264 SEALE. 



dorsal about i'(|ual to its base; caudal with two notches, its length one- 

 third greater than head; a distinct pit at base of caudal both above and 

 below; origin of anal midway between origin of ventrals and origin of 

 caudal, being directly below the pecnud dorsal; origin of \'entrals midway 

 between under part o[ caudal and anterior gill opening; length of outer 

 margin of pectorals 1.10 in head, the inner margin '^.60 in outer, the 

 posterior margin concave. 



Color 11 alcohol uniform pale drab aljove, yellow below; fins uniform 

 with coloring of body, except the second dorsal which has its upper 

 two-thirds black. 



This species in appearance resembles (J. dussum.icri (A"al.), but the 

 location of the fins and the form of the teeth are different. This is also 

 true of C. aciihis (Riippell) whicli it also jescmbles. 



Type, Xo. 3720 in the collection of the Bureau of Science, from 

 Sandakan, Borneo. Length, 312 millimeters. ^ 



Family DASYATID^. Sting I!ays, 

 Dasyatis kuhli (Miiller and Henle). 



Color blown a))o\e, with large round blue spots; belly yellowish-white. 

 No. 2503 ; disk 140 millimeters in diameter. 



A common sting ray of Borneo, used as food ; also found in the Philip- 

 pines. 



Family CLUPEID.E. Herrings. 



Ilisha xanthoptera lileeker. 



Head 4.25, measured to tip of upper jaw; eye 3.^5; adipose eyelid well 

 developed; snout o.S'); depth 3.85; scutes strong, 7 on gular region and 

 2T on belly, a total of 34; dorsal 17; anal 40; villiform teeth on palatines 

 and minute teeth in each jaw; none mi vomer. Origin of anal below 

 posterior rays of dorsal. 



Color silver bluish from above; a dusky blotch On upper anterior part 

 of opercle, and another posterior to upper portion of opercle ; tip of jaws 

 dusky. No. 2713 ; length, 370 millimeters. 



A food-fish of Borneo, not recorded from the Philippines. 



Family SYN0D(_)N'1^I1).F. Lizard-fishes. 



Saurida tumbil (Bleeker). 



This specimen agre(_!s with Bleeker's - description and figure. It is 

 common in Borneo and used as food. It has not been recorded from the 

 Philippines. No. 2.^i87; length, 195 millimeters. 



^ Atlas' Ichthyologique (1866-1S72), 6, 155, pi. 277, fig. 4. 



