LIST OF FISHES COLLECTED BY DR. BASHFORD DEAN 

 ON THE ISLAND OF N EUROS, PHILIPPINES. 



By David Starr eloRDAX aud Alvin Seale, 



Of tSlanford LhiU'ersiiy. 



Li the winter of 1900 and litol Dr. Bashford Dean visited the 

 Piiilippine Archipelago. On the southern shore of the island of Negros 

 he made a considerable collection of the small tishes of the reefs, this 

 collection being sent b}' him to the United States National Museum. 

 The present paper contains a list of the species (111 in all) obtained 

 by Dr. Dean. Plates of the new species were prepared by Chloe 

 Lesley Starks and William Sackston Atkinson, with one each by Mr. 

 Robert L. Hudson, Miss Frances Lauderlmch, and Mr. Sekko Shimada. 



This collection shows that the fish fauna along the shores of tlie 

 Philippines is essentially identical with that of the East Indies, most 

 of the species being figured in Bleeker's Atlas. A few species belong- 

 to the fauna of India proper, and a few of the distinctive species of 

 the South seas are included. The collection is especially rich in small 

 fishes, the species usually overlooked by collectors. For this reason 

 no doubt the number of new species is greater than would have been 

 expected, and larger than a collection made in the market would show. 



We are indebted to Dr. Charles H. Gilbert for material assistance 

 in the comparison of specimens. 



The following species seem to be new to science: 



Eleria phUippina. 

 Caranx [C'itida) deani. 

 Amia gilberli. 

 Mionorus mydrus. 

 Fua fo. 



Pomacent'^us delurus. 

 Ha lick ceres cym atogra mmus. 

 StelJtqjvUs zatlma. 

 Sebastapistes n ivifer. 



Prosopodasys gorjorzx. 

 Bulls h'ucurus. 

 Gna thole p is ca II iu rus. 

 Drombns ])alackyi. 

 Glossogobius aglestes. 

 Salarias deani. 

 Salarias undeciiiiiUis. 

 Petroscirtes eretes. 

 Hypleurodt ihis lo.iias. 



Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol XXVIII-No. 1407. 



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