FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 11 

 DAMPIERIA TRISPILOS (Bleeker) 



Cichlops t7-ispilos Bleekek, Nat. Tijds. Nederland. Indie, vol. 9, 1855, p. 110. 



Sahu, Halmaheira. 

 Cichlops trispilus Bleekeb, Verh. Kon. Akad. Wet. Amsteidaiu, No. 5. vol. 



15, 1875, p. 10, pi. 3, fig. 5 (Halmahera, Ternate, Batjaii, Guebe) ; Arias 



Ichth. Ind. Neerland., vol. 9, 1876-77, pi. (1) 390, fig. 2. 

 Lahracmus trispilos Evermann and Seale, Bull. Bur. Fisher., vol. 26, 1906 



(1907), p. 95 (Bacon). 



Depth 23/4 to 31/3 ; head 2% to 32/3, width 1% to 2j\. Snout 33/5 to 

 4 in head from upper jaw tip; eye 3% to 41/0, 1 to ly^ in snout, 

 slightly larger than interorbital in young to subecjual with age; 

 maxillary vertically inclined, extends little beyond front eye edge 

 or to pupil, expansion 1% to 21/2 in eye, length 21/8 to 23/5 in head 

 from snout tip; 4 variable canines in front of each jaw; teeth in 

 villiform bands in jaws, outer row little enlarged; narrow band of 

 fine teeth across vomer; interorbital 4I/2 to 6, convex. Gill rakers 

 7 or 8 + 12 to 14, lanceolate, short. 



Scales with 52 to 58 tubes in upper section of lateral line, 16 to 

 18 + 2 or 3 in lower section; 6 or 7 scales above lateral line, 18 to 20 

 below, 24 to 26 predorsal; cheek with 7 to 10 rows of scales. 

 Scales with 10 to 16 basal radiating striae ; apical denticles 38 to 56, 

 with 1 or 2 rows of basal elements ; circuli very fine. 



D. II, 25, I or 26, i, second spine 4 to 51/5 in total head length, 

 twenty-third ray li/s to 1%; A. Ill, 14, i, third spine 41/8 to 5, 

 twelfth ray II/5 to 1%; caudal 1 to lyV or 3 to 31/3 in rest of body, 

 convex behind; least depth of caudal peduncle 1% to 2^^ in total 

 head length; pectoral I14 to 1%; ventral lyV to I14. 



Tawny olive to cinnamon, more or less uniform, often hind portion 

 of body uniform. About a dozen oblique bands or lines of darker 

 on cheek and opercles with rather large brown spots. Predorsal 

 finely spotted with darker. Iris brown. Fins grayish to pale buff 

 or yellowish, vertical ones frequently with dusky edge. Dorsal finely 

 dotted anteriorly with deep gray, posteriorly with longitudinal gray 

 lines and subbasal black median blotch over 2 to 4 membranes; anal 

 with 4 or 5 longitudinal deep gray lines. Paired fins immaculate, 

 pale brownish or grayish, pectoral often with dusky blotch at origin. 

 Ivower surface of head and chest sometimes gra^ash, dusky or smoky 

 brown. 



East Indies and Philippines. 



9297, 9298, 9300. 16361, 22127, 23728. Biri Channel, Balicuatro Islands. June 



1. 1909. Length 89 to 160 mm. One with isopod crustacean in mouth. 

 14902. 14903, 14908. Biri Channel. June 2, 1909. Length 111 to 160 mm. 

 4638. Bubuan Island, Jolo. February 14, 1909. Length 146 mm. 

 17191. Butauanan Island, Luzon. June 13, 1909. Length 151 mm. 

 One example. [1083.] Cagayan, Sulu. January 8, 1909. Length 108 mm. 



