NO. 189C. NEW PHTLIPPINE PEDTCULATE FISHES— RADCLIFFE. 203 



First dorsal spine 2.56, longost, bearing a narrow flap along distal 

 portion; second 2.64, bristle-like; third 4.70, concealed for half its 

 length at its proximal end, its base midway between tip of upper jaw 

 and posterior edge of gill opening; soft dorsal low; caudal 1.66, long, 

 margin nearly truncate; anal small; ventrals well developed; pec- 

 toral 2.43 reaching nearly to base of anal. 



Color in alcohol: Dorsal surface yellow-brown, ventral surface 

 anteriorly citron brown, becoming dark mesially and blue-black 

 posteriorly; fins blue-black; insicfe of mouth brownish; peritoneum 

 blue-l)lack. 



Type.— Cat. No. 70265, U.S.N.M., 37 cm. in length, taken with a 

 beam trawl at station 5488 Qat. 10° N.; long. 125° 6' 45" E.), be- 

 tween Leyte and Mindanao, at a depth of 772 fathoms, on a bottom 

 of green mud. 



There are 10 specimens in the collection from 9 stations, taken at 

 depths of 270 to 772 fathoms. 



This species is distinguished from L. olivaceus by the reduced size 

 and number of dorsal spines, the first of which is the longest, the 

 reduced number and size of filaments, the smaller eye, the coloration, 

 especially that of the ventral surface, and the thicker, tougher skin. 

 It normally occurs at a greater depth than thd other species of the 

 genus taken in the Philippines. In small examples the dorsal surface 

 is raw sienna, dotted with small light gray spots. 



Family ANTENNARIID^. 



ANTENNARIUS ROSACEUS Smith and Radcliffe, new species. 

 Plate 17, fig. 2. 



Dorsal iii-12; caudal 9, anal 8; ventral 6; pectoral 10. 



Head deeper than long, length ^neasured to anterior margin of gill- 

 opening 1.86 (2.53 in total length), breadth 1.25 in its length; body 

 1.80 (2.45 in total), compressed; caudal peduncle very short, com- 

 pressed, depth 3.40 in head, length 5; eye 7 in head, 1.31 in snout; 

 snout 6; mouth broad, nearly vertical; lips fleshy; bands of small 

 teeth in jaws and ])alatines; tongue large, fleshy; maxillary 2.50, 

 nearly concealed under skin, reacliing vertical to anterior margin of 

 eye; mandible large, fleshy knob at S3anphysis well developed; nostrils 

 circular, well separated, with round fleshy rims; interorbital 3.94, de- 

 pressed, flat; head, body, and fins covered with small excrescences 

 ending in small spinules; pores on head and upper side of back with 

 rough excrescences, very distinct. 



F'irst dorsal s])ine (bait) 1.76, long, slender, bristlelike, ending in a 

 spongy trident, tip reaching beyond middle of third doi-sal spine; 

 second spine 1.66, basal third stout, cylindrical, distal portion slender 

 spiral-like, with rough excrescences, and ending in a filament; third 



