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posterior angle of maxillary beneath anterior third of eye ; in the 

 upper jaw an outer row of very small pointed teeth, behind 

 which are several rows of microscopic, pointed, erect teeth ; in the 

 lower jaw an outer row of erect pointed teeth as in the upper 

 jaw, with what under the microscope seem to be two similar 

 rows of slightly smaller teeth behind it; the head scaled to the 

 eyes, the opercular scales large, equal or nearly equal to those 

 adjoining on nape; the scales on base of pectoral smallest, those 

 on breast next in size ; the dorsals far apart, the anterior spines 

 longest, usually the second one longer than the rest, about 7 

 times in length, 1.5 to 1.8 times in depth, and 1.6 to 1.75 times 

 in head, none of the spines approaching second dorsal when de- 

 pressed; the second dorsal a trifle higher than first, the rays of 

 nearly uniform length, the posterior rays reaching less than 

 halfway to base of caudal ; the anal equals or is lower than first 

 dorsal in height ; the depth of caudal peduncle 2.25 to 2.6 times 

 in its own length ; the caudal somewhat pointed, longer than head, 

 about 3 or 3.2 times in the length ; the pointed pectoral equals or 

 slightly exceeds head in length; the ventrals thin, slender, 1.2 to 

 1.4 in head; the anal papilla small, somewhat pointed in males, 

 thick, round-pointed in females. 



The color in alcohol light yellowish brown, the back cross- 

 banded with six broad bars of large, dark brown spots, the first 

 on the nape, the second before first dorsal; the third one is 

 most conspicuous and often descends as a dark bar diagonally 

 forward halfway down the side; four or five small, dark brown 

 blotches form a row along the middle of the side, with small, 

 dark brown spots sprinkled along the whole upper half of 

 body; on base of caudal are two conspicuous circular black 

 spots; on the upper posterior extremity of first dorsal between 

 fifth and sixth spines is a black blotch, the rest of the fin 

 clear or more or less specked with brown ; the second dorsal and 

 caudal conspicuously crossbarred by four or more rows of dark 

 brown spots; the other fins clear; below eye a broad brown 

 bar descends to a point behind angle of mouth ; the opercles and 

 the region behind eyes more or less brown specked or blotched. 



Here described from twelve specimens, 21.5 to 29 millimeters 

 in length, six of them females, ready to spawn. They were 

 collected by me March 5, 1922, from Piapi Creek, Dumaguete, 

 Oriental Negros. 



The Bureau of Science collection has three specimens, 19 to 

 27 millimeters long, collected by Alvin Seale in 1907 at Malabon, 

 a town on Manila Bay just north of Manila; eight specimens, 



