NO. 1924. NEW PHILIPPIXE ANACANTHINE FISHES— RADCLIFFE. 121 



ing beyond margin of scale are somewhat flattened spear-shaped; 

 those on head smaller, standing more nearly at right angles to body. 



Tip of snout to origin of dorsal, 3.92 in total length; first doreal 

 spine small, but distinct, second about 1.40 in head, armed with long 

 slender spinules; interdorsal space about two-ninths as long as head; 

 second doreal low, feebly developed; anal better developed, its origin 

 from tip of snout 2.85 in total length; ventrals small, outer ray fila- 

 mentous, as long as head, origin under insertion of fii-st dorsal; pec- 

 toral 1.90 in head. 



Color in alcohol: Tail and upper part of trunk chocolate, top and 

 sides of head hair-brown, lower sides of head and trunk dark seal- 

 brown, fins dusky. 



Type.— Ceit. No. 72937, U.S.N.M., 18.8 cm. in length, taken with a 

 beam trawl at station 5608 (lat. 0° 8' 00'' S.; long. 121° 19' 00" E.), 

 Gulf of Tomini, Celebes, at a depth of 1,089 fathoms, on a bottom of 

 gray mud. 



This species is close to M. asper of Giinther, from Japan, differing in 

 the number of pectoral and ventral rays, and character of scales. 

 M. petersonii of Alcock appears to be closely related, but differs 

 markedly in shape of snout, size of mouth, length of barbel, and dis- 

 tance between dorsals. 



MACROURUS HYOSTOMUS Smith and RadcliSe, new species. 

 Plate 27, fig. 1. 



Dorsal 11,9-90; anal 101; ventrals 8; pectorals 18. 



Head 4.75 in total length, short, broad, firm, little elevated pos- 

 teriorly; body slender, little compressed, slightly arched, the greatest 

 depth at origin of doi-sal 6.84 in total length; vent sHghtly nearer 

 insertion of anal than base of inner ventral rays; taU rather stout; 

 eye 4.50 in head, 1.46 in snout, subcircular, nearly as wide as inter- 

 orbital; interorbital 4.21, broad, flat; snout 3.10, pointed, depressed, 

 its tip above level of middle of eye, and at a distance from mouth 

 shghtly greater than diameter of eye; on either side of tip the mar- 

 ginal portion is capable of some distention, on the doi-sal surface this 

 portion is set off from the rest of the snout by a semicircular scaleless 

 groove as in species of Matseocephalus; nostrils close to eye, the ante- 

 rior circular, free portion provided with a well-developed flap; sub- 

 orbital ridge quite distinct; mouth of moderate size, broader than 

 long; lips fleshy; maxiUary 3.28; mandibular barbel small, slender, 

 equal to diameter of pupfl; teeth cardiform, incurved, outer row in 

 upper jaw shghtly enlarged; scales large, 6 iq a transverse series from 

 second dorsal spine, 5 in a series from last doreal ray to and including 

 lateral line; exposed portion of scale armed with long, slender, 

 needle-like spinules, the outer row extending for a considerable dis- 



