[SCIENTIFIC RESULf S OF THE PHILIPPINE CRUISE OF THE FISHERIES STEAMER 

 "ALBATROSS," 1907-1910.— No. 16.1 



NEW PEDICULATE FISHES FROM THE PHHJPPINE 

 ISLANDS AND CONTIGUOUS WATERS. 



By Lewis Radcliffe/ 



Scientific Assistant, United States Bureau of Fisheries. 



In the present paper are described a new j^enus and 16 new species 

 of pedieulate fishes collected by the U. S. Fisheries steamer Albatross 

 on the Philippine expedition. All of the species described are herein 

 represented by illustrations made from drawings or photographs. The 

 types have been deposited in the United States National Museum. 



Family LOPHIID^. 



SLADENIA REMIGER Smitb and Radclifie, new species. 

 Plate 16, fig. 1. 



Dorsal ii-i, 10; caudal 8; anal 7; ventral i, 5; pectoral 20. 



Head large, arched, less depressed than in other lophiids, length 

 measured to anterior margin of gill-opening 2.54 in total length, 

 breadth 1.12 in its length (2.85 in total length), depth 1.54 in its 

 length; body tapering, deeper than broad, ventral surface a little flat- 

 tened; caudal peduncle short, deep, depth 4.50 in head, length 4.91; 

 eye 6, small, 1.33 in snout; snout 4.50, lateral depressions shallow; 

 mouth moderate, lower jaw projecting about two-thirds diameter of 

 eye beyond upper; maxillary 2.16, reaching vertical from posterior 

 margin of eye; mandible 1.66; nasal tube well developed, apertures 

 opposite one another, tiie posterior not opening on tip of tube as in 

 Lopliiodes, upper margin bearing several small filaments; interorbital 

 6.20, nearly as wide as eye, slightly concave, smooth; preorbital spine 

 represented b}' a slight knoblike structure covered with skin; upper 

 orbital rim armed with a small blunt spine anteriorly and a long slen- 

 der, sharp spine posteriorly ; occipital spine relatively stout ; opercular 



' In the study of this collection the WTiler has been associated with Dr. Hugh M. Smith, who becomes 

 joint author of the new genus and species herein described. 



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