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Back brown, lower surfaces slightly paler and with silvery white 

 sheen. Iris pale or silvery white. Fins all pale or with yellow to 

 dull orange tints. 



Type.—V.S.^M. no. 93345. D. 5516. Point Tagolo Light 

 (Mindanao), S. 80° W., 9.7 miles (lat. 8°46' N., long. 123°32'30'' E.), 

 northern Mindanao and vicinity, Philippine Islands. In 175 fathoms. 

 August 9, 1909. Length 155 mm. Also a series of Philippine 

 examples, paratypes. 



H.W.F. del. 



Figure 11. — Gepliyroteryx philippinus, new species. Type. 



Remarks. — East Indies, Philippines. Kelated to Gephyroheryx 

 japonicus (Steindaclmer and Doderlein) from Japan but differing in 

 the few (8-10) abdominal scutes, always about 14 in the Japanese 

 species. It also approaches G. darwini (Johnson) from Madeira in 

 the few (10) abdominal scutes, but that species is described with 12 

 branched anal rays, while my species has but 10 or 11. Moreover G. 

 darv:hii is said to have depth 2i/<>. Trachichthys darwini of Alcock, 

 1899, from off Trincomale, and of Barnard, 1925, from Natal, may also 

 be confused with the present species. 



(Named for the Philippines.) 



Subfamily Paratrachichthyinae 



Vent more advanced, close behind ventral bases. 

 behind vent. 



Abdominal serrae 



