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brown spots; the caudal and pectorals crossbarred by many 

 rows of dark spots; the second dorsal marked by spots and 

 streaks of brown; the anal bluish; the ventrals bluish with 

 longitudinal rows of fine, dark brown specks on the membranes. 



Of this distinct species I have one mature female specimen in 

 spawning condition, 50 millimeters long, collected by Jose Mon- 

 tilla, of the division of fisheries, at San Juan, Siquijor, March 

 10, 1926. 



Originally collected by Scale at Guam, its presence elsewhere 

 has been more or less doubtful, but there can be no question of 

 the determination of this specimen from Siquijor. 



57. GNATHOLEPIS DAVAOENSIS Seale 



Gnatholepis davaoensis SEALE, Philip. Journ. Sci. A 4 (1909) 537. 



Dorsal VI, 1-11; anal I, 10; "scales about 26 in lateral series." 

 The body elongate, the posterior part laterally compressed, 

 the upper and lower outlines of body about evenly and equally 

 curved, the depth 4.2 times, the head 3.75 times in length; the 

 bluntly rounded snout 3.75 times in head; the eyes equal to 

 snout, very high up, dorsolateral, close together, the interorbital 

 space a mere ridge; the. mouth oblique, the jaws equal, the pos- 

 terior angle of maxillary beneath front margin of eye; the 

 teeth in several rows in each jaw, those of outer one enlarged 

 and curved, with a large, recurved, posterior canine on each 

 side in lower jaw; the tongue strongly notched; the whole 

 fish covered with large thin scales, those on preopercle in three 

 rows; the longest spine of first dorsal 1.3 times in head and 

 equal to the longest ray of second dorsal ; the anal a little higher, 

 its longest ray equal to head; the rounded caudal 0.25 longer 

 than head; the ventrals very long, equal to caudal, their tips 

 reaching anal; the pectorals equal head. 



The color dull yellowish gray with six dusky blotches along 

 the side, three or four distinct black dots at base of caudal, a 

 black band from eye to middle of throat, some scattered black 

 specks over body, and indistinct, dusky, dorsal crossbars; the 

 spinous dorsal grayish with several scattered dusky spots and ten 

 black dots on lower part of fin ; the soft dorsal grayish, the an- 

 terior part with faint, darker crossbars; the anal peculiarly 

 checkered with round black and white spots ; the caudal grayish, 

 with numerous indistinct brownish dots and several larger, dis- 

 tinct black spots on lower half of fin; the pectoral gray, the 

 ventral gray with a black margin. 



