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BFLLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Color in spirits uniform pale bluish without markings; do dusky blotch at base of caudal; dorsal fin with 

 rows of black spots; anal lin with 4 dusky bar-; caudal yellow, with 5 or 6 indistinct dusky liars; pectoral- and 

 ventrals yellowish. 



One specimen from Manila, the type, 2.2 inches loin,', no. 9253, Museum Stanford University. 



Fig. 20. — PetTOSCirtes vulsus Jordan & Scale, new species. Type. 



Family FIEKASFERIU.-F.. 



FIERASFER Cuvier 



237. Fierasfer homei Richardson. 



Head 7.10 in length; depth 12; eye 5 in bead; maxillary extending beyond posterior margin of eve, its 

 length 2.15 in head; pectoral 1.75: sharp-pointed teeth in jaws, enlarged teeth on vomer. Color in spirits 

 uniform white. One specimen, 4 inches long, from Cavite. 



Family ANTENNARIIDjE. 



PTEROPHRYNE Gill. 

 238. Pterophryne histrio (Linnaeus). 



Head 1.75 in length; depth 1.80; dorsal in, 12; anal 7; body smooth with dermal Haps on belly; caudal 

 rounded. Body mottled with dusky and white, with numerous small white dots; fins barred with dusky; belly 

 with dark cross-bars. Four specimens from Manila, length 3.50 to 7.25 inches. 



This species agrees fairly with the Japanese form called Pterophrym ranina by Jordan, except that the belly 

 has distinct cross-bars. Probably Pterophryne ranina is merely a color variation of the Chinese-Japanese species 

 Pterophryne histrio. 



ANTENNARIUS (Commerson) Lacepe.de. 



239. Anterunarius hispidus (Bloch). 



Head 1.75 in length: depth 3; dorsal in, 12: anal 7. Color in spirits gray, marked with black lines run- 

 ning obliquely on body and radiating from eye ; fins barred more or less with rows of black dots. One specimen, 

 4.55 inches long, from Cavite; one 3.75 inches long from Manila, and one 4.5 inches from island of Panav. 



