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palatines; preopercle entire; <;ill rakers very short, the longest equal 

 to pupil, 7 on lower limb; distance from tip of snout to origin of 

 dorsal, 2. 12 in head; spines of dorsal not elongate, its longest spine, 

 about 2 in head; longest rays of soft dorsal, 2 in head; l)ase of anal, 

 8.75 in head, its longest ray, 2.50 in head; venti'als short, 2.25 in head; 

 caudal pi'ol)al)ly rounded. 



Color in spirits, yellowish-white, mottled with brownish, the mott- 

 lings assuming a more or less irregular band-like arrangement ov^er 

 back and sides; a dark stripe from lower posterior margin of orbit to 



Fig. .5.— Fo.\ BRACHYr;p.AMM.\. 



lower limb of preopercle; a dark band over posterior pait of nuchal 

 region; about 5 very indistinct darker bands around under part of 

 head; spinous dorsal with two dusky blotches; soft dorsal yellowish; 

 anal yellowish with about 5 indistinct brownish lines; ventrals with 

 inner half and posterior part deep black; jDectorals yellow; caudal 

 yellow with four indistinct cross-bands of dusky; iris golden, darker 

 above. 



One specimen, H inches long, from Negros, Philippine Islands. 

 We have also a specimen collected l)y Dr. George A. Lung, U. S. N., 

 at Cavite. 



Family PARAMBASSID.E. 



PRIOPIS Kuhl and Van Hasselt. 

 37. PRIOPIS GYMNOCEPHALUS (Lacepede). 



One specimen. The genus Pr'iopls (Kuhl and Van Hasselt) may be 

 defined as C/ianda {AmhaHsls) Avitli the lateral line interrupted. The 

 name VJuinda Hamilton-Buchanan (1822) has priority over Amhassis 

 (1828). 



