NEW PHILIPPINE FISHES — FOWLER 109 



Type.—V.S.^M. no. 98871. (1562.) D. 5135. Jolo Light, S. 

 46° W., 11.90 miles (lat. 6°11'50" N., long. 121°8'20" E.), vicinity 

 of Jolo. In 161 fathoms. February 7, 1908. Length 175 mm. 



Reinarhs. — Very close to Lepidotrigla khhinouyei Snyder, which 

 also has the dark area of the pectoral fin spotted with white, but 

 only the lower half of this area. In the present species tlie white 

 spots are more variable and scattered over the entire dark area. 

 L. functifectoralh has a shorter pectoral, reaching 2i/2 to caudal base. 

 In the specimen before me of L. k'lshinouyei^ as well as in Snyder's 

 figure of the type, the pectoral reaches half way to the caudal base. 



Also a paratype, U.S.N.M. no. 98980. (2944.) D. 5392. Tubig 

 Point, N. 49° E., 5 miles (lat. 12°12'35'' N., long. 124°2'48" E.), 

 between Samar and Masbate. In 135 fathoms. March 13, 1909. 

 Length 160 mm. 



{punctus, spot + pectoralis, pectoral.) 



LEPIDOTRIGLA MACROBRACHIUM, new species 



Figure 52 



Depth 3% (in length from snout tip) ; head 21/0, width 1%. Snout 

 2% in head ; eye 3%, 1^4 ii^ snout, greatly exceeds interorbital ; max- 

 illary reaches % to eye, length 2% in head ; mouth width 214 ; teeth 

 minutely villiform, in narrow band in each jaw, none on palate; 

 interorbital 6%. very deeply concave. Gill rakers + 9, of which 

 lowest 3 very small rudiments; longest 31/2 in ©ye, I14 in gill fila- 

 ments, which 114 in eye. 



Pair of short, broadly triangular rostral spines, length 3 in eye, 

 their edges denticulate; 2 strong antero-supraorbitals each side, also 

 2 close set strong postero-supraorbitals on little prominence followed 

 by deep transverse groove, forming deep notch in upper profile of 

 head; pair of moderate occipital spines; postocular keel terminated 

 by spine posteriorly; suprascapular spine rather small, strong; sub- 

 orbital stay with low ridge only across preopercle, ending in small 

 short spine at preopercle angle on margin; opercle with small spine 

 nearly level with lower edge of eye ; humeral plate with long pointed 

 spine, besides small obtuse spine on upper part of edge. 



Scales 44 in lateral line to caudal base ; 2 above opposite second 

 dorsal origin, 14 below; 5 predorsal. Chest, breast, prepectoral re- 

 gion and area narrowly behind bases of paired fins naked. Caudal 

 largely scaly, at least basally. Along dorsal bases 22 bony plates, 

 each bearing strong spine, of these 9 along base of first dorsal. Scales 

 in lateral line enlarged and narrowly imbricated; each tube simple. 

 Scales with 5 or 6 basal radiating striae ; 9 or 10 strong, short, apical 

 denticles; circuli moderate, obsolete apically. 



