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thorax ; a dark line from orbit to chin ; tip of dorsal with a slight trace of 

 dusky color. Nos. 3468, 2708, and 2781 ; length, 45 to 50 millimeters. 

 Common food- fish of Borneo; also found in the Philippines. 



Leiognathus blochii Cuv. and Val. 



Head 3 ; depth 2.1 ; eye 3 in head ; snout 3 ; interorbital about 3 ; dorsal 

 VIII, 16; anal III, 14; scales 55 to end of caudal vertebra. A small 

 spine in front of orbit, lower margin of preopercle serrated, mandible 

 moderately curved; length of median crest 2.60 in head, second dorsal 

 spine 2.50 in depth. 



Color yellowish-brown abo\'e, silvery below ; a black band around tip of 

 snout; a dusky blotch on shoulder at end of nuchal spine; numerous 

 vertical or undulating lines over back. Inner axil of pectoral black; 

 some dusky coloring on inside of gill openings. Day^ gives a good 

 figure of this species, although in our specimens the dusky saddle on 

 shoulder is not so distinct. Kos 2556, 2644, 2662, 2711, 2748, and 

 2756 ; length, 66 to 100 millimeters. 



A common food-fish of Borneo; also recorded from the Philippines. 



Leiognathus caballa (Cviv. and Val.). 



Head 3; depth 1.55; eye 2.70 in head; dorsal VIII, 16; anal III, 14; 

 second dorsal spine 2.80 ; breast naked ; lateral line complete ; superorbital 

 edge serrated; nuchal spine 1.75 in head. 



Color grayish-silver}^ above, with numerous fine vertical lines over back 

 down to near median line of sides; no black on the fins, which are 

 yellowish-white. Nos. 2463, 2515, 2520, and 2551; length, 70 to 110 

 millimeters. 



Leiognatlms cdentulus Bloch and L. dussumieri Cuv. and Val. both 

 have the breast fully scaled and are probably sjTionymous; they certainly 

 are not the above species which has the breast naked. 



Leiognathus splendens (Cuvier). 



Head 3.10; depth 1.75; eye 2.50 in head; snout 3 in head; interorbital 

 2.60; first dorsal spine 2.50 in depth of fish; nuchal crest 1.85 in head; 

 orbital serrated ; two distinct spines in front of eye on each side ; breast 

 fully and distinctly scaled. 



Color silvery, darker above, with some irregular vertical markings 

 scarcely showing, and entirely obsolete in some specimens. A distinct 

 dusky blotch on upper portion of spinous dorsal. Axil of pectoral dusky ; 

 end of snout duslqr; some dusky markings at tip of anal. Nos. 2543, 

 2690, 2737; length, 65 to 89 millimeters. 



A food-fish of importance because very abundant. Also found through- 

 out the Philippines. 



"Fishes of India (1878). 241. pi. 52, fig. o. 



