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deep, strongly arched dorsally, ventral outline comparatively straight, 

 depth 2.62; caudal peduncle slender, compressed, of nearly uniform 

 depth, depth 2.50, length 1.70; eye 2.76, prominent; snout 4.50, 

 short; nostrils well separated, anterior circular, near edge of snout, 

 posterior elUptical, close to eye; maxillary 1.80, reaching vertical 

 from posterior margin of eye; interorbital 4.06; vertical margin of 

 preopercle with a few weak denticulations, angle, horizontal margin, 

 and crest smooth; bands of villiform teeth, broadest in front, on 

 jaws; vomerine and palatine teeth villiform, slightly larger than the 

 others, in a single row along the ridge of the bone; scales small, 

 regular, ctenoid; lateral Une arched. 



First dorsal spine small, second 2.13, longest and strongest; the 

 second dorsal rounded, longest ray 1.86; caudal forked; anal 2, similar 

 to second dorsal; ventrals 1.97; pectorals 1.60. i 



Color in alcohol: Ground color cream-buff; a stripe obscure anteri- 1 

 orly (probably brilHantly colored in life), dusky black posteriorly, 

 about three-fourths width of eye, extends from scapula with a down- 

 ward sweep, becoming horizontal on caudal peduncle, to tips of 

 median caudal rays; lines of lighter color, most distinct anteriorly, 

 margin this stripe; a walnut-brown bar as wide as pupil from eye to 

 base of pectoral; fins hyalin. 



Type. — Cat. No. 70243, U.S.N.M., a specimen 4.1 cm. in length, 

 from Sulade Island, Jolo. 



AMIA PARVULA Smith and Radclifie, new species. 



Plate 34, fig. 2. 



Dorsal vi-i,9 ; anal ii,8 ; scales 3 + 6-24. 



General shape fusiform, compressed; head 2.60, large; body 

 slender, arch of back greater than ventral surface, depth 3; caudal 

 peduncle tapering, slender, compressed, depth 2.75, length 1.42; eye 

 3, prominent; snout 4; mouth nearly horizontal, tip of lower jaw 

 projecting; maxillary 2.25, barely reaching vertical from middle of 

 eye; interorbital 3.97, narrow, fiat; preopercular margin finely ser- 

 rate, crest smooth; teeth on upper jaw small, unequal, cardiform, 

 mainly in one row, a wide toothless space at symphysis; a group of 

 six or seven large, unequal teeth on each side of symphysis of lower 

 jaw, narrowing to a single row of smaller teeth on sides, no teeth on 

 vomer and palatines (a few scattered papillary structures along the 

 ridge of the palatines); peritoneum silvery; scales regular, ctenoid; 

 lateral line incomplete, six well-developed pores present anteriorly. 



First dorsal spine 3.20, second longest 2.40, spines weak, membranes 

 not deeply incised; anterior rays of second dorsal longest, 1.59, dis- 

 tal margin slightly concave; caudal long, deeply forked, lobes 

 rounded; anal 1.85, similar to second dorsal; ventrals 1.90; pectorals 

 1.40, long. 



