Bulletin - United States National Museum . ILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 243 head; interorbital 3^ to 3% broadly and but little convex. Gillrakers 4 + 8, short points, ji of gill filaments, which 4% in eye. Scales 43 to 45 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 or 5 more onlatter; 7 above, 10 below, 22 predorsal foward opposite front eyeedge, premaxillary groove broadly naked; 3 rows on cheek to pre-opercle ridge. Scales with 4 or 5 basal radiating striae; basal circulias fine parallel transverse striae. D. IX, 10, I, second spine 1% to 2 in head, first ray 3 to 3K; , 6, I, third spine
Bulletin - United States National Museum . ILIPPINE SEAS AND ADJACENT WATERS 243 head; interorbital 3^ to 3% broadly and but little convex. Gillrakers 4 + 8, short points, ji of gill filaments, which 4% in eye. Scales 43 to 45 in lateral line to caudal base and 4 or 5 more onlatter; 7 above, 10 below, 22 predorsal foward opposite front eyeedge, premaxillary groove broadly naked; 3 rows on cheek to pre-opercle ridge. Scales with 4 or 5 basal radiating striae; basal circulias fine parallel transverse striae. D. IX, 10, I, second spine 1% to 2 in head, first ray 3 to 3K; , 6, I, third spine 2% to 3, first ray 3 to 3%; least depth of caudalpeduncle 4% to 4%; pectoral 1% to IK; ventral 1% to 1%; caudal 1 toIjio, deeply forked. Back pale brown, with purplish or lilac shades. Sides and belowwhite, with slivery white shades. Iris silvery white. Fins all of spinous dorsal dusky terminally and each membranewith dusky spot basally, mostly concealed by basal scaly dusky shade along front part of FiGUEE 17.—Oerres oblongm Cuvier, young Portuguese East Africa, India, Ceylon, Andamans, East Indies,Philippines, Queensland, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia. The imperfectly described Gerres carinatus Alleyne and Macleay,based on 2 examples about 75 mm long, may be this species, thoughit is described with larger scales: Depth 3; head 3. Eye 2% in head, greater than snout. Maxillaryreaches % in eye, length 2% in head. Lateral line 35. D. IX, 10; , 7 (figure shows II, 8). Pectoral little longer than caudal or 3 incombined head and body to caudal base. Bright silvery, withnumerous black spots irregularly disposed over the back and pale. Dorsal lightly tipped with black. Tail (caudal) withbrownish basal mark. 22597. Canmahala Bay, Ragay Gulf, Luzon. March 11, 1909. Length, 67 example. Mansalay, Mindoro. June 4, 1908. Length, 80 examples. Nogas Point, Panay. February 4, 1908. Length, 91 to 108 example.
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