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and sides of nape scaled; lower jaw a trifle shorter than upper, the 

 mouth with a slight upward angle; maxillary not quite reaching to 

 below front of pupil; caudal rounded; tongue truncate, definitely 

 not bilobed ; anterior nostril tubular ; basal membrane well developed, 

 the usual lobe present followed by a notch, just before joining the 

 pelvic fin rays; pelvic fins joined along the midventral line, but free 

 from the abdomen, lower jaw with an outer row of somewhat 

 enlarged teeth, ending in one or two strong outwardly hooked ca- 

 nines at midside; inside this row a band of villiform teeth; upper 

 jaw with similar outer row of teeth but weaker, and with a similar 

 band of villiform teeth. 



Remarks. — This new species differs from all others referred to the 

 genus Gnatholcpis in having fewer soft anal and soft dorsal rays, 

 9 and 10, respectively, instead of 10 or 11 and 11 or 12, as in other 

 species that have a truncate tongue; this new form has a band or 

 dark blotch under the eye instead of a streak. 



Named hololepis in reference to the occurrence of scales entirely 

 covering the cheeks and opercles. 



Table 2Q.— Counts made on certain species of Gnatholepis 



Genus PANDAKA Herre 



Pandaka Heree, Monogr. Philippine Bur. Sci., No. 23, p. 196, 1927. (Type, 

 Pandaka pusilla Herre.) 



PANDAKA PRUINOSA (Jordan and Seale) 



Eviota pruinosa Jordan and Seale, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fi^h., vol. 25 (1905), p. 391, 

 fig. 82, 1906. 

 116142, Swains Island, reef, May 3-9, 1939, 2 specimens. 



