278 SEALE. 



Xystsema kapas (Bli'eker). 



This speeies has the third anal spine considerably longer than the 

 second; liowever, (lie latter is the strongest. Head ;i,l ; depth 2.35; eye 

 v'.75 in head; snout 4. 



Color dull light brown above, silvery below; fins yellowish. No. •io^T ; 

 length, 87 niillinieters. 



A common food-iish ol' Borneo; also found in tlic I'liilippines. 



Xystsema oyena ( J-'niskiil) . 



Head 3.1; depth -2.1; eye 2.,").") in head; snout 3.511; interorbital 2. 75; 

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

 but the second is the strongest. 



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

 with an indistinct dusky shade.' No. 2GU9; length, 105 millimeters. 



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



Xystsema lucidus (Cuv. and Val.). 



Head 3.1; depth 2.30; eye 2.50; snout 4; interorbital 3; second dorsal 

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



f'olor yellowish, slightly darker above with 4 or 5 wide distinct darker 

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



.V food-fish of but lilllc importance in Borneo; not recorded from the 

 Philippines. 



Xystsema abbreviatus (Bleeker). 



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

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



Color sil\er^-; centers of scales slightly darker; tip of dorsal dusky. 

 Nos. 247's and 25d2; length, 114 to 1S5 millimeters. 



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



Family AlTTLLID.i;. Goat-fishes. 

 Upeneoides tragula (Richardson). 



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

 are without c.xccjition distinctly speckled with black, with a distinct 

 black line along each side, the anterior dorsal is very largely dusky, the 

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

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

 structural differences, niake the species very easily i-ecognized. Xos. 

 2435, 3545, 2553, and 2016; length, 110 to 155 millimeters. 



A food- fish of I'lorneo; also recorded from the Philippines. 



Upeneoides vittatus (Forakal). 



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 



