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rays elongate; anal similar to dorsal but shorter; the first anal spine midway between tip of snout and base 

 of caudal; the longest spine 2 in head, none of the anal spines or rays elongate; vertical fins without scales 

 but with deep sheaths; pectoral 1.7 in head; ventrals 2.2.5 in head, their origin midway between origin of anal 

 and posterior end of mandible : caudal deeply forked. 



Color in spirits, light brown above, silvery below, with a slight wash of yellowish; a peculiar lanceolate 

 area on middle of side shaded with fine black dots, and having the appearance of an abrasion; fine brownish 

 dots just above anal fin; upper half of body with numerous vermiculate brownish lines; a black line on base 

 of dorsal; upper lip dusky: dusky dots in axil of pectoral; anterior spines of dorsal and anal with some fine 

 brown dots, most distinct on anal, otherwise fins unmarked. 



This species is related to L. dblongus but differs among other things in having scales on chest. It is more 

 elongate than L. rimdatus and L. lineatus, with which we have compared it. 



Seven specimens from Bulan, length 3.75 to 4 in. Type, no. 55906, U. S. National Museum (field no. 3591), 

 length 4.75 in., from Bulan, Sorsogon, P. I. Of the cotypes, all from Bulan, one (field no. 3590) is no. 20004 

 Stanford Univ. Mus.: another (field no. 3588) is no. 4537 U. S. Bureau of Fisheries; another (field no. 3.587) 

 is in the museum at Manila ; another (field no. 3589) is in the U. S. National Museum; another (field no. 3592) 

 is in Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences ; another (field no. 3.593) is in the Indiana University Museum. 

 (Sttrciimriiis of or pertaining to dung; from the fly-speets on the side.) 



79. Leiognathus edwardsi Evermann & Seale, new species. Patuan. 



Head 3.6 in length; depth 2.6; eye 2.75 in head; snout 2.9; interorbital 3.1; dorsal vm, 16; anal in, 

 13; scales about 70, about 4S pores. 



Body oblong-ovate, the dorsal and ventral outlines about equally curved and gently arched; head mod- 

 erate, pointed, snout pointed; mouth small, very protractile, the lower jaw included; maxillary short, its 

 exposed tip pointed, scarcely reaching vertical of orbit: teeth in jaws fine, villiform; vomer and palatines 



apparently toothless ; 

 interorbital width; a 

 anteriorly, its length 

 slightly greater than 

 miii rals; lirst dorsal 

 length of body; soft 

 and filamentous, its 



Fig. 7. — Jjeiognathus edwardsi Kvrnnann A- Seale, new species. Type. 



eye large, in middle of head; lower edge of preopercle entire; cheek deep, greater than 

 broad, blunt supraocular "spine over anterior part of eye; interocular space broadest 

 nearly twice its greatest width; occipital ridge greater than diameter of orbit and 

 distance from its tip to origin of dorsal fin; origin of dorsal fin posterior to insertion of 

 spine produced and filamentous (the tip broken off), its length probably about 1.5 in 

 dorsal low: origin of anal under about sixth dorsal spine: first spine greatly produced 

 length about 1.8 in depth; anal rays short; both dorsal and anal fins folding into a 



