NEW PHILIPPINE FISHES—FOWLER 81 
separated on chest and throat by a large blackish triangular blotch. 
First dorsal with first and third spines ending in short filaments 
and fin crossed by numerous parallel white lines. The caudal long 
as rest of fish. Preopercular spine with seven antrorse spinules along 
its upper edge, besides the terminal point and subbasal spine directed 
forward. ‘This species approaches Calliurichthys japonicus (Hout- 
tuyn) as described and figured by Jordan and Fowler, though differ- 
ing markedly in its coloration of the thorax and first dorsal. 
Apparently resembles Calliurichthys gardineri (Regan) ™ differing 
chiefly in coloration, especially the more lined thorax and throat. 
Type—U.S.N.M. No. 99504. D. 5174. Jolo Light, E. 2.60 miles 
(lat. 6°03’45’" N., long. 120°57’ E.), vicinity of Jolo. March 5, 1908. 
In 20 fathoms. No. 1813 [403]. Length 115 mm. 
(linea, line+ thoraz.) 
Genus SYNCHIROPUS Gill 
SYNCHIROPUS DELANDI, new species 
FIGuRE 20 
Depth 514; head 314, wide as long. Snout 414 (in profile) to gill 
opening; eye 334, exceeds snout, greater than interorbital; orbit 214 
in head; maxillary reaches below front of eye, length 334 in head to 
gill opening, entire; mouth cleft reaches about 7% in snout, lower jaw 
little shorter than upper; teeth in villiform bands in jaws, none on 
palate; bony interorbital moderately narrow, width 17% in eye, low; 
preopercle spine slightly less than eye, curved, ends in slender up- 
curved spine and rather large forward curved denticle on inner upper 
edge; no basal spinule in front. 
Lateral line complete, high at first, falls median along side of 
caudal peduncle. 
D. IV—8, 1, first spine 1144; in head, first ray 1; A. 7, 1, first ray 
37%, last ray 114; least depth of caudal peduncle 414; pectoral 145, 
rays 1, 22; ventral rays I, 5, fin 3% in fish without caudal; caudal 144, 
lower rays longest. 
Color in alcohol pale brown above, paler to whitish below. About 
5 large gray brown blotches on back, mostly wider than paler inter- 
spaces and all more or less with rather large arcs or rings of darker. 
All along lower half of side of body parallel dark or gray bars. 
Mead variegated with diffuse brown blotches above. First dorsal 
with five slightly darker brown blotches along first spine. Second 
dorsal pale, with two white longitudinal bands and upper anterior 
1 Callionymus gardineri Regan, Trans. Linn. Soc. London, ser. 2, vol. 12, p. 248, pl. 30, 
fig. 5, 1908 (type locality : Cargados Carajos, Indian Ocean). 
