PHILIPPINE MACEOUROID FISHES GILBERT AND HUBBS. 557 



upper jaw, 26; length of barbel, 17; anus to anal, 18: height of 

 second dorsal spine, 128 ; height of third dorsal ray, 79 ; interdorsal 

 space, 29; length of pectoral, 42; length of outer ventral ray, 62; 

 length of second ventral ray, 29. 



(imfranudis, having the under surface of the head naked.) 



65. LIONURUS EVIDES, new species. 



Type-specimen. — Cat. No. 78231, U.S.N.M. ; 157 mm. long to end 

 of tail, 33 mm. to anus; dredged with four paratvpes at Albatross 

 station 5589. 



List of paratypes. 



Fig. 39. — Lionubtjs evides. Type. 



This pretty little species is a close representative of Lionurus 

 condylura, a Japanese species, 1 from which it differs in the blacker 

 spot on the first dorsal fin, in the longer outer ventral ray, in the 

 fewer denticulations on the dorsal spine, and in the larger scales 

 (see tables of measurements). 



Fin-rays— first dorsal, II, 9 (11 to 13) ; pectoral 21 (20 to 22) ; 

 ventrals, 11-14 (13 to 15). 



The body is deep and elevated at the origin of the first dorsal fin, 

 from which point the dorsal contour extends forward as a convex 



1 See Gilbert and Hubbs, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 51, 1916, p. 197. 



