FISHES OF THE ISLANDS OF LUZON AND PANAT. 37 



TETRAODON Linnaeus. 



195. Tetraodon irnmaculatus Bloch. 



Entire body excepting lips and tail covered with spines < '<>lor grayish green, with narrow brown longi- 

 tudinal stripes over back, side, and belly ; caudal with upper, lower, and posterior margin black. One specimen 

 from Cavite, length 3.75 inches. 



196. Tetraodon reticulatus Bloch. 



Entirely covered with small spines. Color dusky; under part of bod}' covered with numerous brown 

 lines, descending obliquely from cheek posterior of body and caudal fin with bluish spots: dorsal, anal, and 

 pectoral unspotted. One specimen from Cavite, length 4.75 inches. 



197. Tetraodon hispidus Linnaeus. 



Above grayish-green, white below, large round white spots over back; sides of belly with dusky lines, 

 distinct and extending entirely over belly in young. Three specimens from Manila, length about 2 to 3 

 inches; 1 specimen from the island of Panay. length 4.75 inches. 



CANTHIGASTEK Swainson. 



198. Canthigaster compressus (Proc£). 



Head 3 in length; depth 2.75. A large black blue-edged ocellus at base of dorsal fin; blue lines on fore- 

 head; belly white. Four specimens from Cavite, length 2 to 3.50 inches. 



Family SCORP/ENID.-E. 



GENNADITJS Jordan & Seale, new genoB. 

 (Jcnnadiux Jordan &JSeale. new genus of Scotpsnids Stbatti '• 



This genus is separated from Sebastes and Sebasiodes bj the absence of cranial spines. Dorsal spines \i\ ; 

 scales large 



199. Gennadius stoliczae 1 1 > 



Head 2.50 in length: depth 2.80; eye 3.50 in head; dorsal \tv. 10; anal lit. 6; seales W; teeth villiform 



in jaw>, vomer, and palatines; head scaled but without spines except a single spi n opercle; preopercle 



serrated. Color in spirits yellowish, marbled with brown dusky bars across all the tins and dark bands 

 radiating from eve and on hps. due specimen from the island of Panay, length 4.50 inches 



This species is well figured by Dr. Francis Daj ' Fishes of India. 148, pi. x.xxvi, fig. 1). 



SEBAST0PSIS Gill. 

 200. Sebastopsis scabra ( Ramsay & Ogilby). 



Head 2.20 in length; depth 3; eye 3 50 in head; interorbital 1.50 in eye; an orbital tentacle; dorsal 

 \n [Q; anal iii. 5; second anal spine long, about equal to longest ray : dark bands over body ; caudal peduncle 

 lighter, with dark bar at base of caudal; a dark spol on opercle. Several specimens from Cavite. identical with 

 others from Samoa. 



SEBASTAPISTES Gill. 



201. Sebastapistes tristis (Klunzinger). 



Head 2.20 in length; depth 2.50; dorsal xn, 9; anal in, 1: second anal spine 2.20 in head, prominent 

 compound orbital tentacle about equal to eye. Color inspirits grayish, mottled with brown; brown band on 

 lips and chin. One specimen from the island of Panay. length 1.20 inches. 



The species is very close to our Siba-ftd/ii^ti x hwtah from Samoa, but the latter lacks the orbital tentacle. 



