PISHES OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. L05 



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287. Platophrys javanicus i Bieeker i Palad. 

 One specimen from Bulan (no. 1049; length 8.25 in.). Anal 51; scales 74. 



Khoml. I Vil ["Ijda Si I. Ind., IV, 02, Batavia. 



Pseudorhombus ja a Bieeker, Ulas, vi, 8, pi. ccxxxn, fig. 3; Gilnther, Cat., IV, I2i (Java) I 1 124, pi, 



\. ii. Eg. 2. 



288. Platophrys russellii k ,, , 



One specimen from Bulan (no. 1069; length 9 in.) i rial 59; scales 74. 



Graj in I ad. Zool 



i ■ i i \ i.' i [Jmbilo River, Port Natal). 



289. Platophrys neglectus (Bieeker). Uguerangueray 



Three speci ns from San Fabian (no. 3390, 3619 and 3620; length 3.5 to 6.75 in.). Anal 57; scales 81. 



Pseudorhombus nsglet B r, Nied. Tijds. Dierk., Hi, 45, and Atlas, vi, 8, pi. ci wxiv.iig. l. 



290. Platophrys pantherinus i Ruppell). 



Two specimens from Bacon (no. 3409 and 3494; length 5.2 and 6 in i. 



Rhombus pantherinus RUppell, Itlas, 121, pi. 31, tit:. I. 1828, Red Sea. 



Platophrys pantherinus, Bieeker, Itlas, vi, 11, pi. ccxxxm, flg. 3; Day, Fishes India, 125 pi. ten, fig 3 and 4; Jord 



Evennann, Bull. U.S. Fish Comm., xxin, 1903 1905), 512. 

 Shomboidichthys pa > Gunther, i t., IV, 436 (Mauritius; Etfadagascai Imboyna Fiji). 



291. Platophrys palad. Evermann & Seale, new species, Palad. 



Head 3.75 in length; « 1 < j > 1 1 ■ 2. 1: eye 6 in head; snout 4; maxillary 2.3, its distal end under middle o 

 dorsal 77: anal 60; scales 85; interorbital a very narrow trenchant ridge slightly higher than eye; jaws equal; 

 canine teeth in anterior of jaws; gillrakers shorl and blunt, broader than long, !i on lower limb, the curved 



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Fig. 21. Platopkryt oalad Evermann .v Seale, aew spei 



portion ol lateral line •'!.."> in straight, the depth of the curve .'i.l in iis length; longest dorsal ray 2.75 in head; 

 loogesl anal lay 2.1 in head: colored pectoral 2 in head; caudal rounded, 1.25 in head. Color on lefl side. 



1 ol i spirits, brownish; on cadi side ol lateral line 2 large ocelli, each inclosing 2 large black spots: 2 



very indistinct dusky blotches on tin- lateral line, one at posterior curve of lateral line, the other at the beginning 



