NEW PHILIPPINE CALLIONYMIDAE FOWLER 27 



Synchiropus opercularis Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, 1858, p. 130 



(reference). — Herre, Fishes Herre 1931 Philippine Expedition, p. 95, 1934 



(Lemery) . 

 Callionymus opercularioides Bleeker, Nat. Tijdschr. Nederl.-Indie, vol. 1, p. 



(30) 32, 1850 (type locality: Padang, Sumatra). 

 Eleutherochir opercularioides Bleeker, Versl. Meded. Akad. Wet. Amsterdam, 



ser. 2, vol. 14, p. 103, 1879 (Sumatra; Bali; Celebes; Batjan; Ceram; Amboi- 



na; Guebe). 

 Brachycallionymus ?mrus Herre, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 49, p. 12, 1936 



(type locality: Celebes; Philippines). 



Two examples. Camp Overton, Mindanao. August 15, 1909. 

 Electric light. Length 24 mm. 



Nine examples. Malabang. May 2 1,1908. Electric light. Length 

 20 to 23 mm. 



One example. Nato. June 18, 1909. Electric light. Length 24 

 mm. 



One example. Taal. February 20, 1909. Electric hght. Length 

 20 mm. 



U.S.N.AL No. 98827. Romblon. March 25, 1908. Albatross 

 Collection. Length 16 mm. Paratypes of Brachycallionymus mirus. 

 Two examples. 



U.S.N.M. No. 98828. Nasugbu, Batangas Province. January 15, 

 1908. Albatross Collection. Length 15 mm. Paratype of B. mirus. 



22170. Davao, Mindanao. Seme 150 feet. May 16, 1908. Length 

 59 to 85 mm. Six examples. 



20824. Lingayen Gulf, Luzon. May 11, 1909. Seine 500 feet. 

 Length 77 mm. 



One example. Nasugbu, Luzon. Seine. January 16, 1908. 

 Length 52 mm. 



13959. PaluanBay, Mindoro. Seine 130 feet. December 11, 1908. 

 Length 37 to 70 mm. Three examples. 



24132. Port San Vicente, Luzon. Seine 130 feet. November 18, 

 1908. Length 57 mm. 



Two examples. San Vicente Harbor, Luzon shore. November 13, 

 1908. Seine. Length 54 to 59 mm. 



ELEUTHEROCHIR MCCADDENI, new species 



Figure 16 



Depth 7; head 3, width 1%. Snout 0% m head; eye 3, slightly 

 greater than snout; maxillary reaches opposite front of eye, entire; 

 mouth but little inclined from horizontal, mouth cleft with rictus 

 reaching halfway to eye, and lower jaw well protruded in front; teeth 

 fine, conic, simple, close set, villiform, very minute, and set in inconspic- 

 uous narrow band above; lower teeth uniserial, rather large in com- 

 parison with upper, little curved in, situated along outer edge of 



