FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 61 



opening), spatulate; eye 7, 3%o in snout, 1% in interorbital ; lower 

 labial fold extends halfway to symphysis ; teeth tridentate, moderately 

 large, laterals pointed, in upper jaw smaller than median, in 4 rows; 

 nasal valves not separate, anteriorly and posteriorly each with cirrus ; 

 internarial space greater than eye, space between hind nostril edge 

 and upper jaw % eye. Last 2 gill openings above pectoral base. 

 Spiracle half below and behind eye, smaller than pupil. 



Scales tricarinate. 



Dorsals small, first begins little behind vent, second larger and ends 

 over second % of anal base ; anal broad, begins shortly behind ventral 

 base or little behind first dorsal origin, ending opposite hind basal 

 end of second dorsal, base nearly equals head length to first gill 

 opening; subcaudal anteriorly high as anal; pectoral broad, foliate, 

 nearly equals head without snout; ventral inserted before middle of 

 body, foliate, smaller than anal, base less than snout length. Vent 

 behind ends of ventrals and before midlength. 



Dull reddish white. Length, 228 mm. (Weber.) 



Makassar Straits, Celebes. 



PENTANCHUS MICROPS (Gilchrist) 



Scyliorhimts microps Gilchrist, Marine Biol. Surv. Soiith Africa, Spec. Rep. 



No. 2, pt. 3, p. 46, pi. 7, fig. 1, 1922 (type locality: Off Table Bay, in 790 



fathoms ) . 

 ScijlUorhinus microps Baknaed, Ann. South African Mus., vol. 21, pt. 1, p. 41, 



1925 (type). 



Depth 51/4 to subcaudal origin; head 3%. Snout 1^ in head, 

 flattened; eye 6I/2, 2>Y^ in snout; preoral length 1% in head; lower 

 labial fold reaches half way to symphysis of mandible; interorbital 

 little elevated. Gill openings apparently subequal, equidistant, last 

 2 above pectoral base (Gilchrist wrongly says above basis of ventral). 

 Spiracle close behind eye, lower edge slightly below lower eye edge, 

 length 1/2 orbital diameter. 



Scales not noticed. 



First dorsal along front edge 21/10 in head, inserted slightly behind 

 vent, ends over front end of anal base; front edge of second dorsal 

 l%o? origin over middle of anal; caudal length 1% in rest of body, 

 subcaudal deepest anteriorly though slightly lower than anal, and 

 notched about last fifth; pectoral I34 in head; ventral 21/3. 



Uniform dark, lighter above, black with tinge of purple below. 

 Length, not given. (Gilchrist.) 



South Africa. 



Genus ATELOMYCTERUS Garman 



Atelomycterus Gabman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 100, 1913. (Type, 



Scyllium marmoraturn Bennett, monotypic.) 

 Ateleomycterus Fowleb, Mem. Bishop aius., vol. 10, p. 17, 1928. (Type, Scyllium 



marmoraturn Beimett.) (Error.) 



