PHILIPPINE MACROUROID FISHES GILBERT AND HUBBS. 5T)1 



has but six rows between the lateral line series and the front of the 

 second dorsal; in divergent there are 7 to 9 rows (7 in 2 specimens, 

 8 in 13, 9 in 7). The gular and brancjiiostegal membranes are 

 scaleless. 



The anus is located just behind the ventral fins; it is preceded, 

 after a scaly interspace, by a very small naked spot or fossa like that 

 of garmani and nigrodorsalis. 



The numerous and fine clenticulations of the second dorsal spine 

 are sometimes obscure proximally. The bases of the pectoral and 

 ventral fins are on the same vertical in the type, but in some speci- 





PlG. 37. — Ventrifossa divergexs. TlTE. 



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 mens the ventral is inserted a little farther forward. The second 



ventral ray extends to the origin of the anal fin. 



Color in alcohol, silvery on the sides; brown on the back, becom- 

 ing darker anteriorly; blackish on the under surface of the trunk 

 and head, and on the jaws, which, however, are whitish about the 

 corners of the mouth. There is a dark streak along the front margin 

 of the snout, and another at the occiput. The first dorsal fin is dusky 

 proximally, but lacks the deep black spot of nigrodorsalis and -peter- 

 sonii; the base and axil of the pectoral fin are black ; the ventral fin 

 is almost black in the type and in some paratypes, but usually is 

 dusky, becoming blackish proximally. The lining of the buccal 

 cavity is mostly whitish; that of the branchial cavity mostly black- 

 ish brown, but whitish over most of the hyoid arch and on the ex- 

 treme free edge of the branchiostegal and opercular membranes. 

 The parietal peritoneum is silvery, with brownish spots. 



