FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. 61 Family SCOMBRIDAE. 49. Scomber brachysomus Bleeker. Masangui One specimen from San Fabian 3271 ; length 81 in) Gillrakers equal to distance from tip of snout to orbit, shorter than in S microlepidolus, from which this species is easily distinguished by the deeper body r brachymma Bleeker Nat. Tijds. Nod nd I 156, 1850, Batavia; Gunther, Cat. II, 301; Doy, Fishes India, 251 50. Scomber microlepidotus Riippell. Two specimens from Bacon (no U73 and 4174; length 10 and 1025 in). Gillrakers long, equal to distance from tip of snout to middle of eye. Rflppel] Neue Wirb, Fische, 38, pi. XI, fig. '. 1837, Red Sea: (iiintl t, 11, IB] Do India, 250, pi. u 15; Fowler, Proe. c. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1904, 759. 51. Scomber japonicus Houttuyn. me specimen from Bulan (no. 3912; length Y 15 in). Blue above, silvery below. Head 325 in I depth 52; dorsal ix, 124-v; anal, 114-v. This species is indistinguishable from the common chub mackerel l S. colias I of the Atlantic iponietu Houttuyn, Verh. Holl. Maat. Weet. Haarl, xx, 1782, 331, Japan; Jordan & Evermann, Bull. U. S Fi xxi, pt. I, 1903 1 1905), 109, 52. Gymnosarda pelamis (Linnaeus) Two specimens from Bulan (no. II 1 — -1 and H85; length 15 and 1525 in). Dorsal svi— 124-m; anal ii — 124in. i Nat, ed. X, 297, 1758, "in pelago inter Tropicos" Gunther, Cat, n. 364. lai jordan & Evermann, Bull. V. S. Fish Comm, xxm, pt. 1, 1903 (1905), 172. Bg, 64 53. Rachycentron canadus (Linn. One fine specimen from Bulan (no. 1151; length 21 in). Head 405 in length; depth (in: eve 71 in head: snout 25; maxillary 25; scales about 332; dorsal rai, 32; anal 27: lateral line with several strong sharp curves manatus Linnaeus, Syst Nat, ed. XII, 491, 17. Carolina. Scomhir niger Bloch, Ichth, x. Is, pi. 1 1 cxxxvii, 1797 ana Cuvier v Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss, vin. 241 (329), 1831, Pondicherry. Elacatt int r, i gunther, Cat, n, canadus, Jordan & Evermann, Fishes North and Mid. And 948, pi. cxlyiii, fig. 401. 1S90. NES0GRAMMUS Evermann & Seale, new genus. I rui. Min & Beale, new genus of Scombridse I Nesogrammus piersoni Bod) long ami slender, completely covered ii small, thin, deciduous scales; no corselet lateral lines 2, the lower branch leaving the main lateral line under the base of third or fourth dorsal spine, from which point it extends nearly vertically downward to lower third of side, along which it runs, approximate) parallel tu the ventral line of body. t. caudal peduncle. Ventrals i, 5; dorsal and anal finlets 7. Villiform teeth on t. palatines, and tongue: a single row of sharp, canine-like teeth in each jaw. This genus is related to Scomberomorus, from which it differs, however, in the presence of two lateral line-and in the complete squamation of the body. (too, island: ypaiua. line) 54. Nesogrammus piersoni Evermann & Scale, new species Head 45 in length: depth 475; eye 435 in head: snout 285; maxillary 225: mandible 1 9; dorsal n -f-i, 94-in; pectoral 19; ventral 32; anal i. 114-vii; scales 170 in upper and 115 in lower branch of lateral line. Bod] elongate, moderate) compressed; depth of caudal peduncle 19 in snout: head pointed; jaws equal: interorbital space flat, its width greater than eye; mouth large: maxillary slipping under preorbital