FISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE [SLANDS. 



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Color in spirits, dark brown; large scattered l>lu<- spots with Mack margins on head, thorax, bell 

 fins except spinous dorsal, which is duskj ; no bars or spots on other portions of body, the spots on fins indis, 

 tinct, except on pectoral, where they form rows; pectoral with a slight wash of yellowish with a Mack margin- 

 otherwise the lins all blackish without a trace of lighter margins. 



This species is related to C. gutlaivs, from which ii differs in the larger scales, longei ventrals, smaller 

 eye, and in coloration. 



( toe line specimen from Bacon, no. .Villi 1 . 1'. S. National Museum I B. F. no. 3722), length 7.5,in ; coll 

 Charli s ■! Pierson. 



We lake pleasure in naming this species for our associate, Dr. Win. < '. Kendall, of the U. S. Bureau of 

 Fisheries. 



114. Cephalopholis boenack (Bloch) 



One specimen from Bacon no 3856; length 5 in 



BlOCh, lclitli.. IV, 31, pi. I CXXVI, 17H7. 

 banack, Boulenger, Cat.,] 180 



115. Cephalopholis obtusauris l'.\ 'i ni.iiiii \ Seale, new species. 



Head 2.55 in length; depth 2.8; eye 5.3 in bead; snout 3.9; interorbital 1.75 in snout; dorsal i\. 15; 

 anal in, 9; scales about 12 95-26, with 18 pores in lateral line. 



Bodj >>I>1< mil;, moderately compressed; depth of caudal peduncle 2.95 in head; body and bead covered 

 with minute scales with rough margins; lateral line with a distinct curve above pectoral; head large; mouth 

 very large" maxillary 2 in head, its distal end under middle of eye, its width 1.3 in eye; mandible I s ">: small 



t , phalopi I ' '■< na tin & Seal) nev pe •■ Fype 



teeth "ii jaws, vomer, and palatines, outer series on upper jaw slightly enlarged, with 2 canines on each side 

 anteriorlj . and with sonic enlarged depressible teeth posterior to them; a canine on eat b ide of sj mphysis of 

 lower jaw, with a row of larger depressible teeth among the small ones on sides; II gillrakers on lower limb 

 counting knobs , the longest equal to pupil; preopercle slightly rough: opercle with :i spines, the lower one 

 a little anterior to the others, the upper one more removed from center one; opercular Bap very obtusely 

 rounded, not ending in a sharp point; origin of dorsal fin on a line with axil of pectoral, and midway between 

 tip of snout and base of eighth dorsal raj : longest dorsal spine 3 in head, the anterior spine lcs~ than diameter 

 of eye longi st dorsal ray 2.3 in head: origin of anal slightly nearer base of ventral than to base ol caudal, and 

 on a line with has:' of third dorsal raj ; bas ■ of anal 2. 1 in head, its longest ray 2 in head, the second anal spine 

 the strongest and slightly the longest; ventrals 1.75 in head, their tips reaching a little past vent, but not to 

 base of anal fin; pectoral I 3 in I I, the tip on a line with origin of anal fin; caudal rounded, 1 75 in head. 



