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preopercle and intraiiiarsiiial crests. This character is not constant and we 

 do not deem it of generic importance. 



In 1903, in Bull. U. S. Fish. C'onuu., p. ISO, Jorthm i*c l^verniann estal)iish the 

 genus Fowleria basing it on .4. (iiin'tus. the first sjjecies Bleeker mentioned under 

 his description of Apogonichthys. They state that Fowleria differs from Apo- 

 gonichthys solely in the character of the lateral line, which is developed only 

 on the anterioi- jiart of the body. This character does not separate Fowleria 

 from Apogonichthys as defined by Bleeker. Cuvier it Valenciennes in the 

 original description of .-1. auritm do not mention the lateral line or the palatine 

 teeth. Shoukl the i)alatine teeth prove to be al)sent. Fowleria could stand 

 if based on the absence of palatine teeth. 



In 1905, in Bull. U. S. Fish C'omm.. p. 210, Jordan it Evermann establish the 

 genus Foa, basing it on Fowleria bracli ijgranuiius .]pnkm^, described on page 447, 

 and state that "the genus diffei-s from Amia [.Vpogon] only in the character of 

 the lateral line which is developed only on the anterior part of the body, the 

 ])reopercle being as in Mionorus without serrations * * * * and differing from 

 .V])ogonichthys in having palatine teeth." 



In 1906 in Fishes of Samoa, Bull. Bureau of Fisheries, page 248, Jordan it 

 Seale still further characterize Foa, by the entire ])reopercle, incomplete lateral 

 line and the presence of teeth on the ])alatines. In the same report, page 250, 

 they jjlace Fowleria in the synonymy of A]iogonichthys, stating that Aj^o- 

 gonichthys, "is based on a species .4/>o(/o/; nuritiiH Cuviev ik N'alenciennes, which 

 we have not seen. It is. however, \'ery closely related to three Samoan sjiecies, 

 with ^\■hicll it is doubtless congeneric. These species iliffer from the group 

 calleil Foa. in lia\ing no teeth on the palatines. In all of them there is a lai'ge 

 black (jcellus on the opercle. and the lateral line, although interru])ted, shows 

 rudimentary pores on the caudal ])edimcle." 



The characters gi\-en above for Foa are not different froiu those given by 

 Bleeker for Apogonichthys and do not therefore separate it from Ajjcjgonichthys. 

 If the three species mentioned al)ove do not jiossess palatine teeth, they should 

 be jilaced in the genus Fowleria and not in Apogonichthys since Apogonichthys 

 l)os.se.sses palatine teeth. 



Jordan & Richardson, in Fishes of the Philippines, in Bull. U. S. huv. Fish. 

 190S. 27. 1). 255, state that "the original type of A paganichlJiya Bleeker is A. 



