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short tube near snout tip. Hind nostril in interorbital space, above 
front half of eye, opens above at slit slightly inclined posteriorly. 
Interorbital shghtly convex. 
Gill-opening near lower fourth in body depth, slightly inclined, 
about long as eye. Pharynx well swollen, with number of obsolete 
grooves below. Skin smooth, tough. Six pores on each upper lip, 
first close to snout tip, second just behind nasal tube, third midway 
in snout, fourth below front eye edge, fifth behind hind eye edge, 
sixth midway in mouth behind eye. Nearly opposite along lower 
lip similar row of six pores on each side. Pair of pores between 
nasal tubes and two more pores posteriorly, last just before hind 
nostril. Lateral line of simple inconspicuous pores along side of 
body medially. 
Dorsal origin at last third in space between rictus and gill-open- 
ing, fin of moderate height and continuous with small caudal. Latter 
slightly pointed, equals interorbital. Anal like dorsal, slightly 
lower. Vent close before anal. 
Color in alcohol uniform olive to natal brown above. Snout, upper — 
lip and mandible pale grayish-olive. Dorsal, anal and caudal mar- 
gined with dusky to blackish. Gill opening pale. Iris pale slaty. 
Length, 1,032 mm. Cebu. 
GYMNOTHORAX MELEAGRIS (Shaw). 
One from Zamboanga, 177 mm. long (caudal end damaged). Its 
color pattern is somewhat like the nominal G’. ercodes Jenkins, except 
that dark reticulations are more or less waved or variable, also show- 
ing more tendency to form narrow vertical lines. Median upper 
teeth opposite eyes, in two rows, rather short or bluntly conic. 
ECHIDNA NEBULOSA (Ahl). 
One from Zamboanga. Length 205 mm. 
Family PEGASIDAE. 
PARAPEGASUS NATANS (Linnaeus). 
Snout tip to vent contained in tail, measured from vent to base of 
caudal fin, } tol. D.5; A. 5. Tail with 12 rings. Snout about 24 
to 21 to vent; lateral edges denticulate, posterior denticles longer 
and directed backward; about 6 to 8 ridges, mostly complete, longi- 
tudinally and above. Color in alcohol general tint above clay color 
or tawny-olive, with five dusky obscurely defined transverse bands, 
first at nape, second above vent and others on tail. Upper surface, 
dorsal, pectoral and caudal all finely dotted with dusky. Lower 
surface immaculate, pale brown to whitish. Twenty-one examples 
from Takao; largest, 44 mm. 
