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rays i, 6, iv-iii, uppermost ray of lower section ly^ to 11/5 in upper 

 section of fin; ventral reaches second anal ray, fin lYg to II/5 in head, 

 rays I, 5. 



Head brownish, whitish on sides and below with silvery reflections. 

 Upper half of body pale brownish, lower half of sides silvery white. 

 Pectoral with upper section marked with a large uniform blackish 

 brown blotch, leaving entire fin border white. Fins otherwise all pale 

 to whitish. 



Ty/pe.— U.S.N.M. no. 98872. (24328.) D. 5442. San Fernando 

 Point Light, N. 39° E., 8.4 miles (lat. 16°30'36" N., long. 120°11'{)6" 

 E.), west coast of Luzon. In 45 fathoms. May 10, 1909. Length 

 111 mm. Also a series of Philippine paratypes. 



Remarks. — This species appears to be related to Lepidotrigla spi- 

 l-optera Giinther, though that species with a broader interorbital, 

 shorter pectoral, truncate caudal, and ventrals only reaching anal. 

 Giinther's description does not mention scales on the breast and his 

 figure fails to reveal any. The species is best characterized by its 

 entirely scaled breast, chest, and belly, only the prepectoral region 

 and narrow postbasal space of the paired fins naked. 



(venusta, beautiful.) 



LEPIDOTRIGLA PECTORALIS, new species 

 Figure 49 



Depth 41/4 ; head 2^4, width 1%. Snout 2i/io in head ; eye 4%, 2 in 

 snout, subequal with interorbital; maxillary reaches eye, length 21/3 

 in head ; mouth width 21/0 ; teeth rather coarsely villif orm, in moder- 

 ately broad bands in jaws, none on palate; interorbital 4% in head, 

 low, broadly depressed concavely. Gill rakers 0+8, of which 3 low- 

 est mere rudimentary tubercles; short, strong, lanceolate, % of gill 

 filaments, which 214 in eye. 



Head largely unarmed or few spines developed very short, small 

 or inconspicuous ; bones of head with distinct, radiating, rugose stri- 

 ate surfaces; preocular groove narroAv, forward to nostrils; notch 

 above upper hind edge of eye on each side of head; ridge of sub- 

 orbital stay little distinct and without any armature, and no spine 

 on preopercle ; opercle ends in rather broad point behind ; as viewed 

 above upper front edge of head blunt with row of small marginal 

 denticles ; long strong humeral spine, 3 in head. 



Scales 53 + 4 in lateral line, enlarged and tubes simple; 6 above 

 opposite soft dorsal origin, 20 below to anal origin; 10 predorsal. 

 Small and minutely ctenoid scales on predorsal, trunk and tail and 

 extended over caudal basally. Breast, chest, prepectoral, belly, and 

 region from basal part of humeral spine to vent naked. Along dor- 



