VAIMOSA 147 



large scales not of uniform size ; the cheeks crossed by two short 

 longitudinal lines of mucus pores ; the dorsals well separated, all 

 the vertical fins of the same height, 1.5 times in head; the second 

 dorsal and anal fall far short of reaching base of caudal when 

 depressed; the caudal peduncle very long, its depth twice in its 

 own length, 1.7 times in head ; the caudal broken and badly dam- 

 aged, but according to Scale was "rounded and considerably 

 longer than the head ;" the pectorals broad ; both pectorals and 

 ventrals are damaged, but when described by Seale they were 

 equal to the head in length; the anal papilla thick, cylindrical, 

 with rounded tip. 



The color in alcohol yellowish, specked and blotched with 

 brown ; several large, broad, dark brown blotches on the median 

 line form a broken bar from under pectoral to tail ; seven short, 

 dark brown crossbars over back; a curved, broken, brown band 

 extends from shoulder back to top of caudal peduncle; a dark 

 bar extends from eye downward diagonally to lower margin of 

 preopercle; a large blackish spot on opercle; the spinous dorsal 

 has a large black spot on basal portion of fifth and sixth spines ; 

 soft dorsal crossbarred by six rows of small brown dots, the 

 caudal by eight brown lines; the other fins all yellowish. 



This distinct species is only known from the type specimen, 

 32 millimeters long, No. 827 of the Bureau of Science collection, 

 collected at Malabon, Rizal Province, Luzon, by Alvin Seale in 

 July, 1909. It is a female distended with eggs. 



64. VAIMOSA PIAPENSIS sp. nov. 



PLATE 10, FIG. 3 



Dorsal VI, 1-7 ; anal I, 7 ; there are 28 scales in a longitudinal 

 series, 8 in a transverse series, and 6 or 7 before the first dorsal, 

 the anterior one largest. 



The body laterally compressed, with pointed head, the dorsal 

 profile nearly horizontal, the ventral profile but little curved, 

 the depth 4 to 4.8 times in the length; the head a little convex, 

 short, broad across opercles, 4.1 to 4.25 in length, the breadth 

 about equal to its own depth; the snout short, blunt, convex, 

 broadly rounded, 4f to 5.5 times in head and 2 to If times in eye, 

 which is 2.4 to 2.8 times in head; the eyes very high up, the 

 upper margin protruding above the profile line, dorsolateral, and 

 looking up as well as sideways, very close together ; the interor- 

 bital space 2.5 times in the eye diameter; the mouth small, 

 slightly oblique, the snout a little protuberant, the lower jaw 

 thin and weak and the mouth therefore somewhat inferior, the 



