Bulletin - United States National Museum . IPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 159 to 10 more forward till over middle of eyes; 6 or 7 rows across with 13 to 15 basal radiating striae; large scales sometimeswith many as 50 very weak, minute, short, apical denticles; circulivery fine. D. XI, 11, I, fourth spine 2% to 2% in head, second ray 2% to ^%;A. Ill, 8, I, second spine 1% to 2%, first ray 2% to 2^^; caudal 1)^ toly^, deeply forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 2%; ventralIK to IK; pectoral 2% to 2K in combined head and body to caudalbase. Dull olive-brown above, below pal
Bulletin - United States National Museum . IPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 159 to 10 more forward till over middle of eyes; 6 or 7 rows across with 13 to 15 basal radiating striae; large scales sometimeswith many as 50 very weak, minute, short, apical denticles; circulivery fine. D. XI, 11, I, fourth spine 2% to 2% in head, second ray 2% to ^%;A. Ill, 8, I, second spine 1% to 2%, first ray 2% to 2^^; caudal 1)^ toly^, deeply forked; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% to 2%; ventralIK to IK; pectoral 2% to 2K in combined head and body to caudalbase. Dull olive-brown above, below pale to whitish and whole bodywith silvery and brassy reflections. Iris pale brownish, with reddishtints. Fins brown, membranes of spinous dorsal darker, also longi-tudinal band on soft dorsal, though only on membranes. Anal withmembranes of spinous fin and basal half of membranes of soft findeep brown. Caudal little deeper brown than body. Paired finsrather pale, with dusky blotch within origin and axil. Ventral withlittle dusky Figure S.—Sparus berda ForskSl, young Red Sea, Arabia, Mozambique, Delagoa Bay, Natal, India, Ceylon^Pinang, East Indies, Philippines, Tonkin, China, Formosa, Japan,Melanesia. 21692, 21693. Cabugao Bay, Catanduanes Island. June 9, 1909. Length, 178to 192 mm. 6094. Iloilo market. May 31, 1908. Length, 370 mm. Native name— silvery, snout and front of head darkest. Duskiness of sides mostlyat bases of scales. Lower head and breast white, with dusky shades. Irissilvery. Fins dusky. Dorsal spines silvered, anal spines dusky but withoutsilvery. Caudal slightly darker terminally. Anal and ventral almost dusky straw, membranes nearly hyaline. 160 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 4507, 4508. Manila market. December 12, 1907. Length, 210 to 220 mm. ;Silvery with brown longitudinal lines. Dorsal and caudal black edged. Anal ft)lack. Pectoral very long, pale yellow. Ventral black Manila market. Jul
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