26tS SEALE. 



snout 3.1; width of exposed iiiiper jaw equal to its length; origin of 

 anal midway between end of caudal vertebra and origin of ventrals, being 

 l)eIow fifth dorsal ray; length of ventrals 2.50 in head; length of 

 pectorals ';!.")() in head; caudal truncate, its length equal to distance 

 from posterior end of upper jaw to end of opercle; body covered with 

 smooth deciduous scales. 



Color 3'ellowish with a silver stripe along side which is bordered above 

 with dark grei'n. A dusky M'ash on dorsal and caudal, the anal with a 

 distinct dusky blotch anteriorily. 



Type, Ko. ^(l?'.) in the collection O'f the Bureau of Science, from 

 Sandakan, Borneo. Length, 1.50 millimeters. 



Family ATHERINID.E. Sihcrsides. 



Atherina forskalii Eupp. 



Head 3.50; depth 4; eye 2.:'jO in head; interorbital about equal to eye; 

 dorsal V-10; anal I, 13; scales O'J in lateral series from enlarged scale 

 above opercle. 



Common in Borneo and the Philippines. 



Family il FC ILID.F. Midlets. 



Mugil belanak Bleeker. 



One specimen collected agrees with Bleeker's ' description and figure. 



( Njlor yellowish with a slight brownish wash above; scales with slightly 

 darker centos, giving an indistinetl)^ striped appearance ; adipose eyelid 

 moderately developed; tip of maxillary exposed. (Jrigin of spinous 

 dorsal about midway between tip of snout and end of caudal vertebra 

 origin of ventrals midway Ijctwecn origin of anal and notch of preorbital 

 origin of anal very sligthly in advance of origin of dorsal. Xo. 34S1 

 length, 1T5 millimeters. 



An important food-fish of Borneo; not I'cported from the Philippines. 



Liza casruleomaculatus (LaoSpgde). 



Color silvery, slightly bluish above; a black spot at up[)er axil of 

 pectorals; scales 38. Nos. 2559 and 2(i02; length, 120 millimeters. 



A common and valuable food-fish of Borneo; also recorded from the 

 Pliilippines. 



Family SPnYJJ.EjSriD.F. Barracudas. 



Sphyraena toxeusa Forster. 



Head 3.30; depth (i.50 ; eye 5.50; interorbital 4.75; scales 115. 

 Dusky a))ove; white below; all the fins more or less stained with gray. 

 No. 2736 ; length, 440 millimeters. 



A valuable food-flsh of Borneo; not yet recorded from the Philippines. 



' Java, 4, 337. 



