FISHES OF THE ISLANDS OF LUZON AND PANAY. 



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Family BLENNIID/E. 



BLENNITJS Linnaens. 

 234. Blennius thysanius Jordan ^v Seale, new species. 



Head 3.50 in length without caudal; depth 3.50; eye 5.50 in head; dorsal xi, 15; anal 19: lateral line bent 

 down to middle of side under posterior part of spinous dorsal and continued as a row of distinct bars to base of 

 caudal; snout 2.60; interorbital 1.50 in eye; a wide, fan-like orbital tentacle with about 10 fringes, these tenta- 

 cles about equal in height and width to width of eye; a simple short tentacle at nostril; no nuchal crest or 

 tentacles; gill membranes I ■madly united, free from the isthmus. Body of greater depth than usual in blennies, 

 the profile of head blunt, the eye being about on line with middle of side of mouth; depth of cam hi I peduncle 

 2.7H in head; each jaw with a single row of immovable small, sharp-pointed teeth, the lower jaw with 2 strong, 

 curved canine- on each side, the upper with a single posterior canine. Dorsal tin continuous, not incised, the 

 membrane not extending to caudal fin; origin of dorsal on nuchal region slightly in advance of posterior mi 

 of preopcrclc; hase of anal I'm 1 .7"> in base of dorsal ; 2 anterior rays of anal modified into enlarged fleshy bulbs, 

 probably of sexual significance; vent rals 1.80 in head; pectorals 1.40; caudal rounded. 1.90. 



Color in spirits pale bluish, with s > verj indistinct indications of 5 or 6 slightly darker hands made up of 



-pots over hack and down sides; dorsal bluish, with -lightly darker margin; anal bluish, a narrow white margin 

 with intramarginal dusky shading on lower third; ventrals bluish with tint of dusk} ; some indistinct bluish 

 dots or mottlingS on nuchal region and at upper part of opercle. 



Two specimens from Cavite, length 2.50 and 2.90 inches. The type is no. ">:ii>72, I . S. .National Museum. 

 Cotype, no. 9252, Museum Stanford University. 



PETROSCIRTES Riippell. 



235. Petroscirtes eretes •Ionian & Seale. 



Fio. 19 B i mius Jordan iale, new sj [es. Type. 



Head 3.75 in length; depth 5; eye 3.75 in head; dorsal 30; anal 20; a dermal flap on lower jaw, one on 

 upper part of each eye, one on posterior pan of supraorbital, and one on each side of nuchal region. < tolor in 



spirits grayish, with a wash of bluish; indistinct s] ks andmottlingsonside; a dusky blotch at base of caudal. 



i tne specimen 2 inches long from JJoilo. The original type is from Negros. 



236. Petroscirtes vulsus .Ionian >y Scale, new species. 



Head 4 in length without caudal; depth 5; eye 3 in head; dorsal 27: anal 16; teeth about 50 in each jaw, 

 with large canines in lower and small canines in upper; a single wide barbel on each side of chin; a rather wide 

 barbel on upper part of eve, another just posterior to eye, and one on each side of nuchal region: a short flap at 

 nostril; snout 3.20 in head, interorbital -pace -I in head. 



I!od\ elongate, compressed; depth of caudal peduncle -'.oil in head: snout broad to the tip; angle of mouth 

 under anterior of orbit; gill-opening a small pore at upper posterior margin of opercle: origin of dorsal opposite 



origin of ventrals; base of anal 2.75 in length of fish without the caudal; origin of anal midway betwe i Idle 



of eve and hase of caudal, pectorals 1.75 in head: ventrals 2; caudal rounded, 1.15. 



