276 SEALE. 



Family H^EMULID^E. Grunts. 

 Spilotichthys pictus (Thunberg). 



Our specimens show the comjslete transformation from the older 



specimens on which round bro^vnish spots cover the body and extend on 



■ the dorsal and caudal, to the j'oung specimens with dark longitudinal 



bands which are just beginning to break up into rows of round spots. 



Nos. 3491, S467, 3604, 3643, and 3740 ; length, 130 to 310 millimeters. 



This species during its various color changes may be distinguished by 

 the presence of only 10 dorsal spines. 



A food-fish of importance in Borneo: also recorded from the Phil- 

 ippines. 



Euelatichthys crassispinus (Eiippell). 



Head 3 ; depth 3.1 ; dorsal spines 14. 



Color dusky; the fins black without white margins or spots; pectorals 

 grayish-white. The center of each scale is lighter in color giving the 

 appearance of narrow light lines on sides. I^o. 3489 ; length, 175 milli- 

 meters. 



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



Pristipoma hasta Bloch. 



Color yeUowisli with a silvery wash; back, and dorsal fins with black 

 spots. No. 3442 represents the form called P. negel Eiippell, probably 

 a color variation. Nos. 2479, 3635, 3443, and 3758; length, 81 to 210 

 millimeters. 



Common in Borneo ; also recorded from the Philippines. 



Pristopoma therapon Bleeker. 



Color silvery; a large oval black spot occupying a large portion of the 

 spinous dorsal, othei-wise uniform in color. No. 3589 ; length, 80 milli- 

 meters. 



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



Family THEKAPONID^E. Tlierapons. 

 Scolopsis vosmaeri Bleeker. 



Similar in every respect to the figure given by Bleeker." Color 

 yellowish white; a wMte longitudinal stripe backward from origin of 

 lateral line; another white band over nuchal region. No. 3717; length, 

 156 millimeters. 



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



"Atlas Ichthy. (1876-1877), 8, 8. pi. 61, fig. 5. 



