NEW PHILIPPINE FISHES—FOWLER rah 
ward; keel of suborbital stay with undulous and very finely serrated 
edge and ends behind in long extended spine nearly long as eye. 
Beginning over gill opening 29+1 bony lateral plates; 4 rows of di- 
minishing spiniferous plates on trunk; spines all quite large, strong, 
well erected, and surfaces of plates finely rugose; bones of head all well 
striate on upper surfaces, rugose on cranium and most of bony ridges 
of head minutely serrate; arc of five small and little-developed scutes 
formed over gill opening and down posteriorly. 
D. V—16, third spine 3%, in head, fifth ray 37%, last ray 7; 
A. 16, seventh ray 424; caudal 234, shghtly emarginate behind; 
least depth of caudal peduncle 16; pectoral 324, rays m, 11; ventral 
rays I, 5, fin 24 9 in head. 
Color in alcohol largely uniform pale or light brown, no markings. 
Characters contained in the generic account. 
Type—U.S.N.M. No. 99501. D. 5121. Malabrigo Light, N. 14° W., 
9 miles (lat. 18°27’20’’ N., long. 121°17’45”’ E.), east coast of Mindoro. 
In 108 fathoms. February 2, 1908. Length 67 mm. 
Paratype —U.S.N.M. No. 99502. D. 5121. Malabrigo Light, N. 
14° W., 9 miles (lat. 18°27’20” N., long. 121°17'45”’ E.), east coast of 
Mindoro. In 108 fathoms. February 2, 1908. Length 55 to 68 mm. 
[33.] Seven examples. 
(rugosum, roughly granular.) 
Family POMACENTRIDAE 
Subfamily CHROMINAE 
SERRICHROMIS, new genus 
Type.—Dascyllus pomacentroides Kendall and Goldsborough. 
Body elongately ovoid, back little elevated. Head moderate, deep, 
compressed. Snout short, broad, blunt. Eye large, supralateral. 
Mouth cleft short, terminal, with lower jaw slightly protruded and 
snout tip level with lower edge of pupil. Lips narrow, entire. Teeth 
in jaws firmly erect, conic, pointed, strong, outer row little enlarged 
and also strong inner irregular band of one to three variable rows, 
outer row extending well down along lower edge of maxillary; below 
inner small teeth best developed in front part of jaws. Maxillary 
reaches eye. Preorbital and infraorbitals narrow, only edge of for- 
mer free as mouth opens and edges nowhere with serrae. Preoper- 
cular edge serrate around angle. Interorbital convex. Gill rakers 
about 10+20, finely lanceolate, slender, slightly shorter than gill fila- 
ments, which are 14 of eye. Scales moderate, on head without basal 
auxiliaries and very compact over head, on snout extending forward 
to its front edge and covering mandible. Tiers of scales extend up 
over membranes of spinous dorsal and all soft vertical fins well and 
