NEW PHILIPPINE FISHES — FOWLER 75 



pale or light brown. Some obscure brownish cloudings on spinous 

 dorsal, especially on sixth to eighth membranes. 



Type.—V.S.^M. no. 98887. (3143.) D. 5519. Point Tagolo 

 Light, S. 71° W., 8.7 miles (lat. 8°47' N., long. 123°31'15" E.), 

 northern Mindanao and vicinity. In 182 fathoms. August 9, 1909. 

 Length 185 mm. 



Pamtypes.—V.S.^M. no. 99008. (3231, 3232.) D. 5279. Mala- 

 vatuan Island (W.), S. 18° W., 5.40 miles (lat. 13°57'30" N., long. 

 120°22'15" E.), China Sea, vicinity of southern Luzon. In 117 

 fathoms. July 17, 1908. Length 158 to 168 mm. Two examples. 



{tentaculans, with tentacles.) 



CROSSOSCORPAENA, new genus 



Ti/pe. — Sebastes hexanema Giinther. 



Body elongately ovoid, rather slender. Head large, pointed. 

 Snout long, little convex in profile. Eye large, well impinging on, 

 upper profile of head, largely premedian. Mouth little inclined, 

 lower jaw slightly projecting. Maxillary extends below eye, ex- 

 panded terminally. Interorbital narrow. Teeth in jaws and on 

 palate. Armature of head well developed. Scales small, especially 

 on chest, breast, and prepectoral region. Head largely scaly, muzzlo 

 naked. Few short filaments on head and row along lateral line. 

 Dorsal continuous, spinous section with longer base though longest 

 spines lower than soft dorsal, membrane entire, spines 12. Anal 

 with 3 spines, shorter than rays. Caudal truncate. Pectoral small, 

 also ventral. 



Small rosy fishes of tlie East Indies, chiefly characterized by the 

 row of small filaments along the entire course of the lateral line, 



{Kpoaaoi, iTmgG-\- Sco/paen%.) 



MACROSCORPIUS, new genus 



Type. — Macroscorpius paUklus^ new species. 



Body elongate, slender, moderately compressed, deepest at spinous 

 dorsal origin. Head large, conic, elongate. Snout long, conic. Eyo 

 high, rather small, before middle in head. Mouth large, inclined 

 little from horizontal. Jaws about equal, with broad dental area of 

 upper jaw exposed. Mandible scarcely or not protruding, witl^ 

 broad bony spur at symphysis. Teeth fine, roughly granular, sharp 

 points prickly to touch; narrow band on vomer and each palatine. 

 Interorbital low, nearly level. Gill opening wide, but slightly joined 

 to isthmus. Gill rakers lanceolate, moderate. Bones of head all 

 more or less cavernous, with sharp though small and inconspicuous 

 spines. Scales caducous, cycloid. Head largely naked. Bases oJO 

 caudal and pectoral scaly. Lateral line complete, conspicuous canal. 



