274 SEALE. 



Family A i'()( lONKiriTIIYIDJ^]. Cnnlinal Fishes. 

 Amia hyalosoma Bleeker. 



Color } (.:llo^\ish, a lar^e blai-k spot on Ijasc of anal ; blai'k between 

 anterior doisal spines. ^;os. 2()()S and "Jli'.!!) ; length, !]."> millimelei-s. 



Top small to lie of iniicli importaiic<' as lood. 1,'nninion nlsu in the 

 Philippines. 



Amia quadrifasciata (Cuv. and Val.). 



Color yellowisli^ two or three brfiwn strij)es on upper half of body, the 

 lower stripe extending to tip ol' caudal fin; the airangement of scales 

 on sides gives the ap[)eai'ance ol' vertical bands. Xos. '.'-NO, i;,"i;7, ".'.")94-, 

 '>r><.)i;, '2(;3(i, -HilC, -.'745, 2768, and -i^so; length, 57 to s8 milliinelers. 



C'diiimon in Borneo and the Philippines. 



Pseudoamia polystigma Blepker. 



Color brownish, specked; a black spot on ojiercle with a short brown 

 line above it; two brown lines passiiig d()^^■ln^•ard and biickward From the 

 eye. Nos. ?.:i.so, '>,ji),5, 2(U\:'>, and "i^'iS; length 6.-, millimetei's. 



Common in lloriieri; also in the Philj]i|iines. 



Amia ceramensis Bleeker. ^ 



Color }-cllowish, a black dot on base of caudal; a narrow dusky line 

 along niiddle of side. Xo.-. 'M.)6 and 2'>7] ; length, (JT to (ifl millimeters. 



Common in Borneo and the Philippines, but too small to be of 

 impoitancp as a food-fish. 



Family .ami;. VSSin.E. Climbing I'crcbes. 

 Ambassis kopsi (Bleeker). 



Coloi' in alcohol yellowish-white \\ ith an indistinct silvery line down 

 the middle of side. Nos. V4^(;. -iali), ■M44, ■>:>'.)■!. ^oiW. ?7.'.;i, and V^s:! ; 

 lengdh, (i2 to !)•") millimeters. 



(Common in Borneo and in the Philippines; ot no importance as food. 



Priopis gymnocephalus Lacgp&de. 



Nos. 27tr, and ?'7?4; length, .Id to (;:i millimelers. 



Common in Pornen and also in the Philippines. Poo small to l)e of 

 iin|ioi4ance ;is food. 



Family SBIIKA XIB.Pl Sca-basscs. 

 Psammoperca waigiensis (Cuv. and Val.). 



Similar to IaiIps inlniiifrr (Bloch), but without s]iines on lower border 

 of preopercle. 



Color uniform dull brown, centers of sc'ales slightly darker; fins like 

 bo<ly. exce])t pectorals and \cntrals which are vellowish-white. The 



