NEW PHILIPPINE FISHES — FOWLER 61 



IY2 to 1%, convex behind ; least depth of caudal peduncle 31/0 to 41/5 ; 

 pectoral from origin IV2 to I3/5, rays 15; ventral rays I, 5, tin li/o to 

 1% in total head length. 



Largely uniform brown, fins little paler. Iris gray. From ninth 

 to eleventh dorsal spines marginally and submarginally with blackish 

 blotch. Caudal with slight longitudinal dark band on middle of each 

 half of fin longitudinally. 



Type.—U.S.ISM. no. 98904. (1816.) D. 5174. Jolo Light, E. 2.6 

 miles (lat. 6°3'45'' N., long. 120°57' E.), in vicinity of Jolo. In 20 

 fathoms. March 5, 1908. Length 49 mm. 



Series of paratypes.—D. 5254. Linao Point, N. 44° E., 0.7 mile 

 (lat. 7°5'42" N., long. 125°39'42" E.), Gulf of Davao. In 21 fathoms. 

 May 18, 1908. Length 35 to 45 mm. 



Remarks. — Distinguished by its combination of characters, espe- 

 cially the simple pectoral rays, the second preorbital spine directed 

 down and its supraocular flap, dark blotch on spinous dorsal and 

 usually uniform coloration. Iri these respects it differs from Scor- 

 paena hamlane'n-^is Bleeker. 



(Named for Fred McAdams, of Cape [May, N. J., to whom I am 

 indebted for many interesting off-shore American fishes.) 



SCORPAENA PALLIDIMACULA, new species 



Figure 2o 



Depth 3 ; head 2, width 2iV- Snout 414 i^^ head from snout tip, over 

 twice eye diameter; orbit 3% in head from snout tip; maxillary 

 reaches % in orbit, expansion 13^4 in eye, length 2 in head from snout 

 tip; mandible with moderate, bony, symphyseal spur; teeth finely 

 villiform, in moderately broad bands in jaws, and narrow bands on 

 vomer and palatines; interorbital 10, deeply concave, with 2 distinct 

 longitudinal keels; slight depression on cranium. Gill rakers 7 + 12, 

 of which 3 or 4 above and below rudimentary tubercles ; length li/^ 

 in gill filaments, which 3% in adult. 



Pair of small nasal spines; pair of antero-supraorbital spines and 

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

 and larger pair of nuchals ; small spine at upper hind edge of orbit, 

 followed by 2 long spines and then 1 at suprascapula ; 2 preorbital 

 spines, posterior larger and directed little down and backward; sub- 

 orbital stay with 3 spines; 3 preopercular spines, uppermost longest 

 and with small prebasal spine; 2 wide set opercular spines, lower 

 little posterior ; very blunt, short, humeral spine. 



Scales 40+3 close along and above lateral line; tubes 24+1? in 

 lateral line; 5 scales above, 12 below; 17 predorsal forward to hind 



