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D. IX-14, front ed<ze of first spine serrated, second spine 1% ii^ 

 head, seventh ray 2%; A. 14, i, seventh ray 3%; caudal 1%, concave 

 behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 2 in eye; pectoral reaches 

 IYq to caudal base, length 1% in fish from snout tip to caudal base, 

 uppermost of 3 lower detached rays 1% in upper section of fin, rays 

 II, 6, III — hi; ventral rays I, 5, reach third anal ray, fin II/3 iii head. 



Pale brown on head, whitish below. Body light brown on upper 

 half, lower half white, with line of demarcation distinct. Iris pale, 

 whitish, gray above. Long pectoral largely gray black, marked with 

 very numerous, variable white round spots, margin of fin most all 

 around white, and on outer face each ray edged narrowdy with 

 white. Fins otherwise all whitish. 



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Figure 52. — Lepidotrigla macrobrachium, new species. Type. 



Type.—U.S.^M. no. 98882. (4388.) D. 5432. Corandagos Island 

 (NW.), N. 30" E., 5.7 miles (lat. 10°3r50" N., long. 120°12' E.), 

 eastern Palawan and vicinity. In 51 fathoms. April 8, 1909. 

 Length 64 mm. 



RemarlL.s. — Approaches Le/pidotiigla jaj)onic(i (Bleeker) of Japan, 

 but that species with shorter pectoral largely uniformly blackish, 

 smaller scales, and less prominent armature. Known only from the 

 type. 



(naKpos, long-f-j3pdxti^J', arm or pectoral.) 



PACHYTRIGLA, new genus 



Type. — Pacliytrigla in<iri8incn8is^ new species. 



Body elongately ovoid, compressed, tapers back evenly from head. 

 Head short, deep, front profile steep. Snout moderate. Eye large, 

 high, largely in front of second half of head. Mouth low, short, 

 broad. Maxillary not reaching below eye. Teeth minute, in bands 

 in jaws, none on palate. Interorbital deeply concave, bounded by 



