NEW PHILIPPINE FISHES — FOAVLER 



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Differs from Sebdstiscus olbofasciatus (Lacepede) in its apparent 

 uniformly pale coloration, the presence of 3 small spines at the lower 

 edge of the orbit and the bifid preorbital spines. 



(rpets, three H-aKaj'^a, spine.) 



Genus SCORPAENA Linnaeus 



SCORPAENA AMPLISQUAMICEPS, new species 

 FlQXJBE 21 



Depth 3 to 31/8 ; head 2i/s to 21^, width 2-^) to 21/5. Snout 41/5 to 

 4% in head from snout tip ; eye 3% to 41/6, 1 in snout, greatly exceeds 

 interorbital ; maxillary reaches % to % in eye, expansion 14^ to 2 in 

 eye, length 2% to 2i/4 in head from snout tip ; teeth in broad villif orm 

 bands in jaws, in narrower bands on vomer and palatines; interorbital 

 7% to 8l^, concave; occiput with very shallow depression. Gill 

 rakers 5+10, of which 3 or 4 above and 5 below rudimentary 

 tubercles ; gill rakers equal gill filaments or 4 in eye. 



Figure 21. — Scorpaena amplisquamiceps, new species. Type. 



Pair of nasal spines ; pair of antero-supraorbital spines and 3 pairs 

 of postero-supraorbital sx^ines followed by occipital and nuchal pair ; 

 very small supero-postorbital spine, followed by 2 large spines, least 

 of which close before suprascapular spine; 2 preorbital spines, both 

 directed backward; suborbital stay with 4 spines, first of which on 

 preorbital bone ; 4 preopercular spines, upper longest and with small 

 prebasal spine; 2 wide set opercular spines, opposite one another; 

 rather blunt humeral spine. 



Scales 33 to 37+2 or 3 close above and along lateral line; tubular 

 scales 22 or 23 + 1 in lateral line ; 7 scales above, 11 below ; 10 predorsal 



