82 BULLETIN 100, UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
edge of fin narrowly black. Anal pale, with broad dark submarginal 
band. Caudal with five inclined, narrow, whitish bars along upper 
rays, hind edge of fin dark all around besides dark semitransverse 
basal band. Paired fins pale, dark blotch at upper base of pectoral. 
Differs from Synchiropus pallidus in having the end of the pre- 
opercle spine upturned or vertical, the second dorsal with three 
horizontal white stripes and the female with a dark blotch on the 
third membrane of first dorsal. 
Type—vU.S.N.M. No. 99524. D. 5589. Mabul Island (NW.), N. 
3° W., 2.8 miles (lat. 4°12’10’’ N., long. 118°38’08’’ E.), Sibuko Bay, 
Borneo and vicinity. In 260 fathoms. September 29, 1909. No. 
1959. Length 189 mm. 
Paratypes—U.S.N.M. No. 99525. D. 5516. Point Tagolo Light 
(Mindanao), S. 80° W., 9.7 miles (lat. 8°46’ N., long. 123°32’80’’ E.), 
northern Mindanao and vicinity. In 175 fathoms. August 9, 1909. 
No. 1610. Length 148 mm. 
U.S.N.M. No. 99526. D. 5518. Point Tagolo Light, S. 64° W., 
8.7 miles (lat. 8°48’ N., long 123°31’ E.), northern Mindanao and 
vicinity. In 200 fathoms. August 9, 1909. No. 1960. Length 
170 mm. 
U.S.N.M. No. 99527. No data. No. 2511. Length 130 mm. 
(Named for the late Dr. Judson de Land, of Philadelphia, to 
whom I am indebted for American fishes.) 
