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its course, and below in horizontal rows. Head scaly, cheek with 

 2 rows of large scales, and hind row of but several under front row. 

 Opercles with scales of moderate size. Suborbitals, muzzle, pre- 

 opercle and upper surface of head with numerous mucous channels 

 marked by great numbers of minute pores. Large scaly flap between 

 bases nearly f fin length. Axillary ventral scale about I of ventral 

 spine. Caudal base covered with small scales, otherwise fins naked. 

 Lateral line complete, largely concurrent with dorsal profile. Tubes 

 simple, extend well over scales, and with appearance as if on some- 

 what small accessory scale. 



Spinous dorsal inserted about opposite pectoral origin, third spine 

 longest, second little shorter than seventh, and first shortest. Soft 

 dorsal inserted about midway between eye center and caudal base, 

 first ray highest and depressed fin If to caudal base. Spinous anal 

 inserted about opposite soft dorsal origin, first spine scarcely I of 

 second. Soft anal little smaller than soft dorsal, otherwise similar. 

 Depressed anal 1| to caudal base. Caudal very slightly emarginate 

 behind, and lobes rounded. Pectoral moderate, reaches nearly to 

 anal, upper rays longest. Ventral inserted well before pectoral 

 origin, reaches beyond vent or about | to anal. Ventral spine 1| 

 in fin. 



Color in alcohol pale brownish generally, slightly paler below. 

 Fins all pale, except dusky shade on spinous dorsal terminally. 

 Upper and lower caudal edges slightly dusky. Conspicuous blackish- 

 brown blotch on caudal base just above lateral line, in size about 

 half of pupil. From snout tip narrow blackish-brown line to front 

 of eye, and horizontal from hind eye edge to caudal base medially, 

 also obscure just below caudal spot. On snout and behind eye this 

 line wide as pupil, though on side of body narrows until like other 

 lines. Another parallel narrower line extends from lower eye edge to 

 middle of pectoral base and back towards lower portion of caudal 

 peduncle. On each side of snout above narrow line extends up over 

 interorbital close above lateral line, and fades out behmd on upper 

 surface of caudal peduncle. Finally narrow median brownish line 

 begins on interorbital and extends to spinous dorsal, borders base of 

 each dorsal fin and then forms single median line again on post- 

 dorsal to caudal. Iris slaty. 



Length 72 mm. 



Type, No. 47,505, A. N. S. P. 



Philippine Islands. Presented by the Commercial Museums of 

 Philadelphia. 



