NEW PHILIPPINE FISHES — FOWLER 117 



length 11/5 in head, rays i, 8, iv-iii, uppermost of 3 lower detached 

 rays slightly longer than upper section of fin ; ventral inserted little 

 before pectoral base, with spine and 5 rays, fin length II/3 in head 

 from snout tip. 



Very pale or light brown. Iris light yellowish, evidently whitish 

 in life. Back little more brownish than belly, below more whitish. 

 Fins all more or less pale to whitish. Spinous dorsal whitish, ante- 

 rior membranes terminally dark brown. Pectoral dark gray or 

 brown medially, border pale all around. 



Type—U.SJ^M. no. 98879. (3679.) D. 5441. San Fernando 

 Point Light, S. 87° E., 18.7 miles (lat. 16°38' N., long. 119°57'18" 

 E.), Avest coast of Luzon. In 186 fathoms. May 10, 1909. Length 

 146 mm. 



Diagnosis in the genus. 



(fxkyas, large -fcoi/', eye.) 



DIXIPHISTES, new genus 



Type. — Dlxiphistes macrorhynchus^ new species. 



Body elongately ovate, well compressed. Head long, compressed, 

 attenuated. Snout long, extended, so that muzzle more than half 

 of head. Eye large, elevated, impinging on upper profile, anteriorly 

 in posterior half of head. Mouth rather small, terminal, low, nearly 

 horizontal. Maxillary not quite reaching % to eye, well expanded 

 behind and slips below preorbital. Interorbital deeply concave. 

 Nostrils small, well separated and hind pair at first % in snout. 

 Gill rakers long, lanceolate. Gill opening wide, extends forward 

 well before eye. Head largely with surfaces of bones finely rugose 

 striate. Each side of snout a long, flat, slender, acuminate spine, at 

 least % rest of head. Kidge of suborbital stay well marked, entire 

 or without spines. Strong spine back from each side of occiput. 

 Opercular spine small. Large humeral spine, with broad, flat, striate 

 basal portion. Each side of spinous dorsal 8 rugose bony bucklers, 

 besides large one just before fin. No bony bucklers along base of 

 soft dorsal, though each ray with a small, short, basal spine each 

 side. Lateral line complete, high along side, composed of rather 

 large tubes. Scales minute, rather irregular, and firmly adherent. 

 Dorsal spines 7, slender, fin little over half soft dorsal. Anal oppo- 

 site soft dorsal, similar. Caudal little emarginate. Pectoral very 

 long, reaches 3/. to caudal base; fin in 2 sections, with lowest rays 

 of upper section graduated short; uppermost ray of lower section 

 little longer than upper section of fin. Ventral short, reaches vent. 

 This very interesting genus is the extreme of the group of genera 

 with a pair of flattened, accuminate rostral extensions forward. It 



