10 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



DORYICHTHYS Kaup. 



40. Doryichthys spaniaspis Jordan >& Scale, new species. 



Head 8.75 in total length; snout 2.30 in head; rings 13+34; dorsal 20; no distinct filaments on head: 

 cheek with a single keel; dorsal fin on 5 rings: profile aboui eye not elevated: snout narrow, its width being 

 1.50 in depth: trunk 1.75 in tail; egg-sac on abdomen; lateral line running down to caudal ridge, where it is 



Fig. 3. — Doryichthys spaniaspis Jordan & Seale, new species. Type. 



interrupted; caudal small, its length 3.90 in head: pectoral of 1 1 rays, short, 5.50 in head; edges of rings no1 

 distinctly serrated; no strong median line on interorbital space. Color in spirits grayish with tint of green- 

 alternating darker hands over body, narrow dusky crossbands of dots on chin and throat. One specimen 

 from Cavitc, the type, no. 9240, Museum Stanford University, 4.24 inches long. 



GASTER0T0KEUS Heckel. 



41. Gasterotokeus biaculeatus (Bloch). 



Head 5.25 in length; snout 1.S5 in head; dorsal 44; rings 17+44; filaments on under side of body and 

 tail. Color in spirits grayish, with slight tint of green: a row of black spots on each side of belly. Two 

 specimens from Iloilo, length 5.75 and 6.25 inches. One specimen from Cavite, length 6.25 inches 



HIPPOCAMPUS Linmeus. 



42. Hippocampus aterrimus Jordan & Snyder. 



Hippocampus aterrimus Jordan & Snyder, Proc. (J. S. National Museum, vol. xxiv, 1002. p. 14, pi. ix. Riukiu Islands. 



Snout equal to postorbital part of head, spines blunt, short; dorsal 16; rings 11+36. Color black, 

 spines enlarged at ventrals. One specimen from Cavite, agreeing with the Riukiu Islands type, length about 

 ."> indies. 



43. Hippocampus kuda Bleeker. 



Snout longer than postorbital part of head; rings 11+35; dorsal 17: spines blunt. Color in spirits, 

 brownish. One specimen from Cavite, length 5.50 inches. It corresponds well with the account given by 

 Jordan and Snyder. 



Family PEGASID.i. 



PARAPEGASUS Dumeril. 



44. Parapegasus natans (Linnaeus). 



Head 3 in length; depth 13; snout 4.75 in head; dorsal 5; anal 5; vent much nearer eye than to base of 

 caudal; lail compressed, with 12 rings; upper surface of head and trunk concave: pectoral rays equally 

 slender; snout prolonged into a large Hat process which is denticulate on sides: pectoral and dorsal spotted 

 with brown. One specimen from Cavitc, length 2.20 inches. 



The generic name Zalises is synonymous with Pegasus. 



Family Ml CILID.F. 



MUGIL Linnaeus. 



45. Mugil longimanus Gunther. 



Head 4 in length; deptli 3.75; scales 32, 9 in vertical series; dorsal n, 8; anal in, S. Color in spirits 

 silvery, with narrow indistinct longitudinal lines along each row of scales; a black spot at axil of pectoral. 

 Five specimens from Cavite, length 4 to 7.50 inches. 



