NEW PHILIPPINE FISHES- 



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o'. Pterygotriglinae. Large bucklers only along spinous dorsal 

 base or absent. (Type genus, Pteri/gotrigla Waite.) 



f. Few bony bucklers only along spinous dorsal base. 

 g\ Upper opercular spine short, reaches pectoral 

 origin ; humeral spine elongate. 

 h\ Scapular spine very short; rostral spines short; 



no postero-supraorbital spine Pterygotrigla 



h\ Scapular spine long and strong; rostral spines 

 long. 

 i\ Snout shorter, length 2 or more in head. 



f. Maxillary reaches % to eye; rostral spines 



long as eye Bovitrigla 



f. Maxillary reaches eye; rostral spine % rest 



of head DixipMstops 



i\ Snout long, 1% in head; maxillary not reaching 



eye; rostral spine % rest of head Dixiphistes 



g'. Upper opercular spine enlarged, long, reaches % in 



pectoral ; humeral spine short Otohime 



f. No bony plates or bucklers along dorsal base Dixiphichthys 



Genus LEPIDOTRIGLA Gunther 



Subgenus Lepidotrigla Gunther 



Each bony buckler, along each side of the bases of the dorsal fins, 

 with a large, simple, entire spine. 



Of the typical species Lepidotrigla caviJlone (Lacepede) I have ex- 

 amined two specimens : U.S.N.M. no. 2219, Europe ; C. L. Bonaparte 

 Collection, Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia. Length 85 to 110 mm, 

 caudal fins broken. 



LEPIDOTRIGLA OGLINA, new species 



Figure 47 



Depth 31/2 in body from snout tip ; head 3, width 11/2. Snout 21/2 

 in head; eye 3, II/5 in snout, greater than interorbital; preorbital 

 depth below front eye edge 1% in eye; maxillary reaches 1/5 in eye, 

 length 2% in head ; teeth minutely villiform, in rather broad bands 

 in jaws, none on palate; interorbital 4, deeply concave. Gill rakers 

 0+10, short, 41/2 in eye, subequal with gill filaments. 



Pair of short, broad, rostral spines, edge of each inside with several 

 denticles ; supraorbital ridge finely serrated, with 2 low anterior den- 

 ticles, and larger posterior strong spine, followed by short notch; 

 suprascapular spine short, sharp pointed; postocular ridge serrated, 

 ends in short spine ; no keel to suborbital stay, and preopercle without 

 spines; opercle with pointed spine, level with lower edge of eye; 

 humeral spine long, slender, equals eye, base broad. 



