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Spinous dorsal origin little behind that of pectoral, fin low and 

 spines weak, or slender, third longest with second and fourth sub- 

 equal, depressed fin not quite reaching soft dorsal. Latter inserted 

 about midway between eye center and caudal base, spine about 

 half fin length, which depressed extends f to caudaj base. Anal 

 inserted well before soft dorsal origin or about midway between 

 front eye edge and caudal base, first branched ray longest though 

 second subequal, and when depressed neither reach last dorsal ray 

 base. Caudal emarginate, lobes rounded. Pectoral broad, reaches 

 about first third in anal base. Ventral inserted before pectoral 

 origin, reaches anal, and spine f of fin. Vent close before anal. 



Color in alcohol very pale or light brownish generally, scales on 

 back above obscurely and finely dusted with slightly darker brownish. 

 On postocular, cheek and suborbital a number of dull brown dots, 

 some enlarged slightly. Blackish-brown band from snout tip to 

 eye. On shoulder-girdle behind gill-opening, blackish brown streak 

 forward to breast which same color. This also extends back over 

 belly below, rising up obliquely after ventral bases to second dorsal 

 fin as broad dark band, in width about equal to 1| eye-diameters. 

 It is also reflected out on soft dorsal basally, but not the anal. All 

 dark area noted made up of large crowded dark specks, larger and 

 more sparse below. At caudal base round jet-black spot, median, 

 and less than half of pupil in diameter. Fins, except coloration of 

 soft dorsal and caudal base as noted, all uniform pale or brownish- 

 white. 



Length 58 mm. 



Twelve examples from the Philippine Islands. Presented by 

 the Commercial Museums of Philadelphia. Eleven show: Head 

 21 to 2|; depth 2f to 2|; D. VI-I, 9, i; A. II, 15, i or 16, i, rarely 

 14, i; scales 19 or 20 in 1.1. (pockets) to caudal base; snout 4 to 4^ in 

 head measured from upper jaw tip; eye 2f to 3; maxillary If to 2|; 

 interorbital 3f to 4; length 53 to 63 mm. 



I redescribe this species as my material differs somewhat from 

 both the description and figure by Bleeker.^^ This is especially 

 evident in the broad dark band extending forward on the breast, 

 and the black caudal spot not half the pupil diameter. Bleeker's 

 figure does not show the former before the ventral bases and its 

 forward limit is not mentioned in the description. He shows the 

 caudal spot large as the eye. Weber's note^"* does not add sufficient 

 detail to help solve this point. 



« Atlas Ich. Ind. Neerl., VII, 1873-6, p. 103. 

 " Siboga Exp., Fische, 1913, p. 5. 



