FISHES OF THE ISLANDS OF LUZON AND PANAY. 45 



224. Oxyurichthus tentacularis Valencienn 



Head 4 in length: depth 5.20; eye 4.50 in head; dorsal vi-13: anal 1 1: small sharp-pointed teeth in each 

 jn\. : a small tentacle over eye, in young this tentacle equal to length of eye, in the adult less; a crest on nape. 



Color inspirits whitish, with dull wash of gray: about 5 indistinct dusk; Lands overbade and same number 

 of blotches on side; a more or less distinct dusky spot at base of caudal on midline of caudal peduncle, also 2 

 indistinct dusky spots at base of axil of pectorals; a black area on top of caudal peduncle just posterior to soft 

 dorsal; anterior dorsal rays the longest, about equal to length of lead: caudal lunate, grayish; dorsal with 

 brown spots, more numerous and distinct on soft dorsal; anal, pectorals, and ventrals grayish. 



Four specimens from Cavite. length 3.75 to 1.80 inches. 



PARAG0BI0D0N Bleeker. 

 225. Paragobiodon melanosomus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 3.30 in length; depth 3; eye 3.20 in head; dorsal i w 9 scales 22; ventrals very short, cup-shaped; 



head about as high as long, its surface much roughened by excrescences; caudal rounded: 3 large curved i 



teeth in l..wer jaw. Color in spirits uniform dark brown, almost black. One specimen fr Manila, 1.10 



inches long. 



This species is very near Paragobiodon xanthosoimis, differing apparently only in the color, which is black, 

 not yellow. 



Famih PLEUR0NECTID 1 



PSETT0DES Bennett. 



226. Psettodes erumei (Bloch). 



Head 3.10 in length; depth 2.25: dorsal ">); anal 38; scales about 72; long sharp canine-, in each jaw: 

 maxillary extending far beyond eye. about 1.45 in head; eyes and color on the left side. Color inspirits uniform 

 brown; I ins dusky, except pectorals, which are yellowish ; ventrals and caudal tout id: interorbital less than 

 One specimen, I. To inches long, from Cavite. 



PSEUDORHOMBUS Bleeker. 



227. Pseudorhombus polyspilus (Bleeker). 



Head o in length; depth 2.05: dorsal 70; anal 52; scales?:'.: a single row of sharp teeth in jaws; maxillary 

 scarcely reaching middle of eye; lateral line strongly curved, sending a branch to the lentil dorsal ta\ . eyes 

 close together, sinistral. Color in -pints brownish, with numerous blue sp,,ts having Mack margins; a large 

 black spot at curve of lateral line, another just I 'clou . Six specimens from Cavite, length 2.50 to .". in. b 



228. Pseudorhombus arsius Bleeker. 



Head 3.25 iii length: depth 2.05; eyes sinistral: dorsal 72; anal 57: scales 77 in lateral line, which is 

 strongly Lent, sending a branch to nuchal region: rather strong sharp teeth in jaws; maxillary extending to 

 posterior third of eye; anterior dorsal raj 9 wide. Color ill spirits brownish, with numerous small black spots: 

 a dark spot at point where lateral line becomes straight . another midwaj between the first blotch and caudal. 

 One specimen, 4 inches long, from Cavite. 



SCJE0PS Jordan & Starks. 



229. Scseops orbicularis (Bleekei 



Dorsal S4; anal 63; scales large, about 34; eyes sinistral, wide apart : interorbital space concave, sealed, 

 equal to eye: maxillary short, ending under anterior margin of orbit; numerous small sharp-pointed teeth 

 in jaws. Two small specimens from Cavite, length 2 and 2.50 inches. 



