. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. 74 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 101. Amia margaritophora (Bleeker). Oni' sppcimcTi from Bacon (no. 4197: knifjth in.). IIca( IfDjitli: depth ; eye 3 in head; dorsal vi-i, 9; : scales 3-25-7: teeth on palatines and vomer. Apogon maTgaritophorus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. vn. 1854. 3ti3, Batjan. Amia margnritophoTus Bleeker, Atlas, vn,91. pi. crri, fig. 4: Oiinther, Cat., i. 234. 102. Apogonichthys mentaUs Rvermann & Seale, new species. 10; Head in length: depth : eye in head; s
. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. 74 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 101. Amia margaritophora (Bleeker). Oni' sppcimcTi from Bacon (no. 4197: knifjth in.). IIca( IfDjitli: depth ; eye 3 in head; dorsal vi-i, 9; : scales 3-25-7: teeth on palatines and vomer. Apogon maTgaritophorus Bleeker, Nat. Tijds. Ned. vn. 1854. 3ti3, Batjan. Amia margnritophoTus Bleeker, Atlas, vn,91. pi. crri, fig. 4: Oiinther, Cat., i. 234. 102. Apogonichthys mentaUs Rvermann & Seale, new species. 10; Head in length: depth : eye in head; snout 4; interorbital equal to snout; dorsal vi anal ii, 12 (the small anterior anal .spine broken off in type); .scales probably about 28, deciduous. Body oblong, moderately compressed: depth of caudal peduncle in head: mouth large, the lower jaw the longer: maxillary in head, its distal end under anterior margin of pupil; mandible in head; minute teeth in jaws, none on vomer or palatines: 20 gillrakers on lower limb, the longest equal to pupil: no dentieulations on preopercle; opercle with a single point; entire body covered with thin, very deciduous cycloid scales; lateral line probably complete, apparently a single row of scales on cheek: origin of spinous dorsal midway between tip of snout and axil of soft dorsal; longest dorsal spine in head; base of soft dorsal. Fig. 10.—Apognnichthits mentaliK Evermaiin tt Senle. new species. Type. in head, its longest ray 2 in head: origm of anal under anterior third of soft dorsal, its longest ray in head, its base ; ventrals below base of pectoral, their length in head; pectoral , the tip reaching beyond anal spines; caudal rounded. Color in spirits, yellowish white; 2 black longitudinal hnes separated by pale yellow on side to below posterior end of soft dorsal: some dark dots on opercle, a shading of dusky at tip of snout and on tip of lower jaw; fins all uniform yellowish white. Two specimens
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