NO. 1868. ^'EW FISHES FROM THE PHILIPPINES— RADCLIFFE. 433 



Color in alcohol: Ground color cream-buff, scales edged with brown, 

 darkest on dorsal surface; a median line on back from occiput to 

 caudal, blackish under dorsals, elsewhere brownish; a narrow brownish 

 stripe from snout, over eye, along lateral line, fading out posteriorly; 

 a brown stripe nearly as wide as pupil from tip of snout through mid- 

 dle of eye to tip of opercle, continued on body as a narrow black line 

 to caudal peduncle, ending in a large yellowish white area before 

 base of caudal; a silvery stripe underneath this for its entire length; 

 a black line along base of anal to base of caudal ; a brown stripe from 

 middle of maxillary, under eye, across opercles, to base of pectorals; 

 snout dusky; a large black area on tip and under side of chin; ante- 

 rior margin of spinous dorsal dusky black; a dusky brownish band 

 above base of second dorsal to tip of posterior rays ; a similar band on 

 anal; all tlie fins slightly dusky. 



Color in life: Body translucent, dorsal surface dusky with a narrow 

 median black line ; a black hne from eye ending in a brilliant scarlet 

 blotch larger than pupil, at base of caudal, margined below by a 

 purplish stripe on head, changing to opalescent green on body; a 

 black stripe below this on head; chin and nose black; top of head 

 dusky with short silvery olive stripes; lower head and breast white; 

 fins dusky; first dorsal spine blackish; a red-brown bar slightly 

 nearer base than tip of rays across second dorsal; anal similar to 

 second dorsal, the brown bar slightlj;^ nearer base and a black line 

 along base continued on lower edge of caudal peduncle; iris dark. 



Type.— Cat. No. 70244, U.S.N.M., a specimen 3.9 cm. in length, 

 from Tataan Pass, Tawi Tawi group. 



The collection contains many specimens, of which the type is the 

 largest. Faded alcohoHc examples closely resemble the young of 

 A. margaritopliora, but the black area on chin is larger, the stripes are 

 darker, the pearly spots characteristic of A. margaritophora are lack- 

 ing, and the lateral line is incomplete. 



Among the 35 examples from Saboon Island, Ragay Bay, Luzon, 

 of which the largest is 3 cm. in length, are several females with eggs in 

 an advanced stage of development. One example 2.7 cm. in length 

 is gravid, and the eggs are unusually large for so small a fish. 



AMIA HYALINA Smith and RadcliSe, new species. 

 Plate 36, fig. 3. 



Dorsal vn-i,9; analii,8; scales 3 + 6-2 L 



General form ovate, compressed; head 2.60, very pointed, dorsal 

 profile concave, ventral slightly convex; body short and deep, back 

 arched, depth 2.27; caudal peduncle short compressed, depth 2.25, 

 length 1.65; eye 3.50, small; snout 3.60, depressed, nearly as long as 

 eye; nostrils widely separated, anterior tubular, near tip of snout; 

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