2S2 SEALE. 



Nos. -.'1 55, -.Msii, -.MS--.', '>--,{}-,, ■;:,-!:>, and ■'C-n^ length, 110 to VTO milli- 

 meters. 



A valued food-fish of I'loriieo ; also recorded IVom tlie Philippines. 



Fnmily 'r( I.XOI'l D.f:. Eing-fishes. 

 Toxotes jaculatrix (Pallas). 



Xns. ?-±'i5 and 2G11 ; lengtli, .Si) to l'^"i miDiuii'ters. 

 Common in the sticams of Borneo; also in the Philippines. Xot 

 highly esit'cmed as food. 



Family S('AT< ) L'HAGI i ).E. Kitmgs. 

 Scatophagus argus (OnieUn). 



Color yellnw ish-wJiile with a bluish wash. The entire fish, e.vcept 

 under ])aits, eovoed with ]]uniei-oiis round bluish spots. The young are 

 similar but liave larger spots. M^os. '^"li'.i and '!7'i'i; length, 75 to l?ii 

 millimeters. 



An important and exrdlent food-fish in Borneo; also iccorded in the 

 Phili]i])iues. 



Family DEFl'AXID.E. Eastern Spade-fisbes. 

 Drepane punctata (Gmelin). 



C'olor silvery, with about ten vertical I'ows of dots over the liaek and 

 downward to median line or a little below on sides; a black spot in axil 

 of pectoral; ventral dusky at tip. Xos. 251)7 and 2581; length, 100 to 

 165 millimeters. 



A food-fish of value; also leeorded fiom numerous places in the 

 Philippines. 



Family EPIIIPPID.F. Ephippids. 

 Ephippus orbis (Blocli). 



Flead 3.15; de]ilh 1.20; three anterior dorsal spines elongate. 



Color silvery; very indistinct indiealions of about four wide dusky 

 bands on back and sides, more distinel in young s|ieeiiueus; pectoral and 

 caudal yellowish; other lins with a grayish tinge Xos. 247 4 and 262G; 

 length, 101 niillimeteis. 



A rare fish in BoiJieo; not yet recorded from the Philippines, but 

 reported from Foi-mosa. 



Family SCOKPIDIl ).F. ,Seoi[nds. 

 Monodactylus argentus (Lilln;^■^l^). 



Colni- silvery; a black orbital baud; an additional band at posterior 

 margin of opereles; caudal and pectorals yellow, dorsal and anal grayish, 

 ventrals represented by small spines. Xo. 2750; length, 60 millimeters. 



A valuable food-fish of , Borneo ; also j-eeorded IVom numerous places 

 in the Philippines. 



