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104. Archamia bleekeri (Gi'iiithci). McisiiiKiui. 



Forty-eight SDecimena from Biirnu (no. 82711 lo o30li and 3(i7S: length U) In H in.), and 2 from Siui 

 Fabian tno. 3815; length 1.2.5 in.). 



These each have 16 anal rays, n round black spot at base of caudal, its nutline shai])ly defined, a large 

 black spot at anterior end of lateral lin(>, touching upper edge of opercle, and a dusky line from eye to .sub- 

 opercie. Ttesembling ^1. inacroptfroidcs- but readily distinguished l)y the form and position of tlie caudal and 

 humeral spots. 



Among our specimens are both males and females. Nearly mature eggs \\'(>re found in the ovaries of 

 some of the females, and a mass of matiu'e eggs was disro\er('d in the mouth of a male. It has long been 

 asserted that the male of certain species of this family carries the eggs in his mouth during incubation. Meas- 

 urements of 10 of these eggs gave an average diameter of 0..51 ram. 



Apogon bleekeri Giintlier, Cat., I, -45, 1859, Batavia; Padang; Amboyna. 



Apogon macropterus, Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., n, 168, 1861, and .\.thi.s, A'm, pi. cccxlvi, fig. 2. 



Family .\MB.\SSID.+;. 



105. Ambassis urotsenia Bleeker. 



One hundred and three specimens from Bacon (no. .3408 and 3621; length 1.7.5 lo 3 in.). 

 Head 2.75 in length; depth 2.75; eye 3.1 in head; snout 4.75; second dorsal spine 4 in length; dorsal 

 vu-i, 9; anal ni, 10; scales '1-28-6, 2 rows on cheek. 



Ambassis UTotxnia Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind., m, 1S52. 257, Amboyna; Atlas, vm, 135, pi. rccxLiv, fig. 2, and pl.cci li, 

 flg. 1; Giintlier, Cat., i, 224. 



106. Ambassis liingi (Jordan & .Scale). 



Four specimens from Bacon (no. 3834 and 4192; length 1 to 3 in.). 



This species is easilv distinguished by the single row of scales on cheek, the broken lateral line, and the 

 color of the fins and back. 



Ambassis urotsenia. Day, Fishes India, pi. xv, flg. ,s; not of Bleeker. 



Priopis lungiJoTinn & Seale, Bull. Bu. Fi-shoncs, xxvi, 19011, Is. flg. i'.. Cavite, Luzon. 



Family PEMPHERID/E. 

 107. Pempheris vanicolensis Cu\ ier tt ^'alenciennes. 

 Eight specimens from Bacon (no. 3213 to 3218, 3.542 and 37f)2; length 3.75 to 6 in.), and 3 young from 

 Bulan (no. 3817). 



Head 3.4 in length; depth 2.2; eye 2.6 in head; snout 6.5; anal in, 43. 



Xo black spot on base of pectoral ; anterior dorsal rays black-tipped ; edge of anal black. These characters 

 distinguish the species. 

 Pempheris vanicolensis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., vn, 227 (305), 1831, Vanicolo. 



Family SERRANID.B. 

 108. Epinephelus merra Bloch. 

 Four specimens from Bacon (no. 3630, 3631, 3632, and 4082; length 4 to 6.5 in.). 

 Epinephelus merra Blocli, Ichth., vii, 17, pi. cccxxi, 1797; Boulcnger, Cat., i, 241, 1896. 



109. Epinephelus tauvina (Forsk&l). 

 One specimen from Bacon (no. 3633; length 1.4 in.). 



Perca tauvina ForskM, Descr. Anlm., 39, 1775, Red Sea. 

 Epinephelus tauvina, Boulenger, Cat., i, 244. 



110. Epinephelus fasciatus (ForskM). 



One fine specimen from Bacon (no. 4040; length 10.75 in.). 



Perca fasdata Forskil, Descr. Anim.. 40, 1775, Red Sea. 

 Epinephelus fasciatus, Boulenger, Cat., i, 238. 



