NOVACULA. 131 



NOTE VIII. 



A NEW NOVx\CULA-SPEC. FROM THE BALABALONGAN 

 OR LITTLE PATERNOSTER ISLES 



BY 



Dr. C. L. REUVENS. 



In a collection of fishes, in Jan. '94 presented to the 

 Leyclen Museum by the Lieutenant of arms J. v. Stockum, 

 and collected in the Strait of Makassar, Balabalongan or 

 Little Paternoster Isles , I found a species of the genus 

 Novacula C. Y. , which , after examination , seems to me 

 to be new for science. Dr. A. Günther, whom I asked 

 to look for in the collections of the British Museum , con- 

 firmed me in my opinion and wrote me: »I have no doubt 

 »your specimen of Novacula belongs to a species un- 

 » known to me". 



In honour of the collector I call this new species 

 Novacula Stockumii. 

 Diagnosis: D. 27/, g, A. \^, P. 11 , V. 1/4. 



Cheeks scaly; the two first dorsal spines are flexible, 

 somewhat longer than the following, the interspace be- 

 tween the second and third spine greater than that be- 

 tween the remaining ones. The outer ventral ray produced; 

 caudal rounded. 



Colours (in spirits) : body pale yellow-brown with a rosy 

 tint ; eye deep red ; on the praeoperculum and above the 

 origine of the pectoral fin two short, somewhat faded 

 bluish streaks ; on the side of the body , partly covered 

 by the pectoral fin a yellow (in live perhaps red) blotch; 

 the basis of the dorsal fin yellowish, very narrow black 



Notes from the Leyclen IVLuseum, "Vol. XVI. 



