NO. 186S. NEW FISHES FROM THE PHILIPPIXES—RADCLIFFE. 437 



another beliind eye on opercle; vertical fins and ventrals very dark 

 olive brown, almost black; pectorals body color. 



Type.— Cat. No. 70248, U.S.N.M., 5.5 cm. in length, from Bisucay 

 Island, Cuyos Islands. 



Color in life of a specimen 5.5 cm. in length from Tara Island, ]\Iin- 

 doro Strait: Dusky, with reddish brown shades a round blackish 

 blotch larger than pupil midway between pectoral and lateral line. 



Color in alcohol of a specimen 3.9 cm. in length from dredging 

 station 5179: Drab gray, black blotch on side verj" distinct. 



AMIA STRIATA Smith and Radcliffe, new species. 

 Plate 35, fig. 1. 



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



General form elliptical, compressed; head 2.60, pyramidal, upper 

 profile straight; body oblong, dorsal surface arched more than ven- 

 tral surface, depth 2.71; caudal peduncle deep, compressed, depth 

 2.16, length 1.64; eye 3.38; snout 4.91, short; mouth very oblique, 

 lower jaw projecting slightly; maxillaiy 1.75, longer than snout plus 

 eye, reacliing vertical from posterior border of eye; nostrils large, 

 aperture of posterior larger than anterior; interorbital 4.50, narrow, 

 rugose; upper margin of preopercle smooth, angle with strong serra- 

 tions, crest smooth; outer orbital rim crenulate; a band of unequal 

 cardiform teeth, largest at symphysis and along inner edge of mandi- 

 ble; a broad toothless space in front of upper jaw, a narrow band of 

 unequal cardiform teeth, widening posteriorly, the teeth becoming 

 smaller, villiform; a single row of rather stout teeth along ridge of 

 vomer and palatines; peritoneum silvery wliite with dusky spots; 

 scales ctenoid. 



Fins rounded, dorsal spines relatively weak, fourth longest, 2.50; 

 soft dorsal 1.69; anal 1.93; ventrals 1.75; pectorals 1,53. 



Color in alcohol: Ground color sepia-brown with iridescent silvery 

 reflections, crossed by 10 bistre crossbands of about same width as 

 interspaces, this color is underneath scales; spinous dorsal blackish, 

 base of spines light; soft dorsal dusky, a darker band near base, base 

 light; caudal bistre; anal very light; ventrals light, dusky at base; 

 pectorals light with some dusky points; sides of head iridescent 

 silvery, punctulate with bistre, an indistinct bar frop^ eye downward 

 to edge of preopercular crest. 



Type.— Cat. No.- 68403, U.S.N.:M., 8.9 cm. in length taken with a 

 beam trawl at station 5442 (lat. 16° 30' 36'' N.; long. 120° 11' 06" 

 E.), west coast of Luzon, at a depth of 45 fathoms, on a bottom of 

 coral sand. 



Tliis species is closely related to Amia lineata from Japan, but the 

 interorbital is much narrower and not so flattened, the eye is larger, 

 the snout shorter, the maxillary longer, the crosa bands darker and 



