472 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



CALLYODON VERMICULATUS, new species 



Depth 2% to 2%, head 2 5^ to 2%, width 2^ to 2]^. Snout 

 2y^; eye 7K to 7H, 3 >^ to 3)^ in snout, 23^ to 2 3^ in interorbital; 

 mouth cleft 4 to 43^ in head; lips cover % to ^ oi teeth; canines 

 small, 1 to 3 above, none below; interorbital 2j^ to 2 J^ in head, 

 broadly convex. Gill rakers 20 + 30, slender, short, flexible. 



Scales in lateral line 19 + 5 + 2; 2 scales above lateral line, 6 below, 

 7 predorsal ; cheek with 3 rows of scales, of which lowest with 3 scales 

 on preopercle flange. Scales with 22 to 30 basal radiating striae, 39 

 to 40 apical; circuh fine. 



D. IX, 10, I, ninth spine 3% to 3j4 in head, first ray 2J4 to 2^5] 

 A. Ill, 9, I, third spine 33^ to 3^, second ray 2%; caudal 134 to l/^> 

 concave behind, ends little exserted, in young hind caudal edge 

 slightly convex; least depth of caudal peduncle 23^8 to 2)^; pectoral 

 IM to 23^; ventral 1^ to li^. 



Upper half of head until level with lower eye edge, all of trunk 

 and front of tail to beginning of lower section of lateral line dark 

 brown, with rather longitudinal fine darker vermiculating lines or 

 streaks. Eye with 2 short yellow bars forward and 2 behind. Yellow 

 bar around upper lip, 1 around lower lip, and another across chin. 

 Iris brown. Lower half of head pale brown, with traces of obscure 

 vermiculations. Teeth whitish. Caudal peduncle and hind portion 

 of tail and caudal fin light brown, with grayish basally and on upper 

 and lower lobes medially. Dorsals and anals grayish, edges brownish. 

 Pectoral pale brown, end of fin deep brown. Ventral dull brown, 

 with greenish line along front edge submarginally. 



East Indian region. A very distinct species, known by its striking 

 color pattern, with pale head and caudal, the rest of the body dark. 

 Our smallest example is more variegated than any of the others, 

 having a more mottled appearance. The lower half of the head is 

 darker than that of the adults, also mottled, and not so contrasted 

 with the upper half. Dorsals and anals basally with oblique dark 

 blotches and waved bars. 



Type.— C&t. No. 89978, U.S.N.M. 



15575. Bugsuk Island, Balabac. January 5, 1909. Length, 130 mm. 



10598. Cabugan Island, Hinunangan Bay, Leyte. July 30, 1909. [1773.] 

 Length, 210 mm. General shade dusky rose; scales apparently with olive 

 stripe through each row, which faded, paler interval between rows distinctly 

 apparent; scales of side of abdomen with darker bases and gray margins after 

 fading; dorsal rose, with dark front and margin and oblique downward and 

 backward directed bars crossing about three or four membranes, most distinct 

 on anterior portion of fin; caudal and anal rose, tipped slightly dusky, also edge 

 of caudal lobes very narrowly; jjaired fins rose; pectoral membranes hyaline, 

 first ray dusky; iris golden; teeth white or with very slight greenish tinge. 



A. 732. Dauawan Island. September 27, 1909. Length, 290 mm. (Canines, 

 upper, 1 — 1; lower, — 0.) 



