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Above bistwg:with soiled or dusky appearance, sides generally with 
silvery, violet and bluffe reflections. Along back 4 or 5 obscure, ill de- 
tSwSjLvfi,., 
fined, dark blotches and siaSj|ft|t£i dark cloudings. Dusky blotch, more or 
less conspicuous, about size of ^§|^;at suprascapula region. Iris brown. 
. Spinous dorsal neutral blackish 
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dorsal, anal and caadal dark brown. 
Paired fins pale basally, neutraJ^Hlwn terminally. 
( .1; CV. 
Mekran, Madagascar, jg 
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East Indies, Philippines, Indo--China, 
China* Umbrina iuscq linea~ta^ ^^h Bond© is very closely related, evidently 
synonymous. Barnard say^p^ "chief difference" from Scia ena dussumie ri 
"lies in the lower spl d| | ff ! dorsal, which in dussumi eri is much higher, being 
nearly or qiite equ|||po the depth of the body". Bleeker's figure shows it 
iV 3 . 
{ 22517, 22519| fagupan, Luzon. March 19, 1908. Length 77 to 100 mm. 
24 examplegJPManila Bay. December 6, 1907. Length..83 to 98 mm. Abundant 
onj^bdy shores. Drummed audibly when touched. All individuals ap- 
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peared |p ; drum and on dissection though gonads not greatly developed both sexi 
y|i “ 
seemed t^&e represented. The air bladder is of moderate size, pointed 
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head and all compound racemose, hollow andkilled 
posteriorly an 
with air. Three or 4 most posters^fcmore simple and directed nearly straight 
backward. Color of all upper parts-»uish dusky or slaty, white below. Fins 
slaty, caudal greenish 
J 
,67 
Off Daet. June 15, 19|§|j|p Length 146 mm, 
6545 
5021 to 5023.J^T acloban 
it. July 25, 19091. Length 188 to 203 mm. 
5S123.tJ. S.L.M. -San g^plran. Bureau of Fisheries (4097). Length 131 mm, 
1 iM $3® 
anga. Dr. E. A. Mearns. Le: 
57979 U. S.K.M. 
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2 examples. j6jjp3. P.tl Phi lip pines. Co 
Length Q 
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o 139 mm. 3 examtis 
useum of Philadelphia 
