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nearly as long as second, a shallow pit in front of it, spine erect, con- 

 cealed by skin, adnate to top of head; soft dorsal well developed, 

 posterior rays longest 2, base of fin as long as head, fin rounded pos- 

 teriori;-, tips reaching beyond base of caudal, last three rays divdded, 

 others simple; caudal 1.50, rounded; anal 2, rounded; ventrals 2.50, 

 short, broad; pectorals 1.10, tips reaching nearly to posterior base 

 of anal. 



Color in alcohol: Ground color salmon, ventral surface white; a 

 black ocellus about twice size of e^'^e on base of eiglith and ninth dorsal 

 rays and adjacent portion of body; a similar light-colored ocellus 

 margmed with dusky brown on upper part of caudal peduncle near 

 base of dorsal; a similar ocellus below and slightly anterior to black 

 blotch; dusky markings on head and body anteriorly, most distinct 

 on tip of third dorsal spine, fu'st and second dorsal raj^s, and sides 

 between the two and on base of pectoral; soft dorsal bright salmon 

 with dusky markings posteriorly, tips of rays whitish; other fins 

 similar with dusky markings, most distinct near margins; some 

 indistinct dusky lines radiatmg from eye. 



Type.— Ca.i. No. 70266, U.S.N.M., 3.8 cm. in length, from Romblon, 

 taken from ship's side at night, attracted by electric light suspended 

 in water. 



ANTENNARIUS ALTIPINNIS Smith and Radcliffe, new species. 



Dorsal iii-12;.anal 7; ventral 6; pectoral 9. 



Head as deep as long, length measured to anterior margin of gill- 

 opening 1.87 (2.62 in total length), breadth 1.11 in its length; body 

 compressed, its depth 1.76 (2.47 in total length); caudal peduncle 

 short, compressed, depth 2.85 in head, length 5.33; eye 10 in head, 



2.50 in snout, very small; 

 snout 4; mouth large, 

 oblique; jaws subequal; 

 maxillary 2.66, partially 

 concealed in skin; nostrils 

 circular, with round fleshy 

 rim; interorbital 3.20, 

 arched; head, body, and 

 fins covered with small 

 excrescences with small 

 spinules at tip; pores 



Fig. 3. 



-ANTENNARIUS ALTIPINNIS. (FKOM THE TYPE. EN- 

 LARGED THREE DIAMETERS.) 



on head and back very 

 indistinct. 



First dorsal spine (bait) 6, short, bristlelike, ending in a short 

 spongy club-shaped structure placed at right angles to rnain axis; 

 second spine 3.60, rather stout, covered with rough excrescences, end- 

 ing in a filamentous tip which reaches base of tliird spine; third 2, 



