

 depth of anal 1.60; ventral 1.74; pectoral 1.40; a narrow black line 

 composed of a series of spots on membranes between rays near base of 

 soft dorsal and anal. 



From A. novemfasciata this species differs in having the maxillary 

 slightly longer, the eye more prominent, body relatively longer, the 

 ratio of depth to length being less, first stripe not separated from its 

 fellow near tip of snout, the lateral stripes not connivent on caudal, 

 base of dorsal not markedly darker, and bars on soft dorsal and anal 

 less distinct. From A. rohusta it difi^ers in the slenderer, more 

 compressed body, larger eye, narrower interorbital, shorter dorsal 

 spines, shorter ventrals, narrower stripes, and absence of short stripe 

 behind eye. 



Tyi)e.— Cat. No. 68399, U.S.N.M., 8.5 cm. in length, from Mala- 

 nipa Island, east of Zamboanga. 



AMIA ROBUSTA Smith and Radcliffe, new species. 

 Plate 24. 



Amiafasdata, Evermann and Seale, Fishes of the Philippine Islands, Bulletin 

 Bureau of Fisheries, vol. 26 (1906), p. 72, 1907; Bacon. 



Dorsal vii-i,9; anal ii,8; scales 3 + 6 — 25, 



General form fusiform; head 2.68, conic, robust; body robust, 

 dorsal and ventral surface arched from tip of snout to caudal pe- 

 duncle, depth 2.63, breadth behind opercle 1.90 in depth; caudal 

 peduncle tapering, compressed, depth 2.15, length 1.47; eye 2.84, 

 moderate; snout 3.85, rounded, not depressed; mouth large, oblique, 

 upper jaw projecting slightly; maxillary 1.85, extendmg a little 

 beyond vertical from posterior border of pupil; nostrils small, dis- 



