FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 783 



Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 24, p. 278, pi. 2, fig. 1, 1924 (type), p. 706 (ref- 

 erence). — RoxAs and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 6, 

 p. 44, 1937 (reference). 



Depth 31/10; head 3%, short, rather blunt. Snout 2% in head; eye 

 5%5 1% in snout; maxillary not quite reaching eye, length 3 in 

 head; mouth terminal but apparently inferior, oblique, upper jaw 

 strongly protractile, upper lip medium thick and much broader at 

 mouth corners than medially ; mouth appearing to be open even when 

 closed, as truncate lower jaw very short, extends but halfway from 

 angle of 2 jaws to front end of mouth; 2 broad fleshy flaps form 

 lateral pockets on under side of lower lip; slender rostral barbels 

 more than eye, stouter maxillary pair more than II/2 times eye, inter- 

 orbital greater than blunt snout and behind nape very decided hump 

 in upper profile. Pharyngeal teeth 2, 2, 4-4, 2, 2, more or less 

 crooked, only 1 in outer row large and some but partially developed. 



Scales 26 in lateral line (last 2 apparently on caudal base) ; 5 

 above, 3 below, 11 predorsal, 12 around caudal peduncle. Lateral 

 line slightly curved, not ascending middle of side until fifth scale 

 from posterior end. 



D. Ill, 8, third spine 1% in head, half again as long as minutely 

 serrated bony part; A. Ill, 5, third simple ray l%o; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 214 ; pectoral 1% ; ventral l^s ; caudal 3% in rest of 

 body, well forked, lobes pointed. 



Yellowish brown, dusky on dorsal half, much paler below. Top 

 of head and region before dorsal darkest. Fins all pale, except 

 dorsal, which slightly dusky. Length not given. (Herre.) 



Lake Lanao, Mindanao. Only the type known, in Bureau of 

 Science, Manila. 



OSPATULUS PALAEMOPHAGUS Herre 



Ospatulus palaenwpliagus Heere, Proc. Pan. Pacific Sci. Congr., Australia, vol. 

 2, 1923, p. 1569, 1924 [type locality: Lake Lanao; Mindanao (no descrip- 

 tion)]; Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 24, p. 279 (type), p. 706, 1924 (refer- 

 ence). — RoxAs and Martin, Dept. Agr. Comm. Manila Tech. Bull. 6, p. 

 44, 1937 (reference). 



Depth 3^3 ; head 2yio. Snout 3 in head, with prominent bump on 

 upper surface of front end; eye 4%, 1% in snout; mouth large, 

 terminal, slightly oblique, lower jaw included, with protractile and 

 rather thin lip; rostral barbels little shorter than eye, maxillary 14 

 longer, subequal; interorbital II/3 in blunt snout, and predorsal pro- 

 file with moderate nuchal bump; opercular flap extends beyond pec- 

 toral base. Pharyngeal teeth 2, 3, 4 - 4, 3, 2. 



Scales 26 in lateral line ; 5 above, 3 below, 10 predorsal, 10 around 

 caudal peduncle. Lateral line greatly curved until sixth scale from 

 hind end when midway on caudal peduncle. 



