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BtlLLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Color in spirits uniform pale bluish without markings; no dusky blotch at base of caudal: dorsal fin with 

 rows of black spots; anal lin with 4 dusky bars; caudal yellow, with 5 or 6 indistinct dusky bars; pectorals and 

 vcntrals yellowish. 



One specimen from Manila, the typo, 2.2 inches long, no. 9253, Museum Stanford University. 



Fig. 20.— Petroscirtc.s iu!sus Jordan tt Seale. new species. Type. 



Family FIER.\SFERID.-E. 



FIEKASFER Cuvier 



237. Fierasfer homei Richardson. 



Head 7.10 in length; depth 12; eye 5 in head: maxillary extending beyond posterior margin of eye, its 

 length 2.15 in head; pectoral 1.75; sharp-pointed teeth in jaws, enlarged teeth on vomer. Color in spirits 

 uniform white. One specimen, 4 inches long, from Cavite. 



Family .\NTE.V.\.\KI1D.-E. 

 PTEROPHRYNE Gill. 

 238. Pterophryne histrio (Linnseus). 



Head 1.75 in length: depth l.SO: doi-sal in, 12; anal 7: body smooth with dermal flaps on belly: caudal 

 rounded. Body mottled with dusky and white, with numerous small white dots: fins barred with dusky; belly 

 with dark cross-bars. Four specimens from Manila, length 3.50 to 7.25 inches. 



This species agrees fairly with the Japanese form called Pterophryne ranina by Jordan, except that the belly 

 has distinct cross-bare. Probably Pterophryne ranina is merely a color variation of the Chinese-Japanese species 

 Pterophryne histrio. 



ANTENNARIUS (Commersoni Lacepede. 



239. Antennarius liispidus (Bloch). 



Head 1.75 in length; depth 3; dorsal in, 12: anal 7. Color in spirits gray, marked with black lines run- 

 ning obliquel}' on bodj' and radiating from eye : fins barred more or less with rows of black dots. One specimen, 

 4.55 inches long, from Cavite; one 3.75 inches long from Manila, and one 4.5 inches from island of Panay. 



