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jaws, on vomer and palatines; interorbital 2}4, little convex; pre- 

 opercle edge and ridge entire. Gill rakers 4? + 12, lanceolate, longer 

 than gill filaments or about % of eye. 



Scales 24 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 more on latter; 2 

 scales above, 6 below, 5 predorsal; apparently a single row of scales 

 on cheek. Fins apparently scaleless, except caudal base. Lateral 

 line complete, tubes large, well exposed. Scales with 7 or 8 basal 

 radiating striae; 18 short apical denticles as alternate .series; circuli 

 moderate. 



D. VI-I, 9, second dorsal spine 2}/% in total head length, spine of 

 second dorsal 2^; A. II, 8, spine 2)4', caudal (damaged, "doubtless 

 rounded in life"); least depth of caudal peduncle 2%; pectoral l}/£; 

 ventral 1%. 



Largely dark or dusky. Obscure dark spots, ill defined, on muzzle 

 and opercle. Spinous dorsal dusky terminally. Soft dorsal and 

 anal dusky, posteriorly pale. Pectoral whitish. Ventral blackish. 



Only known from the type and one small example. Probably 

 Mionurus bombonensis Herre the adult. 



51946, U.S.N.M. Negros Island. Dr. Bashford Dean. Length 18 mm. 

 Genus NEAMIA Smith and Radcliffe 



Neamia Smith and Radcliffe, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, 1912, p. 

 441. Type Neamia octospina Smith and Radcliffe, orthotypic. 



Body deep, compressed. Head large. Maxillary long, reaches 

 beyond eye. Bands of small villiform teeth in jaws, few on vomer, 

 none on palatines and no distinct canines. Preopercle ridge and edge 

 entire. Lower gill rakers 11. Scales ctenoid, 21 in lateral line to 

 caudal base. Lateral line complete. Dorsal spines united basally at 

 intersection, spines 8 and rayed fin with spine and 9 rays. Anal with 

 2 spines and 8 rays. Caudal rounded. Pectoral long. 



NEAMIA OCTOSPINA Smith and Radcliffe 



Neamia octospina Smith and Radcliffe, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, 

 1912, p. 441, pi. 36, fig. 2. Rasa Island, Palawan. 



Depth 23/5; head 2%, width 2^. Snout 5K in head from snout 

 tip; eye 4, much greater than snout or interorbital; maxillary reaches 

 slightly beyond eye, expansion 1}4 m eye, length 2 in head; teeth 

 very minute, villiform, in bands in jaws and on vomer, obsolete or 

 absent from palatines; interorbital 5%, but very slightly convex; 

 preopercle with entire ridge and edge. Gill rakers 3 + 11, lanceolate, 

 little longer than gill filaments or 2% m eye- 

 Scales 21 in lateral line to caudal base and 2 more on latter; 2 

 above, 8 below, 6 predorsal, at least row of large scales on cheek; 

 head except cheeks and opercles naked. Tubes in lateral line rather 

 large, each with well developed basal scale. Scales with 11 basal 

 radiating striae; 46 apical denticles, with 4 transverse series of basal 

 elements; circuli rather fine. 



