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Depth 2 J4 to 3; head 2}{ to 2%, width 2]/ 2 to 2}^. Snout 3% to 

 3% in head from snout tip; eye 2% to 3, greater than snout or inter- 

 orbital; maxillary reaches }/i to }4 in eye, expansion 2 to 2^ in eye, 

 length 2^5 to 234 in head from snout tip; teeth villiform, in broad 

 hands in jaws, on vomer and palatines; mandible with 2 external 

 broad conic denticles; interorbital 4% to 4%, level; preopercle edge 

 denticulate; median opercular spine nearer lower, which most 

 advanced. Gill rakers 6 + 21, lanceolate, longer than gill filaments 

 or Yi °f e ye. 



Scales 46 to 49 in lateral line to caudal base and 3 to 5 more on 

 latter; 5 or 6 above, 12 or 13 below, 40 or 41 predorsal, 6 rows on cheek 

 to preopercle ridge; fins with fine scales basally; maxillary scaled, 5 

 rows across expansion. Scales with 7 or 8 basal radiating striae; 

 apical denticles 24 to 65 in single row; circuli fine. 



D. VIII or IX-I, 10, i, fourth spine 23^ to 3Ko in total head length, 

 first branched ray 2% to 2%; A. Ill, 7, I, third spine 2% to 3, first 

 ray 2% to 2%; caudal 1% to lj^, deeply forked, slender lobes 

 sharply pointed; least depth of caudal peduncle 3i£ to 4%; pectoral 

 \\i\ ventral 2 to 2y 2 . 



Back brown, sides and below silvery white. Iris silvery white. 

 Fins all pale, slightly dusky on spinous dorsal terminally. 



Japan, Formosa, China, Philippines. 



2785 (D. 5260). Balanja Point, N. 28° W., 7.20 miles (12° 25' 35" N., 121° 31' 



35" E.), off southeastern Mindoro. In 234 fathoms. June 3, 1908. Length 



174 mm. 

 Twenty-four examples (D. 5353). Cape Melville Light, S. 85° E., 16.8 miles 



(7° 50' 45" N., 116° 43' 15" E.), Balabac Strait. In 148 fathoms. January 



1, 1909. Length 65 to 78 mm. 

 2858 to 2861 (D. 5403). Capitancillo Island Light, S. 46° W., 15.7 miles (11° 



10' N., 124° 17' 15" E.), between Leyte and Cebu. In 182 fathoms. March 



16, 1909. Length 137 to 161 mm. 

 2669 (D. 5272). Corregidor Light, N. 26° E., 25.50 miles (14° N., 120° 22' 30" 



E.), China Sea, vicinity southern Luzon. In 118 fathoms. July 14, 1908. 



Length 82 mm. 

 Sixteen examples (D. 5273). Corregidor Light, N. 27° E., 27.25 miles (13° 58' 



45" N., 120° 21' 35" E.), China Sea, vicinity southern Luzon. In 114 fath- 

 oms. July 14, 1908. Length 37 to 78 mm. 

 10129, 10130, 10248 (D. 5501). Macabalan Point Light, S. 35° E., 8.2 miles (8° 



37' 37" N., 124° 35' E.), northern Mindanao. In 214 fathoms. August 4, 



1909. Length 164 to 238 mm. 10 examples. 



10131, 10195 (D. 5502). Macabalan Point Light, S. 35° E., 8. 2 miles (8° 37' 37* 

 N., 124° 35' E.), northern Mindanao. In 214 fathoms. August 4, 1909. 

 Length 178 to 210 mm. 8 examples. 



4238, 4239 (D. 5503). Macabalan Point Light, S. 31° E., 6.6 miles (8° 36' 26" N., 

 124° 36' 08" E.), northern Mindanao. In 226 fathoms. August 4, 1909. 

 Length 185 to 196 mm. 



10132, 10194, 10196, 10279 (D. 5505). Macabalan Point Light, S. 31° E., 7.7 

 miles (8° 37' 15" N., 124° 36' E.), northern Mindanao. In 220 fathoms. 

 August 5, 1909. Length 206 to 229 mm. 



