16 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. you. 62. 
pinging in upper profile, and eye center very little behind middle 
in head length as measured from snout tip. Mouth with long gape, 
reaches five-sixths to eye. Maxillary,ssmall, concealed by preorbital. 
reaches eye. Row of moderately small and nearly uniform conic 
simple teeth in each jaw. Front upper teeth form somewhat horse- 
shoe-shaped pattern, contiguous each side with lateral row. Lower 
teeth in rows not approximated forward, graduated slightly, and 
obsolete little before tip of depressed upper jaw. Nostrils minute. 
Interorbital concave. 
Gill-opening extends forward little before front pupil edge, 
though not to front eye edge. Gill-rakers, 2?++17 short weak points, 
about one-fourth of gill-filaments, which about 3 in eye. Isthmus 
narrow slender frenum. 
Seales large, cycloid, moderately imbricated, basal striae 5 to 12 
anal circuli complete, 18 to 20. Head scaly. Single row of large 
scales on cheek. Caudal base with five rows of scales. Anal base 
Fic. 3.—DERMOGENYS BAKBERI, NEW SPECIES. 
scaly, also opercles. Lateral line incomplete, apparently (many 
scales fallen) not extending much beyond ventral base. 
Dorsal origin little behind last third in space between hind edge 
of gill-opening and caudal base, and depressed fin not quite reaching 
latter. Anal inserted little before dorsal origin, fin larger than 
dorsal, though when depressed falls well short of caudal base. 
Caudal rounded (edges damaged). Pectoral high, fin reaches three- 
fourths to ventral origin, nearly midway between hind eye edge and 
caudal base, reaches two-thirds to anal. Vent about last fourth in 
space between ventral] and anal] origins. 
Color in alcohol, faded dull isabella-brown, nearly uniform. 
Upper surface of head and down middle of back dusted with 
dusky specks or minute dots. Predorsal with two close-set parallel 
lines, formed of dusky dots. Median lateral line of dusky from 
shoulder to caudal base, ending at latter medially, though no silvery 
lateral band. Iris gray-white. Fins pale brown. 
Length, 43 mm. (caudal ends damaged). 
Type—Cat. No. 84275, U.S.N.M. Zamboanga, Philippine Is- 
Jands. Dr. Fred Baker. 
Only the above example known. 
(Named for its discoverer, Dr. Fred Baker.) 
