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small, partly superior and partly lateral; the interorbital space 

 broad, at least twice an eye diameter; the posterior margin of 

 preoperculum marked by large pores which are also noticeable 

 behind eye and beside each nostril; the vertical fins low, none 

 of the rays elongated; the dorsals well separated, the distance 

 between them greater than the length of the longest spine. Dor- 

 sal VI, 1-10 ; anal 1, 10. The pectorals and ventrals short, reach- 

 ing less than halfway to anus ; the caudal short and rounded. 



The single species does not agree with any definition Known 

 to me. Type of genus, P. straminea, sp. nov. 



Parvus, small ; pamna, a small shield ; in allusion to the small 

 scales. 



32. PARVIPARMA STRAMINEA sp. nov. 



PLATE 6, FIG. 2 



Dorsal VI, 1-10; anal I, 10; there are about 165 scales in a 

 longitudinal series and 38 to 40 in a transverse series. 



The depth contained 6.5 times, the head 5 times in the length ; 

 the head wider than the trunk, its greatest breadth If in its 

 length ; the eye contained 6.5 times in head, and 2.5 times in the 

 broad, very gently convex interorbital space; the snout very 

 broad and blunt, its length 3.25 times in head and twice as great 

 as the diameter of eye; the mouth very oblique, with a thick, 

 heavy jaw and strongly projecting chin, giving a bulldoglike 

 appearance ; the dorsals widely separated, the length of base of 

 first dorsal about 0.625 of the distance between the two fins; 

 the caudal peduncle broad but not strongly compressed, its 

 greatest depth contained 1.375 times in its length; the broad 

 caudal fin rather short, its length equal to that of head ; the anal 

 papilla thin, short, and triangular. The other characters are 

 given under the generic description. 



The general color in alcohol straw yellow, bleaching to nearly 

 white in front of ventrals, and darker on top of head and back ; 

 two parallel narrow brown bands extend along each side to base 

 of caudal, the upper one beginning a little way back of eye, 

 the other in the axil of pectoral ; the caudal marked with semi- 

 circular bars of pale and dark brown spots; the other fins 

 uniform pale brownish, like belly. 



Here described from the type and only specimen, 65 milli- 

 meters long, collected by E. H. Taylor, in Saug River, a fresh- 

 water stream on the southern coast of Cotabato Province, 

 Mindanao, 



Stramineus, straw-colored. 



