. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 558 XJ. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 202 eye; fifth and sixth branched pectoral rays longest; pseudobranchiae small, not free; gill rakers short, thick; air bladder with a short hornlike projection each side of enlarged anal pterygiophores, ending opposite bases of anal spines. Color in alcohol.—^A little dusky dorsally, silvery on sides, whitish ventrally; margin of spiny dorsal dusky to blackish; peritoneum blackish. GERRES OBLONGUS Cnvier and Valenciennes FiGUKE 87 Qerres oilongus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, v
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 558 XJ. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 202 eye; fifth and sixth branched pectoral rays longest; pseudobranchiae small, not free; gill rakers short, thick; air bladder with a short hornlike projection each side of enlarged anal pterygiophores, ending opposite bases of anal spines. Color in alcohol.—^A little dusky dorsally, silvery on sides, whitish ventrally; margin of spiny dorsal dusky to blackish; peritoneum blackish. GERRES OBLONGUS Cnvier and Valenciennes FiGUKE 87 Qerres oilongus Cuvier and Valenciennes, Histoire naturelle des poissons, vol. 6, p. 479,1830 (type locality, Ceylon). SPECIMENS STUDIED Guam: 2 lots, 11 specimens ( Nos. 123988 and 124041), 26 to 48 mm. standard length. Description.—Dorsal IX,10; anal III,Y, (II,i,7 in one); pectoral i,15 or 16; pelvics 1,5; branched caudal fin rays 8+7; scales from. Figure 87.—Gerres ohlongus Cuvier and Valenciennes. (Drawing by H. W. Fowler of a Philippine specimen.) upper edge of opercular opening 43 to 47, to caudal fin base; 6 or 7 scales from dorsal origin to lateral line and 9 or 10 from lateral line to anal origin; gill rakers about 5 to 7+1+7. Head to ; depth to ; length of pectoral fin to ; length of longest dorsal spine about to ; all in standard length. Postorbital length of head to ; eye to ; snout to ; length of mouth to ; interorbital space to ; greatest depth of body to ; all in length of head. Least depth of caudal peduncle to in its length; length of accessory pelvic ap- pendage to 2 in length of pelvic fin; pectoral fin reaching to anus or a little beyond, but not quite to opposite anal origin; anus about half length of maxillaries in front of anal origin; three rows of scales. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may n
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