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Head above soaleless, with deep groove. Scales truncate, caducous. 
D. 13, inserted before fourth anal ray, reaches behind anal; A. 15, 
rays higher than dorsal; free part of tail compressed, much deeper than wide; 
P. 11, little less than postorbital; V. 6, inserted midway between preopercle 
and ca dal base. 
Black spot at caudal base. Yellowish longitudinal band on flanks. 
Length 400 mm. 
21250. Cotabato, below mouth of Mindanao River. May 20, 1908. 
Length 142 mm. 
One example. Iloilo market. June 1, 1908. Length 93 mm. This 
small example shows the black caudal spot also the caudal fin subterminally 
above blackish and below or medially largely dark brown. 
6127. Iloilo market above river. June 2, 1908. Length 278 to 
288 mm. Two examples. 
17547. Sorsogon market. March 12, 1909. Length 237 mm. 
5011, 20393. Sandakan Bay, Borneo, Dutch East Indies. March 2, 
1908. Length 193 to 290 mm. 
5307 to 5309. Sandakan Bay. March 21, 1908. Length 225 to 
235 mm. 
5287. Sandakan Bay. March 31, 1908. Length 190 mm. 
A. N. S, P., nos. 49289 to 49292. Philippines. Commercial 
Museum of Philadelphia 
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Strongylura incisa (Valenciennes) 
