NO. 1853. FOUR ISfEW PHILIPPINE FISHES— RADCLIFFE. 261 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate 20. 



Amia compressa Smith and Radcliffe, new species. 



From photograph. Illustrating changes in color pattern at different stages of 

 growth. Upper figure, a fish 4.8 cm. long, from Romblon, Philippine Islands; mid- 

 dle figure, a fish 7.4 cm. long, from same locality; lower figure, a fish 9.5 cm. long, 

 from Biri Channel, east coast of Luzon, Philippine Islands. 



Plate 21. 



Upper figure, Amia compressa Smith and Radcliffe, new species. 



From photograph of a colored drawing of a fish 7.2 cm. long, from Tataan Pass, 

 Tawi Tawi Group, Philippine Islands. 



Lower figure, Amia fasciata (White). 



Copied from White's Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, p. 268, fig. 1. 



Plate 22. 



Upper figure, Amia aroubiensis (Hombron and Jacquinot). 



From photograph of a fish 6.5 cm. long, from Kayoa Island, west of Gillolo, Dutch 

 East Indies. 



Lower figure, Amia fasciata (White). 

 From photograph of a fish 10.2 cm. long, from Port Jackson, New South Wales. 



Plate 23. 



Amia novemfasciata (Cuvier and Valenciennes). 



From photograph. Illustrating changes in color pattern. Upper figure, a fish 2.6 

 cm. long from Basa Reef, Gulf of Boni, Celebes; middle figure, a fish 4.8 cm. long, 

 from Sablayan, Mindoro, Philippine Islands; lower figure, a fish 7.8 cm. long, from 

 Gubat Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands. 



Plate 24. 



Amia robusta Smith and Radcliffe, new species. 



From photograph. Illustrating the characteristic color pattern and the differences 

 in color and form from A. novemfasciata at same stages of development. Upper figure, 

 a fish 6.4 cm. long, from Canimo Island near Daet, Philippine Island; middle figiu-e, 

 a fish 4.3 cm. long, from Sablayan, Mindoro, Philippine Islands; lower figure, a fish 

 2.7 cm. long, from Canimo Island near Daet, Philippine Islands. 



Plate 25. 



Am.ia multilineata Bleeker. 



Prom photograph. Illustrating the remarkable changes in color pattern at different 

 ages and the marked resemblance of the young to the young of A. novemfasciata and 

 A. robusta. Fishes respectively 2.2, 3.9, 4.6, and 7.3 cm. long, from Great Tobea 

 Island, Celebes. 



