PALOA 57 



mouth strongly oblique or nearly vertical, the posterior extrem- 

 ity of maxillary under anterior portion of eye or much in 

 advance of eye; the lower jaw strongly projecting; the den- 

 tition is that given under the generic diagnosis; the cheeks 

 very full and round; radiating from eye, above and below it, 

 and on preopercle, are lines of minute papillae; the scalation 

 is given under the generic diagnosis, the posterior scales largest, 

 the scales on trunk irregularly arranged; scales extend upon 

 caudal for more than half its length. 



The first dorsal very low, second and third spines longest, 

 and contained 3 times in the depth ; second dorsal low, posterior 

 portion highest, longest ray 0.6 of the depth; the anal shorter 

 than second dorsal, low, its longest ray a little shorter than 

 that of second dorsal; the pectoral rather small, a little shorter 

 than the small, rounded caudal, which is 0.6 the length of head ; 

 the ventrals small, narrow, their length equal to 0.6 of the 

 depth; the caudal peduncle deep, strongly compressed, its 

 depth 0.8 that of trunk, twice in head, and 1.1 times in its own 

 length. 



The color in alcohol olive brown, very dark above, and 

 lighter on sides, becoming whitish on belly; a blackish brown 

 band runs from snout back above eye and along upper part of 

 side to caudal peduncle, where it converges downward toward 

 second band ; this starts behind eye, goes back above opercle and 

 above pectoral, curving slightly downward along the side, then 

 straight back to base of caudal; from axil of pectoral a 

 third band passes down along lower part of side, curving up- 

 ward posteriorly toward posterior end of middle band; from 

 interorbital region a blackish median band runs back to first 

 dorsal; the fins without special markings. 



Here described from the type specimen, 68 millimeters in 

 length, obtained at the market in Iloilo, Panay. I have recently 

 received another specimen, 73 millimeters long, collected by F. 

 Reveche at San Jose, Antique Province, Panay. It differs from 

 the type in having more scales, 92 instead of 88 in lateral series, 

 and 62 before the first dorsal; the first dorsal also has a very 

 small sixth spine posteriorly. It has lost the longitudinal color 

 bands. 



This eleotrid seems to be unique, its dentition, scales, and 

 color ,marks being unlike those of any others known to me. 



Polylepis, in allusion to the many scales in a longitudinal 

 series. 



