NO. 1924. \EW PHILIPPTNE ANACANTHI-XE PmiJES—RADCLIFFE. 139 



MACROUROIDES Smith and Radcliffe, new genus. 



Characters of the genus indicated in the description of the family. 

 Ty])e of the genus.— Macrouroides inflaticeps, 



MACROUROIDES INFLATICEPS Smith and Radcliffe, new species. 



Plate 31, fig. 2. 



Dorsal 107+ ; anal 87+ ; pectorals 16. 



Head 3.20 in total length, its depth 0.78 in its length, very large, 

 elHpsoidal, very soft, cavernous, without prominent ridges, spiny 

 armature or external depressions, the bony structure very feeble and 

 the tissues insufficient to preserve the form in the alcoholic specimen; 

 trunk extremely short, the head converging posteriorly into the 

 slender, strongly compressed, tapering taU, depth at origin of anal 

 7.94 in total length; vent immediately in front of anal; eye 11.50 in 

 head, 3.40 in snout, very small, circular; snout 3.40 m head, subconic, 

 high, projecting for a considerable distance beyond mouth; nostrOs 

 small, immediately in front of eye; mouth moderate, U-shaped, entirely 

 inferior, its cleft horizontal; maxiUary 3.07 in head; premaxillaries 

 protractile, lower jaw included; no mandibular barbel; teeth small, 

 subequal, villiform, in very narrow bands, on jaws only; gill-openings 

 wide, apparently a perfectly distinct slit behind the fourth arch; scales 

 very small, covering head and body, each scale with a single mesial 

 spinule, one or two small laterial spinules present on some scales. 



Vertical fins low; distance from tip of snout to origin of dorsal 

 0.33 in total length; dorsal begiiming near nape and extending to tip 

 of tail, apparently not divided (the small size of the rays and their 

 broken condition make it impossible to determine the exact form 

 of the anterior part of the fin); remaining rays of nearly uniform 

 height, scarcely longer than diameter of eye, anal similar to dorsal, 

 its rays sHghtly longer, distance of origin from tip of snout 2.45 in 

 total length; pectoral small, 3.17 in head. 



Color in alcohol: Dark clove-brown. 



Type.— Cat, No. 72950, U.S.N.M., 14.7 cm. ni length, taken with 

 a beam trawl at station 5450 (lat. 13° 23' 15" N.; long. 124° 00' 

 30" E.), near Batan Island, Lagonoy Gulf, Luzon, at a depth of 

 408 fathoms, on a bottom of green mud and coral. 



Family ATELEOPODID^. 

 PARATELEOPUS Smith and Radcliffe, new genus. 



This genus differs from Ateleopus in the greatly reduced size of the 

 dorsal, wliich consists of only 3 short rays, and in the much smaller 

 size of the mouth. The head is short and more pointed than in 

 Ateleopus, and the strong bony protuberance above and behind the 

 eye is lacking. 



Type of the genus. -r-Parateleopus microstomus. 



