FISHES OF THE rill I.I I'I'IN K CSLANDS. 



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longest 2.5 in eye; 2 or :i rows of scales on cheek; bodj and head Fully scaled; lateral line w iili bul 16 distinct 

 tubules; about 20 series of scales in front of dorsal ; • ■ i i •_: i 1 1 .if dorsal on a line with axil of pectoral, the -pine- 

 gradually increasing in length, the last being longest, l.. r > in head, the anterior spine scarcely equal to eye; 

 webs of spinous dorsal deeply incised; middle soft dorsal ray the longest, 1.25 in head; origin of anal below 

 base of eleventh dorsal spine, its base 1.1 in head, its longest ray 1.3, the second - |>i n«- 1.55; vertical fins with 

 deep seal) sheath; ventral slightly nearer origin of anal fin than to tip of snout, its tip reaching vent i 

 toral equal to length of head: caudal emarginate, the lobes pointed, length greater than head. 



Color in spirits, .lull yellowish, shading gradually into a soft brown on upper anterior portion of body ami 



head; a large, deep, black -pot covering entire base and axil of pectoral fin; some slight indications "f veix 



indistinct yellow longitudinal lines on side; spinous dorsal brownish, with dusky margin extending along upper 



il -Mil dorsal; Boft dorsal becoming yellow on posterior half; anal yellow, the marginal third dusky; caudal 



yellow: ventrals with slight tint of dusky: pectoral yellow. 



- en specimens from Bacon no 39% and 3905; length 3.25 to 3.5 in.). Type, no. 55919, U S. National 

 Museum, from Bacon, Sorsogon, P. 1.. length 3.5 in., collected by Mr. Charles -l Pierson. Of the cotypes one 



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Fig. i . - Pon ai < ntrv • ■:>■■ tandt r < Evermann & Seale, new spa I ; 



Bureau of Fisheries, no 3996 isno 20005, Stanford University Museum; another is no. 1540, U. S. Bureau of 

 Fisheries, and there is one each in the museum at Manila, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, I S 

 National Museum, and Indiana University Museum. 



Named for Miss Annie M Alexander, "i Oakland. California, in recognition of her interest and work in 

 zoology. 



199. Pomacentrus philippinus Evermann & Scale, new species 



Head 3.35 in length; depth 2; eye :i in head; snout 1.1; interorbital 2.75; dorsal xttt, II; anal n. II, 

 -al,- I 26 9, 18 tubes 



Body oblong, compressed; depth of caudal peduncle 1.75 in head; anterior profile evenly rounded ;jaw- equal; 

 maxillary scarcely equal to diameter of eye, its distal end under anterior margin of eye; mandible 3 in head; small 



teeth in jaws iii single series, noi n romer or palatines; gillrakers slim, sharp-pointed, 12 i n lower limb, the 



longest a I mi it equal to pupil; preorbital with 2 or 3 small denticulations, greatest width of preorbital 3 in eye; 

 preopercle distinctly denticulate; opercle with a single spine on posterior border; body and head fully sealed, a 

 single row on preorbital, 2 row- mi cheek, a single row on lower limb of preopercle; verj line scales mi top "i 

 head, about 23 series m front of dot sal: origin of dorsal above axil of pectoral: distance between origin of dorsal 

 and tip of snout 1 .25 in depth of fish; longest dorsal -pine 1.75 in head, length of anterior spines 4.7o; middle ray 

 ..I' .I. ii -a l longest, equal i" head. ii- tip -light I j produced; webs of spinous dorsal incised; origin of anal di 

 base of ventral than base of caudal, the second spine the longest . 2 45 in head: middle ray of anal longest, about 



