NEW PHILIPPINE FISHES — FOWLER 



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61/5; pectoral I14 to II/3, rays n, 14, ix; ventral rays I, 5, fin 21^ 

 to 21/2 in total head. 



Pale brownish, nearly uniform, fins all paler or nearly whitish. 

 Iris light grayish. Peritoneum blackish. 



Type.— V.S.N. M. no. 98890. D. 5518. Point Tagolo Light, S. 

 64° W., 8.7 miles (lat. 8°48' N., long. 123°31' E.), northern Mindanao 

 and vicinity. In 200 fathoms. August 9, 1909. Length 169 mm. 



Also a series from the Philippines in 162 to 226 fathoms. 



(pallidus, pale.) 



H.W.RdeL 



FiGDEE 33. — Maciovcorpius pnUidus, new genus, new species. Type. 

 PTEROPELOR, new genus 



Type. — PteropeloT noi^oiihai., new species. 



Body well compressed, ovate. Head large, well compressed, with 

 prominent cranial ridge. Snout compressed, deeply concave in profile, 

 moderate. Eye moderate, elevated, well impinging on upper profile, 

 elevated, little advanced in head. Mouth large, lower jaw protrud- 

 ing. Maxillary reaches belovv- eye. Cranium with deep pit behind 

 eyes. Spines of head distinct, not especially prominent. Gill opening 

 wide, membranes only narrowly connected. Gill rakers tuberculate. 

 Scales rather large, deciduous, cycloid. Lateral line distinct only 

 anteriorly. Long supraorbital flap. Dorsals deeply notched and 

 spinous fin higher and well set off from soft fin ; each membrane of 

 spinous dorsal at least half notched terminally. Anal like soft dorsal. 

 Caudal elongate, rounded. Pectoral moderate, reaches into anal fin. 

 Ventral small, inserted well before pectoral, only reaches half way in 

 pectoral. 



Somewhat with the aspect of Tmmicus and also seems closer to 

 Pterodlchthys, from which it differs in its incised spinous dorsa! 

 membranes, absence of barbels, and large scales. 



{wTepov, G.n-\-Pelor.) 



