278 SEALE. 



Xystasma kapas (Bleeker). 



This species has the third anal spine considerably longer than the 

 second; however, the latter is the strongest. Head 3.1; depth 2.35; eye 

 3.75 in head ; snout 4. 



Color dull light brown above, silvery below ; fins yellowish. No. 2537 ; 

 length, 87 millimeters. 



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



Xystsema oyena (Foiskil). 



Head 3.1; depth 2.1; eye 2.55 in head; snout 3.50; interorbital 2.75; 

 second dorsal- spine 2.50 in depth; the third anal spine is the longest, 

 but the second is the strongest. 



Color yellowish-white, margin of spinous dorsal dusky, tip of caudal 

 with an indistinct dusky shade. No. 2609; length, 105 millimeters. 



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



Xystasma lucidus (Cuv. and Val.). 



Head 3.1; depth 2.30; ej'e 2.50; snout 4; interorbital 3; second dorsal 

 spine 2.20 in depth; second anal spine longer and stronger than the third. 



Color 3'ellowish, slighth- darker above with 4 or 5 wide distinct darker 

 bands over back, tip of dorsal black. No. 2583 ; length, 92 millimeters. 



A food-fish of but little importance in Borneo; not recorded from the 

 Philippines. 



Xystaema abbreviatus (Bleeker). 



Depth about 2 in length; eye 2.50 in head (measured with jaws not 

 projected), pectorals extending well along the base of anal. 



Color silver}-; centers of scales slightly darker; tip of dorsal dusky. 

 Nos. 2478 and 2542; length, 114 to 185 millimeters. 



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



Family MFLLID.E. Goat-fishes. 

 Upeneoides tragula (Richardson). 



I have examined several hundred specimens of this species, and they 

 are without exception distinctly speckled with black, with a distinct 

 black line along each side, the anterior dorsal is very largely dusk}-, the 

 caudal is always distinctly marked with oblique lines; the ventrals and 

 anal are marked with two or three dusky lines. These, aside from 

 structural differences, make the species very easily recognized. Nos. 

 2435, 2545, 2553, and 2616 ; length, 110 to 155 millimetei-s. 



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



Upeneoides vittatus (Eorskal). 



Color dull silvery -brownish ; a yellow line on sides ; tip of dorsal black, 

 a black line through the middle of fin, another through base of fin ; soft 



