XEW PHILIPPINE FISHES EOWLER 133 



Type.—U.S.'^M. no. 99044. (2060.) Buka Buka Island, Gulf of 

 Tomini, Celebes, Dutch East Indies. November 20, 1909. Length 

 61 mm. 



{■magniflcus^ splendid.) 



PTEROCULIOPS, new genus 



I'ifpe. — Pteroculiops guttatus^ new species. 



Body moderately long, well compressed. Head moderate, well 

 compressed, longer than trunk. :Muzzle short, broad, declivous. Eye 

 elevated, and advanced in liead. Mouth rather large, extends well 

 below eye, mandible little protruded. Lips rather broad, fleshy. 

 Tongue rounded in front. Teeth in narrow band above, uniserial 

 below, and each jaw with canines as 2 pairs above and single w4de 

 set lower pair. Interorbital narrow bony frenum. Gill opening 

 moderate, extends forward about opposite hind preopercle edge. 

 Gill rakers lanceolate, short, few\ Scales extend forward halfway in 

 predorsai, when obsolete, head otherwise naked. Scales on body 

 finely ctenoid, very small on trunk, breast and belly and become 

 larger on tail, especially posteriorly. Dorsals two, first of 6 flexible 

 spines, second with spine and 11 rays. Anal with spine and 12 rays. 

 Caudal long as ventral, or both longer than head. Pectoral little 

 shorter. 



Distinguished chiefly by its very long ventrals, naked head, and 

 coloration with scattered blue-gray round spots, also transverse dark 

 diffuse band across chest and another across middle of belly. It 

 appears allied with Valerwientieia in the presence of canines, though 

 with much larger scales (about 54). 



{wTepov, fin + Culius + wi/', appearance.) 



PTEROCULIOPS GUTTATUS, new species 



Depth 4; head 3, width 2. Snout 4% in head from snout tip; 

 eye 4, greater than snout, greatly exceeds interorbital ; maxillary ex- 

 tends % in eye, length 21/10 in head from snout tip ; lips thick and 

 fleshy ; teeth strong, canines bent back, lower pair lateral as one on 

 each mandibular ramus medially ; interorbital narrow, low, width 14 

 of eye. Gill rakers 5 + 11, lanceolate, % of gill filaments or 3 in eye. 



Scales 64+5 in axial lateral series; 19 above anal origin trans- 

 versely, 19 predorsai forward opposite hind preopercle edge. Head 

 naked. Scales with 9 to 11 basal radiating striae ; 11 apical denticles, 

 rather large, uniserial; circuli fine, 



D. VI-I, 11. I, fourth spine 1% in total head length, first branched 

 ray 2; A. I, 12 i, first branched ray 2% ; caudal 3 in rest of fish, ends 

 in median point behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% in total 

 head length; pectoral 1%, rays 20; ventral rays I, 5, fin 1 in total 

 head length. 



