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BULLETIN OF THE mjREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Color in spirits uniform pale bkiish without markings; no dusky blotch at base of caudal; dorsal fin with 

 rows of black spots ; anal fin with 4 dusky bars ; caudal yellow, with 5 or 6 indistinct dusky bars ; pectorals and 

 ventrals yellowish. 



One specimen from Manila, the t yp ■, 2.2 inches long. no. 92.53, Museum Stanford Universit}'. 



Fig. 2;).— P<(, 



Jordan A. Scale, new specit 



Faniiiv FiERASFERl[).4-:. 



FIERASFER Cuvier 



237. Fierasfer honiei Ilichardson. 



Head 7.10 in length; depth 12; ej'e 5 in head; maxillary extending beyond posterior margin of e_ve, its 

 length 2.15 in head; pectoral 1.75; sharp-pointed teeth in jaws, enlarged teeth on vomer. Color in spirits 

 uniform white. One specimen, 4 inches long, from Cavite. 



Family A\TENN.\Klll».i:. 

 PTEROPHRYNE Gill. 

 238. Pterophryne histrio (Lir]n;ens). 



Head 1.75 inlength; depth l.SOi dorsal iii, 12; nnal 7; body smooth with dermal flaps on l)elly; caudal 

 roimded. Body mottled with dusky and white, with numerous small white dots ; fins barred with dusky ; belly 

 with dark cross-bars. Four specimens from Manila, length 3.50 to 7.25 inches. 



This .species agrees fairly with the Japanese form called Pterophryne ranina by Jordan, except that the l)elly 

 has distinct cross-bars. Probably Pteropliryne ranina is merely a color variation of the Chinese-Japanese species 

 Pterophryne histrio. 



ANTENNARIUS iCommerson) Lacepede. 



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239. Antennarius liispidus (Bloch). 



Head 1.75 in length; depth*3; dorsal iii, 12; anal 7. Color in spirits gray, marked with black lines run- 

 ning obliquely on body and radiating from eye ; fins barred more or less with row's of black dots. One specimen, 

 4.55 inches long, from Cavite; one 3.75 inches long from Manila, and one 4.5 inches from island of Panay. 



