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BULLETIN OK THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



much less than length of its longest ray; pectorals 1.13, no silky rays at upper part: ventrals a broad united 

 disk which extends to the prominent anal papilla, their length 1.40 in head; caudal slightly acuminate. 



Color in spirits light brownish, with about 7 indistinct dusky bands over back and about 6 dusky blotches 

 along side: a dusky line on cheek marking off the scaled and unsealed portion; a dusky dot on lower posterior 

 margin of orbit, some dusky dots on nuchal region, and a dusky line on upper part of opercle: spinous dorsal 

 grayish, with some indistinct darker spots: soft dorsal gray, with some darker spots on outer portion; anal 

 and ventrals dusky, pectorals grayish; caudal gray with broad posterior margin of white and a distinct intra- 

 marginal line of black, the lower rays slightly tipped with dusky. 



One specimen from Cavite, length 4.7.5 inches, the type, no. 9251, Museum Stanford University. 



OPL0POMUS Steindachner. 



222. Oplopomus vergens Jordan & Scale, new species. 



lb-ad 3.50 in length without caudal; depth 4.30; eye 4 in head; dorsal vi-i, 10: anal 10; scales 32; 

 cheek and opercle scaled; 2 stoutish spines at angle of preopercle; snout 3.50 in head; interorbital equal to 

 pupil. Body moderately elongate, slightly compressed; depth of caudal peduncle 2.2.5 in head; anterior 

 profile of head rather blunt, lower jaw slightly the longer: mouth rather small, the angle below anterior margin 

 of iris; tongue free at tip, rounded, entire; 2 rows of small sharp-pointed teeth in upper jaw, several rows 

 in lower jaw, no canines: origin of ventrals on line with dorsal, the anterior dorsal spines not elongate: fourth 

 spine, the longest, 1.7.5 in head; base of soft dorsal equal to head, its longest ray 1.60 in head; base of anal 

 1.10, its longest ray 2; pectorals 1.05; caudal rounded, 1.10; ventrals large, united, extending to anal papillal 



Fig. 17. — Oplopomus vergens Jordan & Seale, new species. T\ pe 



Color in spirits yellowish brown, 6 dusky spots along median line of side, the sixth forming a black spot at 

 base of caudal: a row of small ocellated dark spots just below the median line; similar small ocellated spots 

 on upper half of body arranged more or less in irregular longitudinal bands; about 7 indistinct short dusky 

 bands over back; a more or less distinct dusky area below and also in front of eye. a rather wide irregular dusky 

 area from angle of mouth to opercle; a dusky spot on upper base of pectorals, with a small dot on lower part 

 of base; a dusky spot at upper margin of opercle and above axil of pectorals; spinous dorsal with 111 black 

 cross-lines, one at base of fin, the other on distal third, a more prominent duskj area on posterior of tin: soft 

 dorsal with 2 or 3 irregular dusky lines; caudal with about 5 dusky bands: pectorals, ventrals, and anal 

 gray, the ventrals slightly darker, and the anal s times with a slight dusky wash. 



Six specimens from Cavite, length 2.75 to 3.20 inches. Type no. 53071, U. S. National Museum. Cotype 

 no. 9256, Museum Stanford University. 



OXYTJRICHTHUS Bleeker. 

 223. Oxyurichthus cristatus (P.n I. 



Head 4 in length; depth 5.20; eye 4.2(1 in head; dorsal vi-14; anal 14: scales aboul ~i~r. no canine teeth; 

 head naked: ventrals united; anterior dorsal rays longest, filiform, aboul equal to elongate middle ray of 

 caudal, 2.20 in length without caudal: no tentacle above eye; a black spot on upper part of eye, one also below 

 the eye: caudal acuminate. 



Color in spirits yellowish with some dusky bands over back and extending obliquely down to median line 

 of side in form of about 5 dusky bar's or blotches: a dark spot at base of caudal: caudal lin thickly dotted with 

 black; area above pectoral lin with numerous black dots; a short nuchal crest with black margin; caudal gray 

 with white margin: pectorals and ventrals gray. 



