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sieve, 8 below, 24 predorsal forward td^ftrils, 2 rows on cheek below 
eye; caudal finely scaled basally and othM fins all more or less with some 
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fine scales* Scales with 6 basal radiat«|; striae; 58 to 61 apical denti- 
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10 in head, first branched ray 
2V5> A. Ill, 18, I, first braijpfed ray 2 V 2 I caudal lVg> hind edge very 
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slightly emarginate; least d^lth of caudal peduncle 3 / 4 .; pectoral P/ 3 ; 
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yeijtral 1 / r . 
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Pale brown, liSiter below* Traces of silvery white lateral axial 
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streak, now grayish, embracing lateral line at caudal peduncle. Iris slate 
gray. Pin membranes transp ^& fct. spinous dorsal sprinkled with deep or 
blackish brown dots terminally. 
Past Indies, Philippines. This 
rad jffg related to Sill ago si hama. 
but with much shorter body, larger scales and mudftejarger eye. 
57903 tf.S.B.M. 'Zamboanga. Dr.. E.A. Mearns. Length,m33 mm. As Sillago 
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Atherina sihama FORSK&L, Descript. J ^jgfaal., 1775, pp. xiii, 70 7 (^Lohaj 
Red Sea. - BCNKATEHRE, Tabl^&hth., 1788, p. 178'(Red Sea). - 
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GMELIIv, Syst. hat. Linn.„jfe. J 1789, p. 1396 (Red Sea). - LACfc- 
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PEDE, Hist. Mat. Poiss.^Pol. 5, 1803, pp. 371, 373 (Arabia). 
xMm ; 
Platycephalus sihamus SCHliiBRER, Syst. Ichth. Bloch, 1801, p. 60 (Red 
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