FISHES OF THE I'HlLIl'riNE ISLANDS. 



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longest 2.5 in eye; 2 or 3 rows of sralcs on cheek; lioily iiiiil liciul fully scaled; lateral line with hut 16 distinct 

 tubules: about 20 scries of scales in front of dorsal; origin of dorsal on a line with axil of pectoral, the spines 

 gradually increasing in length, the last l)cing longest. 1..5 in h<>ad, the anterior spine scarcely equal to eye; 

 webs of spinous dorsal deeply incised; middle soft dorsal ray the longest, 1.2.5 in head; origin of anal below 

 base of eleventh dorsal spine, its base 1.1 in head, its longest ray 1.3, the second spine 1.55; vertical fins with 

 deep scaly sheath; ventral slightly nearer origin of anal lin than to tip of snout, its tip reaching vent; pec- 

 toral equal to length of head; caudal emarginate, the lobes pointed, length greater than bead. 



Color in spirits, dull yellowish, shading gradually into a soft brown on upper anterior portion of body and 

 head; a large, deep, black spot covering entire base and axil of pectoral fin; some slight indications of very 

 indistinct yellow longitudinal lines on side ; spinous dorsal brownish, with dusky margin extending along upper 

 edge of soft dorsal ; soft dorsal becoming yellow on posterior half ; anal yellow , tlie marginal third dusky ; <audal 

 yellow; ventrals with slight tint of dusky; pectoral yellow. 



Seven specimens from Bacon (no. 3996 and 3905; length 3.25 to 3.5 in.). Type, no. 55919, U. S. National 

 Museum, from Bacon, Sorsogon, P. I., length 3.5 in., collected by Mr. Charles J. Piei'son. Of the cotypes one 



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Fig. 17. — Poimtri ntrns nUsnuxkrx l-Lvcrniann c<: Sealp. new species. Typo. 



(Bureau of Fisheries, no. 3996) is no. 20(X)5, Stanford University Museum; another is no. 4540, U. S. Bureau of 

 Fisheries, and there is one each in the museum at Manila, Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences, U. S. 

 National Museum, and Indiana University Museum. 



Named for Miss .Ajinie M. Alexander, of Oakland, California, in recognition of her interest and work in 

 zoology. 



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Pomacentrus philippinus Evermann & Seali', new species. 



Head 3.35 in length; depth 2; eye 3 in head: snout 4.1; interorbital 2.75; dorsal xiii, 14; anal ii, 14; 

 scales 4-26-9, -18 tubes. 



Body oblong, compressed ; depth of caudal peduncle 1 .75 in head ; anterior profile evenly roimded ; jaws equal ; 

 maxillary scarcely equal to diameter of eye, its distal end under anterior margin of eye; mandible 3 in head ; small 

 teeth in jaws in single series, none on vomer or palatines; gillrakers slim, sharp-pointed, 12 on lower limli, the 

 longest about equal to pupil; preorbital with 2 or 3 small denticulations, greatest width of preorbital 3 in eye; 

 preopercle distinctly denticulate; opercle with a single spine on posterior border; body and head fully scaled, a 

 single row on preorbital, 2 rows on cheek, a single row on lower limb of preopercle; very fine scales on top of 

 bead, about 23 series in front of dorsal; origin of dorsal above axil of pectoral; distance between origin of dorsal 

 and tip of snout 1.25 in depth of fish ; longest dorsal spine 1.75 in head, length of anterior spines 4.75; middle ray 

 of dorsal longest, equal to head, its tip slightly produced; webs of spinous dorsal incised; origin of anal nearer 

 base of ventral than base of caudal, the second spine the longest, 2.45 in head; middle ray of anal longest, about 



