NEW PHILIPPINE FISHES—FOWLER 9] 
D. I—25, spine 1% in head, reaches second dorsal when depressed, 
with row of 5 recurved large spinules each side and directed down- 
ward, second dorsal height 234 in head; A. 28, fin height 424; least 
depth of caudal peduncle 235; caudal 114, convex behind; pectoral 2, 
rays 10. 
Color in alcohol brown, little paler below eye and on under surface 
of body. On body below second dorsal base three diffuse dark gray 
blotches and 2 along base of anal. Iris gray white. Fins all pale 
to whitish. 
Type.—vU.S.N.M. No. 108467. Cebu Island, Philippines. April 24, 
1929. Lt. H. C. Kellers. Length 51 mm. 
Closely resembles Stephanolepis cryptodon as described by Herre ™® 
especially in its dorsal spine, which is said to have on either side of 
posterior part a row of six or eight feebly developed downward- 
pointing prickles. In my specimen they are not feeble and they are 
well developed denticles or spinules. Moreover the coloration is quite 
different from that shown in Bleeker’s figure of Paramonacanthus 
eryptodon.' 
(retro, turned back+ spina, spine, with reference to the large denti- 
cles on the dorsal spine.) 
% Philippine Journ. Sci., vol. 25, No. 4, p. 455, 1924 (Balayan Bay, Batangas ; specimen 
56 mm long). 
18 Atlas ichthyologique des Indes orientales Néerlandaises, vol. 5, p. 131, pl. (11) 225, fig. 
1, 1865 (Celebes ; Amboina ; based on two specimens, 84 to 88 mm). 
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