NEW PHILIPPINE CALLIONYMIDAE FOWLER 6 



CALLIONYMUS UMBRITHORAX, new species 



Figure 1 



Depth 7; head 3}^, long as wide. Snout 3 in head; eye 3, subequal 

 with snout; maxillary not quite reaching eye, entire; mouth cleft short, 

 reaches halfway to eye, lower jaw very slightly shorter and included in 

 upper jaw; lips narrow; teeth very minute, villiform, in moderate 

 bands in both jaws; interorbital very narrow bony frenum, with 

 longitudinal groove. Preopercular spine large, nearly long as eye, ends 



H.W.F.del, 



Figure I. — Callionymus umhrithorax, new species. Type. 



incurved in point followed by four recmwed denticles along its inner 

 edge, and a small subbasal denticle in front pointing forward. 



Lateral line complete, high along side of back, simple. 



D. IV-10, I fh-st spine 1% in head, fh'st ray l)i; A. 9, i, first ray 3; 

 caudal 2)^ in rest of fish, cuneate; least depth of caudal peduncle 5 in 

 head; pectoral 1^, rays 17; ventral rays I, 5, fin 1}^ in head. Anal 

 papilla elongate, conic, length half of eye. 



Color in alcohol, rather light brovm above, with many obscure or 

 faint darker rings and arcs on trunk and tail above. Six dark- to 

 blackish-brown spots close below along lateral line. Various blackish- 

 brown spots scattered about upper surface of head ; pair on each side 

 of snout, 2 each side before preopercular spine, and several on opercle 

 especially distinct. Under surface of body largely whitish. Breast and 

 chest blackish brown, dark area extending between bases of vcntrals. 



