The type of Strongylura fijiense is undoubtedly the present 
species. Its very fine scales, counted along the sides of the back as 
450, are much smaller and more numerous or with finely crowded appearance, 
than those below the median lateral or axial line ■where they would number 
about 270. The descrepancies in the cotints are due to the method of 
counting, this greatly enhanced by their irregularities. Thus in a given 
space as 10 mm the scales may vary 13 to 18, or even more. 
Belone koseirensis K lunzinger is imperfectly described and may 
be the present species: 
Depth 18; head 3-f-. Snout 4|r in body; eye l\ in head, somewhat 
large, greater than 1; postorbital 1-f- in head; tongue smooth; lower jaw 
projects; supraorbital with 3 ridges. 
D. 20 (22?), last ray not long as body depth, reaches caudal base 
A. 19 (22?); P. 12. 
Above greenish gray, sides and belly silvery. lateral blackish 
longitudinal row of obsolete blackish spots. Yellowish lateral streak to 
below middle of dorsal. Pins clear. Caudal blackish, also last dorsal rays 
Length 515 mm. 
5785. Baganga Bay, Mindanao. May 13, 1908. Length 330 mm. 
One example. Camp Overton Anchorage, Mindanao. Electric light. 
August 5, 1909. Length 137 mm. 
5504. Catbalogan, Samar, -^pril 14, 1908. Length 329.mm. 
5511. Catbalogan. April 15, 1908. Length 558 mm. 
One example. East side Tagbalaran Strait, Bohol. April 9, 1908. 
Length 47 mm. 
10876, 10877. Jolo Anchorage, Jolo. March 5, 1908. Length 245 
to 379 mm. 
5863. Malabang, Mindanao. May 21, 1908. Length 458 mm. 
