NO. 1868. NEW FISHES FROM THE PHILIPPINES— RADCLIFFE. 435 



margin sinuous; caudal emarginate; anal similar to second dorsal, 

 1.60; ventrals 1.77; pectorals 1.40. 



Color in alcohol: Ground color pinkisli-buff dotted with brownish, 

 darkest in front of and at base of anal; silvery reflections on scales 

 on sides; some of scales on back with pearl-gray edgings; a seal- 

 brown band across tip of snout and chin through e3"e, continued very 

 faintly across opercles, margined below by a silver}^ line, a silvery 

 line above it on eye; a blackish bar on upper part of eye; tip of 

 opercle brown; a small round black spot on caudal peduncle at base 

 of caudal; fins hyaUn; upper membranes of anterior dorsal spines 

 dusky; a narrow black line along base of second dorsal to tip of 

 posterior rays. 



Type.— Csit. No. 70246, U.S.N.M., a female 7.8 cm. in length, with 

 immature eggs, from a small stream in Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf, 

 Luzon. 



This trim little fish appears to be quite distinct from related forms, 

 distinguishable by its coloration and deep, compressed body. The 

 eye is larger than in A. jenTcinsi, the lower jaw not so prominent, 

 caudal peduncle slenderer, nuchal spots and stripes on top of head 

 lacking; caudal spot small; brown shade on tip of opercle. 



AMIA NIGROCINCTA Smith and RadclifEe, new species. 

 Plate 37, fig. 2. 



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



General shape fusiform, compressed; head 2.70, large, pyramidal; 

 body deep, contour lines symmetrical, depth 2.65; caudal peduncle 

 slender, compressed, depth 2.40, length 1.50; eye 2.95; snout 3.88, 

 short, pointed; nostrils close together, anterior circular, posterior 

 sUtlike; mouth oblique, tip of lower jaw rounded, projecting beyond 

 upper; maxillary 1.87, reaching vertical from posterior border of 

 pupil; interorbital 3.70, broad, nearly flat; margin of preopercle and 

 crest finely serrate; orbital rim with a few weak serrations on its 

 lower, outer margin; teeth in upper jaw, shghtly unequal, villiform, 

 in a broad band which is narrow posteriorly; small caninelike teeth at 

 symphysis of lower jaw, followed by a narrow band of cardiform 

 teeth; a single row of small, stocky teeth along ridge of vomer, a simi- 

 lar row of somewhat slenderer teeth on palatines; peritoneum silvery 

 white with dusky punctulations; scales regular, ctenoid. 



Fins low; first dorsal rounded, spines short and slender, first small, 

 fourth longest 2.26; margin of second dorsal sinuous, anterior rays 

 longest 1.65; caudal emarginate, lobes rounded; anal 1.85, similar to 

 second dorsal; ventrals 1.92, rounded; pectorals 1.40. 



Color in alcohol: Pinkish-buff, darkest on back, becoming silvery 

 white on belly, everywhere punctulate with minute brownish dots; 

 scales with silvery reflections; a brown band from tip of snout and 



