22 BULLETIN OE THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



109. Nemipterus metopias (Bleeker). 



Head 3.20 in length; depth 3.50: eye 3 in head: canines in both jaws; preorbital smooth; 3 rows of 

 scales mi cheek; dorsal spines not prolonged; ventral rays prolonged; caudal rays slightly elongate. Color 

 yellowish white; some dusky on opercle. One specimen, 5.95 inches long, from Cavite. 



110. Nemipterus tolu (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



Head 3.15 in length; depth 3.75: eye 3.20 in head; dorsal x, 9; anal in, 7; the first two dorsal spines 

 very close together: jaws with bands of small teeth; preopercle entire; three rows of scales on cheek; dorsal 

 fins rather elongate, with the membranes deeply incised; lateral conical teeth in each jaw. Color in spirits 

 yellowish white, with indistinct longitudinal lighter lines. One specimen from Cavite, length 5 inches, 



Family H^MULIDiE. 



EUELATICHTHYS Fowler. 



The genus or subgenus Euelatichthys Fowler is separated from Phctorhynckus Lacepede by its large scales. 



111. Euelatichthys crassispinus (Ruppell). 



Head 2.75 in length: depth 2.20; eye 3 in head: dorsal XIV, 15; anal m, 6; the second anal spine very 

 long and strong; preopercle strongly denticulate; minute teeth in jaws. Color brown, uniform: tip of soft 

 dorsal, anal, and all of caudal white. One specimen from Cavite, length 3.75. 



SPILOTICHTHYS Fowler. 

 112. Spi otichthys pictus (Thunberg). 



Head 3.05 in length; depth 2. .50; eye 4 in head; dorsal x, 23; anal in, 7. Color (specimens 6 inches 

 long) yellowish, a broad dusky band from eye extending on caudal; above this band a longitudinal row of 

 spots with another brown baud above it: an additional hand or row of spots at base of dorsal; below the 

 broad median brown band 2 or 3 rows of spots more or less bandlike; spinous dorsal black, with whitish a! 

 anterior base: soft dorsal with dusky margin; a dark band thru the middle with brown spots on each side- 

 caudal with margins dusky, with white markings forming irregular circles; anal dusky without spots; ven- 

 trals tipped with dusky; dusky on base of pectoral. In young examples the color pattern is very different; 

 specimens 3 inches long show no spots, but the side of body is taken up by the wide median stripe of black: 

 this type of coloration intergrades perfectly with that of the adult. 



In 2 specimens still larger, 6.25 inches, the adult coloration, spots without bands, is shown. These spots 

 are not connected, but arranged in longitudinal scries: belly plain: dorsal and caudal with brown spots and 

 margined with black: anal and ventrals dusky, without spots; caudal very slightly emarginate. 



We have no occasion to question Bleeker's determination of this species. In all its changes with age, it 

 may 1"' known by the presence of but 10 (or 9) dorsal spines, the distinctive character of the genus Spilotichthys 

 of Fowler. 



A fine series of 11 specimens from Cavite, length 1.50 to 6.25 inches. 



113. Scclopsis vosmeri Bleeker. 



Two young examples from Cavite, 2 and 2.25 inches in length, and 4 from Manila. 3.50 inches long. Young 

 with the color in spirits yellowish brown, the characteristic silvery hand over the opercular spot and dark in 

 axil of pectoral. 



114. Scolopsis luzonia Jordan & Seale, new species. 



Head 3. IS in length without caudal; depth 3. IS; eye 2.75 in head: snout 3.25: interorbital equal to snout : 

 dorsal X, !•; anal in. 7: scales 42; preopercle serrated; a rather strong spine on preorbital; head scaled: a 

 prominent serrated ridge on the maxillary. 



Body oblong, slightly compressed; depth of caudal peduncle equal to orbit: mouth rather small, the max- 

 illary ending under the anterior margin of eye: hands of villiform teeth in jaws, none on vomer or palatines; 

 gillrakers very short and blunt, about 5 on lower limb: origin of dorsal somewhat in advance of origin of 



