NEW PHILIPPINE CALLIONYMIDAE^ FOWLER 21 



Color in alcohol, light brown, on back with many faint and in- 

 distinct brown rings, arcs, and mottlings. Under surfaces largely- 

 whitish. Groove of lower lip each side of mandible, dark brown. 

 Throat, chest, and breast rather light to pale brown, with strongly 

 contrasted white gills. Iris silvery gray, with brown variable lines or 

 arcs. First dorsal variegated with white marks on dark gray -brown 

 backgroimd in male, less contrasted in female. Second dorsal pale or 

 transparent whitish, with dull brownish spots on rays. Anal similar 

 to second dorsal, or with oblique dark streaks below. Caudal pale or 

 whitish basally, with five to seven transverse series of large rounded 

 dark-brown spots, in closed fin forming transverse bands; terminally 

 fin darker or brown with still darker mottling or obscure blotches. 

 Pectoral pale, with about nine transverse brown lines. Ventral 

 whitish basally and marked with many inconspicuous brown spots; 

 fin gray black terminally. 



Philippines. Apparently approaches Callionymus neptunia Scale ^ 

 l)ased on examples 160 to 190 mm. It differs from that species in the 

 preopercular spine robust, but with the terminal spine small and 

 straight anterior basal spine directed forward well developed, and only 

 four large strong denticles along the upper edge of the spine. More- 

 over the four dorsal spines are greatly elongated and reach the basal 

 part of the caudal fin. The coloration is also different. 



Type.— V.S.N.M. No. 99393. San Fernando Point Light, N. 39°E., 

 8.4 miles (lat. 16°30'36" N., long. 120°11'06" E.), west coast of 

 Luzon. In 45 fathoms. May 11, 1909. Length 99 mm. 



Paratypes.—V .S.N M. No. 99399. Same data as for type. Length 

 43 to 97 mm. Six specimens. 



U.S.N.M. No. 99400. Bacoor, Luzon. Seine. June 15, 1908. 

 Length 60 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 99395. Same data as precedmg. Four specimens. 

 Length 38 to 59 mm. 



Other specimens. — U.S.N.M. No. 99403. Bolalo Bay, Malampaya 

 Sound, Palawan Island. Dynamite. December 21, 1908. Length 

 42 to 73 mm. Two examples. 



U.S.N.M. No. 99394, Cavite and San Koque markets. June 27, 

 1908. Length 53 mm. 12819. 



U.S.N.M. No. 99396. Cebu market. April 5, 1908. Length 73 

 mm. 8564. 



U.S.N.M. No. 99401. Manila Bay, Luzon. December 12, 1908. 

 Length 42 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 99402. Manila Harbor, Luzon. Seine of 34 feet. 

 March 16, 1908. Length 68 mm. 



U.S.N.M. No. 99397. Outside harbor wall, Manila Bay, Luzon, 

 Dredge. December 12, 1907. Length 40 to 43 mm. Three examples. 



* Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 4, No. 6, p. 539, 1909 (type locality: Balayan Bay, Luzon). 



