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  PROCEEDIXOS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL 
  MUSEUM. 
  vol.44. 
  

  

  length); 
  distance 
  of 
  anal 
  from 
  tip 
  of 
  snout 
  2.12 
  (2.27 
  in 
  total 
  length), 
  

   its 
  distance 
  from 
  base 
  of 
  lower 
  pectoral 
  rays 
  1.34 
  in 
  head; 
  ventrals 
  

   2,22 
  in 
  head, 
  short, 
  each 
  consisting 
  of 
  2 
  closely 
  bound 
  rays; 
  bases 
  of 
  

   ventrals 
  close 
  together, 
  behind 
  humeral 
  symphysis, 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  

   head-length 
  in 
  advance 
  of 
  origin 
  of 
  anal; 
  pectoral 
  1.82, 
  narrow. 
  

  

  Color 
  in 
  alcohol: 
  Body 
  Broccoli 
  brown; 
  top 
  and 
  sides 
  of 
  head 
  and 
  

   fleshy 
  covering 
  of 
  bases 
  of 
  vertical 
  fins 
  light 
  chestnut; 
  under 
  side 
  of 
  

   head 
  whitish; 
  inside 
  of 
  gill-cover 
  light 
  chestnut; 
  peritoneum 
  dark 
  

   chestnut. 
  

  

  Type.— 
  C&t. 
  No. 
  74148, 
  U.S.N.M., 
  20 
  cm. 
  in 
  length, 
  taken 
  with 
  a 
  

   beam 
  trawl 
  at 
  station 
  5348 
  Gat. 
  10° 
  57' 
  45" 
  N.; 
  long. 
  118° 
  38' 
  15" 
  

   E.), 
  in 
  Palawan 
  Passage, 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  375 
  fathoms, 
  on 
  a 
  bottom 
  of 
  

   coral 
  and 
  sand. 
  

  

  Genus 
  GRAMMONUS 
  Gill. 
  

  

  The 
  Philippine 
  species 
  which 
  we 
  have 
  assigned 
  to 
  this 
  genus 
  differs 
  

   from 
  Sarcocara 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  body 
  relatively 
  short 
  and 
  deep, 
  the 
  

   tail 
  not 
  attenuated; 
  the 
  scales 
  persistent, 
  present 
  on 
  cheeks, 
  opercle 
  

   and 
  occiput; 
  no 
  palatine 
  teeth; 
  eyes 
  slightly 
  upturned; 
  a 
  single 
  

   opercular 
  spine 
  visible; 
  preopercle 
  well 
  ossified, 
  ^vith 
  a 
  broad 
  obtuse 
  

   angled 
  point 
  on 
  its 
  posterior 
  margin; 
  lateral 
  line 
  distinct, 
  interrupted 
  

   mesially, 
  the 
  2 
  parts 
  overlapping 
  the 
  same 
  vertical; 
  a 
  short 
  but 
  

   broad 
  flap-like 
  appendage 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  pylorus; 
  dorsal 
  rays 
  

   about 
  84; 
  anal 
  about 
  60. 
  

  

  GRAMMONUS 
  ROBUSTUS 
  Smith 
  and 
  Radcliffe, 
  new 
  species. 
  

   Plate 
  13, 
  fig. 
  4. 
  

  

  Dorsal 
  84; 
  caudal 
  9; 
  anal 
  60; 
  ventrals 
  1; 
  pectorals 
  25; 
  scales 
  

   about 
  14 
  + 
  24-80. 
  

  

  Head 
  3.51 
  (3.87 
  in 
  total 
  length), 
  broad, 
  depressed 
  anteriorly, 
  

   strongly 
  arched 
  posteriorly, 
  a 
  few 
  small 
  cilia 
  present; 
  body 
  short, 
  

   deep, 
  compressed 
  posteriorly, 
  greatest 
  depth 
  3.82 
  (4.21 
  in 
  total 
  length) 
  

   eye 
  5.70 
  in 
  head, 
  1.38 
  in 
  snout, 
  small, 
  circular, 
  dorso-lateral 
  ; 
  snout 
  

   4.12, 
  low, 
  wide, 
  bluntly 
  rounded; 
  mouth 
  large, 
  slightly 
  oblique, 
  

   lower 
  jaw 
  included; 
  maxillary 
  1.68, 
  extending 
  for 
  more 
  than 
  an 
  eye 
  

   diameter 
  beyond 
  vertical 
  from 
  posterior 
  margin 
  of 
  eye, 
  upper 
  margin 
  

   slipping 
  under 
  suborbital, 
  posterior 
  end 
  expanded, 
  truncate, 
  1.23 
  

   times 
  diameter 
  of 
  eye 
  ; 
  a 
  narrow 
  band 
  of 
  villif 
  orm 
  teeth 
  on 
  mandible, 
  

   a 
  somewhat 
  broader 
  band 
  of 
  sunilar 
  teeth 
  on 
  premaxillary, 
  each 
  arm 
  

   of 
  patch 
  on 
  vomer 
  slightly 
  incurved, 
  palatine 
  teeth 
  absent; 
  inter- 
  

   orbital 
  width 
  equal 
  to 
  snout, 
  broad, 
  flat; 
  opercle 
  armed 
  with 
  a 
  

   rather 
  stout 
  spme, 
  nearly 
  concealed 
  by 
  a 
  scaly 
  sheath; 
  preopercle 
  

   well 
  ossified, 
  a 
  broad 
  obtuse-angled 
  point 
  on 
  its 
  posterior 
  margin; 
  

   pseudobranchise 
  consisting 
  of 
  2 
  small 
  filaments; 
  gill-filaments 
  short; 
  

   3 
  developed 
  gUl-rakers 
  on 
  first 
  arch; 
  branchiostegals 
  8; 
  a 
  broad 
  

  

  