﻿[SCIENTIFIC 
  RESULTS 
  OF 
  THE 
  PHILIPPINE 
  CRUISE 
  OF 
  THE 
  FISHERIES 
  STEAMER 
  

   "ALBATROSS," 
  1907-1910.— 
  No. 
  24.] 
  

  

  DESCRIPTIONS 
  OF 
  SEVEN 
  NEW 
  GENERA 
  AND 
  THIRTY- 
  

   ONE 
  NEW 
  SPECIES 
  OF 
  FISHES 
  OF 
  THE 
  FAMILIES 
  

   BROTULID^ 
  AND 
  CARAPID^ 
  FROM 
  THE 
  PHILIPPINE 
  

   ISLANDS 
  AND 
  THE 
  DUTCH 
  EAST 
  INDIES. 
  

  

  By 
  Lewis 
  Radclitfe/ 
  

  

  Scientific 
  Assistant, 
  United 
  States 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Fisheries. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  present 
  paper 
  are 
  described 
  6 
  new 
  genera 
  and 
  30 
  new 
  

   species 
  of 
  the 
  family 
  Brotuhdse 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  genus 
  and 
  species 
  of 
  the 
  

   family 
  Carapidse 
  collected 
  by 
  the 
  U. 
  S. 
  Fisheries 
  steamer 
  Albatross 
  

   on 
  the 
  Pliilippine 
  expedition. 
  

  

  FamHy 
  BROTULID^. 
  

  

  This 
  collection 
  of 
  brotulids 
  is 
  noteworthy 
  for 
  the 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  

   species 
  and 
  individuals 
  taken 
  in 
  tropical 
  waters, 
  comprising 
  475 
  

   specimens, 
  representing 
  26 
  genera 
  and 
  40 
  species. 
  The 
  region 
  about 
  

   Gillolo 
  and 
  the 
  GuK 
  of 
  Tomini, 
  Celebes, 
  are 
  particularly 
  rich 
  in 
  

   new 
  forms. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  is 
  so 
  large 
  that, 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  descriptions 
  of 
  

   species, 
  when 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  is 
  more 
  than 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  

   the 
  list 
  of 
  localities 
  has 
  been 
  omitted. 
  

  

  In 
  all 
  cases 
  where 
  the 
  opercular 
  spine 
  is 
  distinct, 
  the 
  length 
  of 
  the 
  

   head 
  has 
  been 
  measured 
  to 
  its 
  tip 
  instead 
  of 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  opercular 
  

   flap, 
  and 
  comparative 
  measurements 
  are 
  made 
  in 
  terms 
  of 
  that 
  length. 
  

  

  The 
  urinary 
  bladder 
  is 
  very 
  weU 
  developed 
  in 
  many 
  genera, 
  and 
  in 
  

   a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  specimens 
  a 
  partial 
  or 
  entire 
  eversion 
  has 
  taken 
  

   place. 
  

  

  1 
  In 
  the 
  studj^ 
  of 
  this 
  collection 
  the 
  writer 
  has 
  been 
  associated 
  with 
  Dr. 
  Hugh 
  M. 
  Smith, 
  who 
  becomes 
  

   joint 
  author 
  of 
  the 
  new 
  genera 
  and 
  species 
  herein 
  described. 
  

  

  Proceedings 
  U. 
  S. 
  National 
  Museum, 
  Vol. 
  44— 
  No. 
  1948. 
  

  

  135 
  

  

  