10 BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Color in spirits, uniform yellowish, with slight wash of dull brown, evidently uniform red in life; fins 

 unmarked. 



Related to C. auranlius Cuvier >Sc Valenciennes, bu( with shorter premaxillary and obtuse (lap to opercle, 

 and fewer scales in lateral line. 



One specimen, the type, no. 53910, U. S. National Museum (Bureau of Fisheries no. 3541: length 9.15 in. 

 from Bacon, Sorsogon, P. L; collector Charles J. Pierson. 



116. Cromileptes altivelis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3763; length 3.75 in.). 



Color in spirits, yellowish, the spots brown, large, and sparsely placed. 



Serranus altivelis cuvier >v Valenciennes. Hist. Nat. Poiss. , n. 241 ( 324) , pi. 3,5, lS28,Java. 

 Cromileptes altivelis, Bicker, Atlas, vn, 30. and Atlas, vm, pi. cccx.xu, fig. 3; Boulengcr, Cat., i, 271. 



117. Grammistes sexlineatus (Thunberg). 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3750; length 3 in.). 



Perca sexlineata Thunberg, K. Vetensk. Acad. n. Ilandl.. xm. 1792. 142. pi. v. no locality. 

 Grammistes st dineatus, Boulenger, Cat., 1,346. 



118. Psammoperca waigiensis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



One small specimen from Bulan (no. 3759: length 1.85 in.). 



Labra? waigu nsis Cuvier .V Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., II, 01 (83), 1828, Waigiou. 

 Psammoperca waigu nsis, Bleeker, Atlas, vn. 108, pi. cccvi, fig. 2. 

 Psammopt rca vaigu nsis, Boulenger, Cat., i. 365 (Cebu). 



119. Plectropoma calcariferum (Bloch). MuLmuL. 



One specimen from Zamboanga (no. 4065; length 13.5 in.). 



Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, Ic-hth., iv, 80, pi. ccxliv, 1797. Japan. » 



Lates calcarifer, Day, Fishes India, 7, pi, l,fig. l: Boulenger, Cat., I, 363. 



120. Pharopteryx nigricans Riippell. 



One specimen front Bacon (no. 3S37; length 1.5 in.). 



Pharopteryx nigricans Riippell, Atlas. Fischc. 15. pi. iv. fig. 2. 1S2S, Red Sea. 



Plesiops m [in mas, Gtinther, Cat., [11,363; Boulenger, Cat., i. 340. i 



Family PRIACAXTHID.£. 

 121. Priacanthus hamrur (Forskal). 



One specimen from Bulan (no. 3267: length 7.5 in.). 



Head 3 in length : depth 2.75: eye 2.56 in head: snout 3: intcrorbital 3.75; gillrakers 15 on lower limb of 

 first arch ; preopercular spine 2 in pupil; tenth dorsal spine 2.5 in head, or 1 .7 times length of second; loi 

 soft rays of dorsal a third longer than longest spine: pectoral 1.9 in head: ventrals 1.1, the spine 1.8; third 

 anal lunger than sixth dorsal spine, nearly equal to tenth; dorsal spines smooth, (he anal and ventrals spinulose. 



Ventrals black on distal third and a black spot in axil; dorsal and anal margined with black. 



Boulenger gives the number of gillrakers on lower limb of first arch as 18 to 23. Our specimen lias 15. 

 Thi.^ range is great ami may represent 2 or more species. 



Scisena hamrur Forskal, Descr. Inim., 45, i77.">. Red Sea. 

 Priacanthus hamrur, Boulenger, Cat., 1.3.55. 



Family LUTIAXID.-E. 



122. Diacope sebae Cuvier & Valenciennes. 

 Three line specimens from Bulan (no. 1072 to 4074: length J. 75 to 5.25 in.). 



> '>:i Cuvier a Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. 1 '■ >i <s- . n. 310 (411 1, 1828, Waigiou. 

 Lutianus sebss, Day, Fishrs India, 30, pi. ix. fig. 3. 



