Bulletin - United States National Museum . PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 239 with brown spot, concealed by basal scaly sheath of fin. Some brownusually on front membranes of anal. Red Sea, Arabia, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Zululand, Natal, Mau-ritius, Reunion, Madagascar, Seychelles, India, Ceylon, East Indies,Philippines, Indo-China, China, Japan, Northern Territory Aus-tralia, Queensland, Micronesia, Polynesia. The most Abundantand widely distributed member of its genus. In many detailsit appears quite variable and changes in coloration and appear-ance due to preparation as museum specimen
Bulletin - United States National Museum . PHILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 239 with brown spot, concealed by basal scaly sheath of fin. Some brownusually on front membranes of anal. Red Sea, Arabia, Zanzibar, Mozambique, Zululand, Natal, Mau-ritius, Reunion, Madagascar, Seychelles, India, Ceylon, East Indies,Philippines, Indo-China, China, Japan, Northern Territory Aus-tralia, Queensland, Micronesia, Polynesia. The most Abundantand widely distributed member of its genus. In many detailsit appears quite variable and changes in coloration and appear-ance due to preparation as museum specimens often lead to con-fusion of materials. I find little tangible to distinguish Gerreskappas Bleeker and Gerres acinaces Bleeker, the latter here placed inthe synonymy. Aside from its uniformly pale coloration and accord-ding to Bleekers figure of Gerres acinaces it is shown with a den-ticulate suprascapula, a character I have not noticed. The Japaneseform, based on Sparus erythrourus Bloch, does not seem to showcharacters for Figure IQ.—Oerres oyena (ForskSl), young The imperfectly described and crudely figured Gerres longicaudusAUeyne and Macleay is probably synonymous: Depth 2^; head 3%.Eye 2%, little longer than snout; maxillary reaches ji in eye, length2% in head; lower jaw shown very slightly protruding; scales 50 inlateral line (about 42 rows shown on figure along lateral line, with 9above and 11 below). D. IX, 10, second spine half body depth; , 7, second and third spines subequally long and slender. Pectoral1% in head. Caudal deeply forked, 3 in rest of body. Moderatelysilvery. Fins pale; dorsal brownish on upper half; caudal tipped black.(Alleyne and Macleay.) Gerres socotranus Steindachner is described as near Gerres acinacesBleeker and Gerres lineolatus Playfair: Depth 2 to 2}^; head 3 to S%.Snout 3 in head; eye 3 to 3^- Lateral line 43, 6 scales above and 6 240 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM below lateral line. Dorsal spines slender
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