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small, slender, apical denticles, with 1 or 2 series of basal elements 

 transversely ; circiili fine, coarser or obsolete apically. 



D. XII, 9, I, third spine 2 in total head length, second branched 

 ray 214 ; A. Ill, 5, i, second spine 21/3, first branched ray 21/2 ; candal 

 1%, evidently rounded (damaged) behind; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 4% ; pectoral 1%, rays 11, 4, xi ; ventral I, 5, fin 1 /^ in total 

 head length. 



Pale brown generally, blotched or clouded obscurely with paler and 

 lighter. Iris very light brown. Fins all pale, with obscure ^^•hitish 

 and pale brown bars or spots. Ventral whitish. 



Type.—V.S.l^M. no. 98900. (4277.) D. 5482. Cabugan Grande 

 Island (N.), N. 87° W., 4.5 miles (lat. 10°27'30'' N., long. 125°18' E.), 

 between Samar and Leyte, vicinity of Surigao Strait. In 67 fathoms. 

 July 30, 1909. Length 89 mm. 



RW.F.deL 



FiGDRE 23. — Scorpaena gibbifroiis, new species. Type. 



Bemark.s. — Only the type known. Somewhat resembles Sebasta- 

 pistes coloratus Gilbert, here regarded as a Scorpaena^ but differing in 

 its scaly head, no blackish blotch on spinous dorsal and much larger 

 scales. Also the scales on the postocular smaller than elsewhere on the 

 head in Scorpaena megalepis. Scorpaena tucephalus Alcock agrees 

 with my species in this respect, as well as in other characters, but it 

 has a different physiognomy with a more extended and less abrupt 

 muzzle, shorter pectoral, and it is figured witli much smaller scales. 



(gibhifrons, short front, or short snout.) 



