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Light brown, mottled witk brown. Fins all pale. Iris brassy. 

 White spots on lower sides of head and mandible. Pectoral rays 

 with small brown spots. 



Ti/pe.—V,S.^M. no. 98891. D. 5159. Tinakta Island (N.), N. 82^ 

 W., 1.40 miles (lat. 5°11'50" N., long. 119°54' E.), Sulu Archipelago, 

 Tawi Tawi Group. In 10 fathoms. February 21, 1908. Length 

 38 mm. 



{Coitus, sculping- Ke<^dXj7, head.) 



aW.F.del. 



Figure 28. — Scorpaenopsis stigma, new si)ecies. Type. 



SCORPAENOPSIS STIGMA, new spccifs 



Figure 28 



Depth 2%; head 2i/4, width II/2. Snout 4 in head from snout tip; 

 eye 3, greater than snout, much greater than interorbital; maxil- 

 lary reaches opposite % in eye, expansion 1% in eye, length 1% 

 in head from snout tip; minute, villiform teeth in bands in jaws 

 and small band on vomer, none on palatines; interorbital 9 in head, 

 deeply concave. Gill rakers 6+14, lanceolate; gill filaments % of 

 gill rakers, which 314 ii^ eye. 



Pair of strong nasal spines behind front pair of nostrils; low 

 antero-supraorbital spine and 2' greatly higher, strong postero-sup- 

 raorbital spines each side, followed by coronal pair, then large 

 parietal pair and finally occipital pair; strong postocular spine over 

 top of preopercle, followed by another over top of opercle and one 

 at suprascapula ; 2 broadly obtuse preorbital spines; suborbital stay 

 ■with 5 strong spines, followed by strong spine at preopercle angle, 

 last with outer prebasal spine; lower preopercle edge with 3 spines 

 of which upper directed back and 2 lower directed downwards; 2 



