FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS AND ADJACENT SEAS 39 



Brown, little paler on lower sides of head and abdomen. Each 

 scale on body with paler brown spot than body color, formed regu- 

 larly to make longitudinal pale bands through scale courses medially, 

 most distinct on back and sides above. Head largely uniform or 

 without very distinct pale spots. Iris neutral gray. Dorsals and 

 anals dusky brown, diminishing posterior rays whitish in each fin; 

 rest of dark area on dorsal with about 5 series of small, well con- 

 trasted white spots, variable, above tending to form streaks, though 

 margin of fin above slightly paler and rather broadly uniform; anal 

 with large dark area immaculate. Caudal dull brown, paler pos- 

 teriorly. Long filamentous ventrals whitish basally, terminally long 

 rays dusky. Pectoral pale brownish. 



Diagnosis. — The long filaments at the ends of the soft dorsal, anal, 

 caudal and ventral lobes are diagnostic, the caudal deeply lunate. 

 Coloration finely spotted. Unique in its great superficial resemblance 

 to certain species of Portiacentrus. 



Type.— C^t. No. 89992, U.S.N.M. 



21366 [2041]. Limbe Strait, Celebes. November 11. 1909. Length 105 mm. 

 General color slaty becoming pale below, with slight buff shade above ven- 

 trals and gray on throat; round buff spot in center of each scale covering 

 most of breadth of scale ; these become smaller on lower side and obsolete 

 on i)eduncle; ochrey mark on lower rim of orbit dropping triangularly 

 to nearly opposite point of maxillary, side of head otherwise unspotted with 

 general buff olive shade ; dorsal slaty with buff spots similar to those on side ; 

 about six or seven in each membrane becoming more or less bar-like ter- 

 minally, but not encroaching on margin of fin, for about distance of breadth 

 of pupil; last four or five rays hyaline, membranes very pale; anal similar 

 to dorsal but with only two rows of spots, basal row fusing almost into bar, 

 second rather obscure except on posterior portion of fin just in front of 

 hyaline rays ; caudal pale slaty ; front of ventrals, including produced ray, 

 slaty, bright scarlet blotch on lower portion at base of second to fifth rays 

 becoming orange at margin and on interior of fin ; pectoral hyaline ; iris slaty. 



PSEUDOCHROMIS MOOREI. new species 



Depth 3 to 31/3 ; head 3 to 3i/4, width 2 to 214. Snout 41/2 to ^% 

 in head from snout tip; eye 4 to 4%, greater than snout in young to 

 subequal with age, greater than interorbital; maxillary reaches 1/4 

 to 1/3 ill eye, expansion 1% to 2 in eye, length 2l^ to 2% in head 

 from snout tip ; teeth uniserial in jaws, strong, conic, 4 large canines 

 in front of each, median upper smallest pair and much closer than 2 

 median lower which next in size; small curved band of fine teeth 

 on vomer, also small patch on front of each palatine, tongue toothless ; 

 interorbital 6l^, little convex; upper hind opercle edge with 5 flat- 

 tened spines. Gill rakers 6 + 12, clavate, % of gill filaments which 

 21/4 in eye. 



Scales 39 to 41 in median lateral series to caudal base and 8 or 9 

 more on latter; upper section of lateral line with 37 or 38 tubular 



