FISHES FROM FORMOSA AND THE PHILIPPINE 
ISLANDS. 
By Henry W. Fowter, 
Of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 
and 
Barron A. Bean, 
Of the United States National Aluseum. 
The collections here noticed embrace 588 specimens of fishes, the 
majority of which were obtained by Dr. Fred Baker at Takao, For- 
mosa, and at Cebu and Zamboanga, Philippine Islands. The re- 
maining few were collected by Dr. Hans Sauter at Koroton, Kagi, 
and Lake Candidius, in Formosa. A series of the duplicates is to 
be deposited in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
The species here recorded represent largely the fauna of the East 
Indies, Japan, and China. A number are here introduced for the 
first time as new records both for Formosa and the Philippines, while 
several rare or little-known forms are described and a number of 
more or less interest are noted briefly, as some of their salient charac- 
ters present new information to the study of variation. 
We describe as new generic names Rhamphodermogenys and Rhab- 
dosebastes. As new species Cirrhinus melanostigma, Dermogenys 
bakeri, and Pomacentrus formosanus are described and figured, be- 
sides which we give a figure of the rare seahorse, Hippocampus 
longirostris Cuvier, a species based on the ancient figure by Wil- 
lughby. 
Family DASYATIDAE. 
DASTYATIS KUHLII (Miller and Henle). 
Body entirely smooth. In alcohol above buffy-brown, dusky 
specks scattered rather closely about eyes, interorbital and frontal 
region. Scattered about more fleshy part of disk many variable 
puritan-gray round spots with dark borders. These spots mostly 
larger on each side behind. Lower surface of body whitish, edges 
slightly dusky, especially laterally. Tail darker brown than disk, 
with three broad olive-buff rings. Length, 613 mm.; snout to vent, 
123 mm. Cebu. 
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