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Family PLATYCEPHALID.E. 



12. PLATYCEPHALUS INSIDIATOR (ForskSl). 



Cottiii^ inKididtor YoK»Kk\j, Descr. Aniiii., p. 25, 1775, Red Sea. 



P/dli/replKiliis iiixiilidtor, GuNTHEK, Cat., n, p. 175, 1860. 



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Head 3.20 in leng-th; depth 11; width of head at opercle 1.50 in its 

 length; eye 6.5 in head; snout 3.75; interorbital 8; D. VII, 12; A. 13; 

 scales about 76; lateral line unarmed; two spines at an^le of pre- 

 opercle, their length 1.50 in e3^e; interorbital concave, scaled; spines 

 of head inconspicuous. 



Color in spirits, brownish above, with indistinct dusky l)lotches or 

 mottlings; white below. 



One specimen from Manila, Cat. No. 55599, U.S.N. M.; length 7.50 

 inches. 



Family TETRAODONTID.E. 



13. CANTHIGASTER COMPRESSUS (Proce). 



Tclraodon cornpressnx Proce, Bull. Soc. Pliilum., 1822, p. 130. 

 Teiraodon striolatns, Gunther, Cat., YIII, ]>. 80-4. 



Head 2.45 in length; depth 2.10; eye 2.75 in head; snout 2; inter- 

 orbital 3; 1). !); A. 8; nostrils in shallow tube; caudal rounded. 



Color in spirits, grayish; bluish above with blue lines from eye and 

 on head; a large black ocellus at base of dorsal fin; fins 3'ellowish; 

 caudal with whitish band. 



One small specimen from Zaniboanga, Mindanao; length 1 inch. 



14. TETRAODON IMMACULATUS Bloch and Schneider. 



Tetruudon iiiimaculatut< Bloch and ycuNEiDEu, p. 507. — Day, Fishen India, p. 704, 

 pi. cLxxxiii, fig. 4. — Gunther, Cat., VIII, p. 291. 



One specimen from Manila, Cat. No. 55600, U.S.N.M.; length 4.80 

 inches. 



This specimen belongs tc) variety A of Giinther's Catalog'ue (VIIJ, 

 p. 292), the body without bands or spots, the upper posterior portion 

 with a slight tint of dusky; posterior part of caudal dusky; fins 

 rounded; D. 1(»; A. ;>; head 2.75 in length; eye 4 in head; snout 2.10; 

 interorbital convex equal to snout; length of caudal equal to its dis- 

 tance from origin of dorsal; body spinate, except on snout and poste- 

 rior portion. 



Family GOBIID.FI 



15. MAPO MEARNSI Evermann and Scale, new species. 



Head 3.30 in length; depth 5; width of head much greater than its 

 depth, which is l.SOin its length; cheeks prominent; D. VI, 10; A. 9; 

 scales 38, about 10 in vertical series; head without scales except on the 



