08 BULLKTIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHIIRIES. 



rays i-loiifjatc ; anal similar tu dorsal but shorter; the first anal spine midway between tip of snout and base 

 of caudal; the longest spine 2 in head, none of the anal spines or rays elongate; vertical fins without scales 

 but with deep sheaths; pectoral 1.7 in head; ventrals 2.25 in head, their origin midway between origin of anal 

 and posterior end of mandible; caudal deeply forked. 



Color in spirits, light l)ri)wn above, silvery Ix'low, with a slight wash of yellowsh; a peculiar lanceolate 

 area on middle of side shaded with fine black dots, and having the appearance of an abrasion; fine brownish 

 dots just above anal fin; upper half of body with numerous vermiculate lirownish lines; a black line on base 

 of dorsal; upper lip dusky; duskj' dots in a.xil of pectoral; anterior spines of dorsal and anal %vith some fine 

 brown dots, most distinct on anal, otherwise fins immarked. 



This species is related to L. ohlongus but differs among other things in having scales on chest. It is more 

 elongate than L. nimlatun and L. lineatus, with which we have compared it. 



Seven specimens from Bulan, length 3.75 to 4 in. Type, no. 55906, U. S. National Museum (field no. 3591), 

 length 4.75 in., from Bulan, Sorsogon, P. I. Of the cotypes, all from Bulan, one (field no. 3.590) is no. 20004 

 Stanford Univ. Mus.; another (field no. 3.588) is no. 4537 U. S. Bureau of Fisheries; another (field no. 3587) 

 is in the museum at Manila; another (field no. 3589) is in the U. S. National Museum; another (field no. 3592) 

 is in I'hiladelphia Academy of Natural Sciences; another (field no. 3593) is in the Indiana University Museum. 

 {Stcirorarius of or pertaining to dung; from the fly-spects on the side.) 



79. Leiognathus edwardsi Evermann & Scale, new species. Patuan. 



Head 3.6 in length: depth 2.6; eye 2.75 in head; snout 2.9; interorbital 3.1: dorsal viii, 16; anal iii, 

 13; scales about 70, about 4S pores. 



Bod}' oblong-ovate, the dorsal and ventral outlines about equally cvirved and gently arched; head mod- 

 erate, pointed, snout pointed: mouth small, veiy protractile, the lower jaw included; ma.xillaiy short, its 

 exposed tip pointed, scarcely reaching vertical of orbit; teeth in jaws fine, villiform: vomer and palatines 



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Fig. 7.~Leiognnlhns cdward^^i l']verinann & Sejily, new species. Type. 



apijarcntly toothless; eye large, in middle of head; lower edge of preopercle entire; cheek deep, greater than 

 interorbital width; a broad, blunt supraociUar spine over anterior part of eye; interocular space broadest 

 anteriorly, its length nearly twice its greatest width; occipital ridge greater than diameter of orbit and 

 slightly greater than distance from its tip to origin of dorsal fin; origin of dorsal fin posterior to insertion of 

 ventrals; first dorsal spine produced and filamentous (the tip broken off), its length probably about 1.5 in 

 length of body; soft dorsal low; origin of anal under about sixth dorsal spine: first spine greatly produced 

 and filamentous, its length about 1.8 in depth; anal rays short; both dorsal and anal fins folding into a 



