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D. XI, 10, second spine 2 in total head, fifth ray 23^ ; A. 9, fifth 

 ray 2% ; caudal II/3, rays branched and lower longer ; least depth of 

 caudal peduncle 4% ; pectoral 1%, rays 14 ; ventral rays, I, 5, fin 1% 

 in total head length. 



Brown generally. Iris gray. Fins mostly paler than body, except 

 black ventrals and lower part of caudal with longer rays. Supra- 

 ocular fiap dark. 



Type.—U.S.'NM. no. 98819. D. 5253. Linao Point, N. 22° E., 1.5 

 miles (lat. 7°4'48" N., long. 125°39'38" E.), Gulf of Davao. In 28 

 fathoms. May 18, 1908. Lengtli 38 mm. 



(flanienfosa, with filaments.) 



NEMAPONTINUS, new genus 



Type. — NeiiKipontinus tentacidajis^ new species. 



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

 long, conic, longer than snout. Eye little advanced from middle of 

 head, impinging little on upper profile. Mouth large, lower jaw 

 slightly protruding. Maxillary reaches below eye, well expanded 

 behind. Teeth in villiform bands in jaws and on vomer, none on 

 palatines. Armature of head prominent, spines all well developed. 

 Gill opening large, deeply cleft, membranes divided, free. Gill 

 rakers lanceolate. Scales small, in oblique or inclined series on body, 

 ctenoid. Lateral line complete, axial along side of body. Dorsals 

 united, anterior spines highest. Soft dorsal rounded. Anal with 

 3 spines, of which second largest. Caudal rounded convexly behind. 

 Pectoral with deep base, rays all simple, fin rather large. Ventral 

 moderate, inserted little before pectoral origin. 



Closely related to Ponfinus Poey, but differs in the very long supra- 

 orbital tentacles. 



(^-77^0, ihrefiA-\-Pontinus.) 



NEMAPONTINUS TENTACULARIS, new species 



Figure 32 



Depth 23/4 to 3; head 1^% to 2^, width 2i/6 to 21/5. Snout 31/3 to 

 3% in head from snout tip ; eye 414 to 434, I14 in snout, nearly twice 

 as wide as interorbital; maxillary reaches % to % in eye, expansion 

 11/^ to 1% in eye, length 2i/^ to 2% in head from snout tip; teeth 

 finely villiform, in broad bands in jaws and on vomer, none on pala- 

 tines; interorbital 9% to 11, deeply concave. Gill rakers 6 + 13, mod- 

 erate, of which 4 above and 6 below rudimentary tubercles; equal 

 gill filaments or 3 in eye. 



Pair of small, strong, nasal spines; pair of antero-supraorbital 

 spines and 3 pairs of postero-supraorbital spines, followed by pair of 



