NEW PHILIPPINE FISHES FO^\^:,ER 



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Brown, with silvery to gray tints below. Iris silvery white. 

 Lower side of head silvery white. Fins pale uniform brownish white. 

 Inside gill opening blackish. 



H.W.F.del. 



FiGDHE 8. — Bathyclupea gracilis, new species. Type. 



RW.F.deL 



Figure 9. — Hoplostethus melaiwpterus, new species. Type. 



Type.— TJ. 8.1^. M. no. 93320. D. 5G22. Makyan Island (NE.), N. 

 66° W., 4.1 miles (lat. 0°19'20'' N.. long. 127°28'30'' E.). In 275 

 fathoms. November 29, 1909. Length 230 mm. Also 20 paratypes. 



Rernarhs. — Differs from B. megaceps in its shorter and smaller 

 head, though with dorsal in similar position. The eye, while larger 

 than usual, is smaller than in B. megaceps. 



{gracilis^ slender.) 



