NEW PHILIPPINE FISHES—FOWLER 61 
Sea, vicinity of southern Luzon. In 114 fathoms. July 14, 1908. 
Length 41 to 61 mm. Six examples. 
U.S.N.M. No. 99521. D. 5266 [665]. Matocd Point, S. 22° E. 7 
miles (lat. 18°44’36’’ N., long. 120°59’15”” E..), Verde Islands Passage 
and Batangas Bay. In 185 fathoms. June 8, 1908. Length 49 to 
65 mm. Nine examples. 
(gracile, slender + spina, spine.) 
SCHISTOPERCINAE, new subfamily 
Type genus.—Schistoperca, new genus. 
Known chiefly by its striking combination of characters, differing 
widely from all the Serranidae in its well divided and separated 
dorsals, spinescent scales, peculiar armature of the opercles, elongated 
pectorals, and long robust caudal peduncle. 
SCHISTOPERCA, new genus 
Type.—Schistoperca macrobrachium, new species. 
Body rather oblong-elongate, well compressed. Caudal peduncle 
long, compressed, depth but little over half its length. Head moder- 
ate, well compressed, upper and lower profiles equally oblique and 
upper little undulated. Snout convex, rounded, broad. Eye moder- 
ate, advanced in head, close to but not entering upper profile. Max- 
illary reaches below eye, expansion free posteriorly and without 
supplemental bone. Premaxillaries protractile. Teeth very minute, 
in narrow band or row in jaws, not evident on palate. Preorbital 
very narrow. Interorbital low, level, subequal with eye. Preopercle 
with few small denticles along hind vertical edge and lower edge en- 
tire. Upper edge of antero-orbital and postero-orbital rim each with 
spine. Opercle with 3 backwardly directed spines, lowest largest and 
extends farther posteriorly. Lower edge of gill opening with 3 
moderately curved spines, directed down and back. Suprascapula 
finely serrated. Guill rakers lanceolate, slender, rather numerous, 
longer than gill filaments. Scales ctenoid, large, very small on fins. 
Most of head scaly. Scales little smaller around gill opening below, 
on chest and breast. Lateral line highly arched, slopes much lower 
along side of caudal peduncle. Scale rows horizontal. Two distinct 
and well separated dorsal fins, second little higher. Anal like soft 
dorsal and opposite, preceded by 8 small slender graduated spines and 
third or last longest. Caudal moderate, forked. Pectoral greatly 
elongated, reaches beyond anal base. Ventral inserted below pectoral 
‘base, short, with spine and five rays. Coloration uniformly pale. 
Characters of the genus included above, though the genus espe- 
cially distinguishable by the greatly elongated pectorals. 
(cxtorés , split, or divided, with reference to the dorsals+ Perca.) 
