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East Africa, Andamans,, East Indies, Philippines, China, Australia. 
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A valued fhbbt fish. According to McCulloch, it is more estuarine ir: Australia 
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and reache®p05 mm. Sleeker* s figure shows the caudal but very slightly 
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emarginate ! S®| without a large dark basal pectoral blotch# c 
Coric i §&|. ; ng Sillago burrus Castelnau says: "burrus is only known 
by a drawing, ander has very properly neglected it in his cata- 
logue. I am inclined to that it is simply maculata, as it appears 
principally to differ from tlrlm|by the absence of the longitudinal streak 
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which may have been forgotten |§§:' the draftsman 11 # 
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Sillago gracilis sh^s: Depth 5; head 3*73• Snout 2V3 in head; 
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eye 3 /gj maxillary 2 Vk» Ip§j|I, I, 33 (description gives 22 soft rays); 
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Caudal truncate. In description color bril¬ 
liant yellowish red, wi|p a silvery lateral band, and three rows of distant 
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black spots - one onjphe silvery band, one between that and the back, and 
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one on the summit the back. Fins pale, unspotted, length 76 mm# 
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Sills^g aeolus Jordan and Evermann is also likely another synonym 
The original Ascription says: "head naked, except on cheek, where there are 
about two roT§jf of large scales" though the figure clearly shows 4 rows below 
the eye to ti®| preopercle ridge. 
9118 to 9120 
22446. :: Cavite market»’•'•••< 
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# FCatbalogan, Samar. April 15, 1908. Length 75 to 185mm 
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7838. Cebu market. April 7, 1908. Length 1 
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8048, 8049. Manila market. March 18, 1908. LejiSth 123 to 126 mm. 
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1 example.£t Manila harbor. March 16, 1908. L&figth 51 mm 
22006. “ Mariveles Bay, Luzor. January 27, Jf09 
Length 121 mm. / 
19515. Pagay Kiver tidewater, Luzon. 
19419. Sorsogon market. March 12 
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3 examples. C5 Verde del Sur Island, Palawan 
Length 83 to 104 mm. 
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