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single, small, inconspicuous median spine on snout at last fourth its 

 length; opercular si)ine small, slender, little below level of eye, with 

 slight keel forward so its length equals eye; ridge of suborbital stay 

 broad, flat keel, with finely serrate or denticulate edge, ending in 

 long slender spine at angle of preopercle long as eye and with small 

 short prebasal denticle externally, also preo})ercle spine reaching very 

 little beyond base of uppermost pectoral ray or about % in fin length. 



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Figure 59. — Satyrichthys clavilapis, new species. Type. 



From above gill opening 27+1 bony lateral plates; 3 rows of di- 

 minishing spiniferous plates on trunk with an additional row on 

 belly and under side of tail; spines all slender, sharp pointed, firm, 

 and surfaces of plates rugose striate; front pair of plates on belly 

 twice long as posterior pair close before vent ; row of 3 small plates, 

 each bearing horizontal keel ending in spine, above gill opening and 

 subvertical roAv behind gill opening also of 3 small plates. 



D. VII, 17, third spine 3% in head, third ray 43/5 ; A. 16, fifth ray 

 5; caudal 2%, concave behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 2% 

 in eye; pectoral 2j''^ in head, rays 10, ii-ii, uppermost detached ray 

 2% in head ; ventral 214, rays I, 5. 



Brownish, under surface of body w^hitish. Iris pale, evidently 

 whitish or light in color. Dorsals with spines and rays each marked 

 with 5 blackish brown small spots; along each side of base of fins 

 more or less dark to blackish line, broken into many variable small 

 spots. 



Type.—U.S.imM. no. 98868. (4742.) D. 5118. Sombrero Island, 

 S. 47° E., 10 miles (lat. 13°48'45" N., long. 120°41'51" E.), Bal- 

 ayan Bay and Verde Island Passage. In 159 fathoms. January 21, 

 1908. Length 244 mm to end of broken rostral extensions. 



Remarks. — Also a series of Philippine paratypes, in 37 to 394 

 fathoms. 



