NEW PHILIPPINE FISHES FOWLER 



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as dark bai-s on free portions of spines; on soft dorsal lowest band 

 continued only as subbasal obscure narrow streak. Two large black, 

 white edged ocelli on outer part of soft dorsal, upper little larger 

 or slightly smaller than orbit. Anal blackish brown with median 

 white band and posterobasally fin also pale. Caudal white, with 

 dark transverse basal band and 5 transverse dark brown narrow 

 bands, made up of series of spots or short bars only on rays. Pec- 

 toral vrhite, with 4 black transverse bands. Ventral black, edged 

 anteriorly and below narrowly with white and 2 white spots in 

 posterior part of fin. Preorbital tentacle white, with 4 black bars. 



Type.—V.S.'NM. no. 98894. (2072.) D. 5136. Jolo Light, S. 

 37° E., 0.70 mile (lat. 6°04'20'' N., long. 120^59'20" E.). February 

 14, 1908. Depth 22 fathoms. Length 83 mm. 



Characters expressed in the genus readily distinguish the species. 



{his, two + OGeUus, eyelike spot.) 



SCORPAENELLA, new genus 



Type. — Scorpaenella cypho, new species. 



Body deeply ovoid, compressed, with back well elevated anteriorly. 

 Head large, compressed. Snout short, obtuse. Eye large, before 

 middle in length of head, scarcely impinging on upper profile. 

 Mouth large, little inclined and lower jaw scarcely projex'ts. Maxil- 



H.W.F.del. 



Figure 37. — Scorpaenella cypho, new genus, new species. Type. 



