FISHES OF THE ISLANDS <>F LUZON AND PANAV. 19 



maxillary 2.8.5 in head: minute teeth on jaws, vomer, and tongue; preorbital and lower limbs of preopercle 

 serrated; gillrakers rather long, sharp-pointed; second dorsal spine strong, 1.50 in head; spine of second 

 dorsal 2.3.5; base of anal 1.90; third anal spine the longest, 2.10: pectoral 1.60; ventral 1 .60, its origin directly 

 below origin of pectoral; caudal deeply forked, its length greater than head. 



Color in spirits yellowish white, a narrow dark line along median line of side, becoming more distinct 

 posteriorly; a dark line along base of dorsal fins; membrane between second and third dors;. I spines dusky; 

 membrane between second and third anal spines slightly tinted with dusky ; upper and lower margin of caudal 

 white, the submarginal area dusky: a dusky blotch on upper part of orbit ; eye golden 



Two specimens from Cavite. Type, no. 53060, U. S. .National Museum, length 2 85 inches. Cotype, no. 

 9242, Museum Stanford University. 



This species is characterized by the single row of scales on cheek, the broken lateral lin< , and bj the 

 marking of the lins. Priopis urotsenia Bleeker, with which Day confounds this species, has a double row of 



scales on cheek. 



Family SERRANID/E. 



PLECTROPOMUS Cuvier i Oken. 

 90. Plectropomus calcarifer (Bloch). 



Head 2.60 in length; depth 3.20; eye 4.20 in head: dorsal vn-i, 12; anal m, 9; scales 16 to base of caudal; 



preopercle serrated, with a strong spine at angle: opercle with a small Hat spine: maxillary reaching to below 

 posterior third of iris: minute teeth on jaws, vomer, palatines, and tongue: no canines. Color dusky brownish, 

 with numerous indistinct longitudinal dusky stripes; tins brownish; tips of ventrals, anal, caudal, and soft 

 dorsal with slight wash of dusky. Otic specimen from Cavite. length .5 inches. 



The generic name Plectropomus, later called Plettropoma, belongs apparently to this species a- the chi t dt 

 lil, of Cuvier, calcarifer. 



CEPHAL0PH0LIS Bloch & Schneider. 



91. Cephalopholis stigmatopomus (Richardson) 



Head 2.50 in length: depth 2.7.5: eye 5 in head; dorsal ix, 1.5; anal in. 8; scales about 1*7: teeth in 

 several series in jaws, with I outer anterior canines in each jaw; small teeth on vomer and palatines; opercle 

 with 3 strong spines, the upper the longest, the lower two closer together; preopercle with small denticulations; 

 mouth long: maxillarv 2 in head. Color uniform brown, becoming blackish posteriorly, Ens black, unmarked. 

 One specimen from Manila, length 7.50 inches. 



CROMILEPTES Swainson. 



92. Cromileptes altivelis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 2.7.5 in length: depth 2.75: eye t in head: dorsal \. IN; anal in, 10: scales 130; teeth in jaws, 

 vomer, and palatines; preopercle serrated and rounded; opercle with 3 spines, the middle one the largest. 



Color light brown, with scattered round deep black --pots, about size of eye on tins anil body, small on head, a 

 few running together on helix , ( hie specimen from Manila, length 4.50 inches. 



EPINEPHELUS Bloch. 



93. Epinephelus malabaricus Bloch. 



Head 2.60 in length; depth 3: eye 1.7.5 in head; dorsal xi. 17: anal in. 8; scales about 100 in lateral 

 series; gillrakers 14: preopercle serrated, with about 3 of the teeth al angle enlarged: opercle with spines, the 

 two lower ones nearer together than upper and middle, the middle one largest and most posterior: canines in 

 anterior of jaw. Color dull brownish, apparently without stripes or markings. Two specimens from Cavite, 

 length 3.75 and 4.50 inches. 



94. Epinephelus diacanthus (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 2.S5 in length; depth 3.20; eye 5 in head, 1 in snout, and 1 in interorbital: preopercle serrated, the 

 serrations larger at angle; dorsal XI. Hi; anal in. 8; scales about IOO. Color brownish, with (i dark bands over 

 hack, which slope obliquely forward; numerous vermieulating brownish lines with some --pots on side of body; 

 dark bands of body extending into dorsal tin. Fourteen specimens from Cavite, length 3 to 8 inchc-. 



