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129. PARAPOCRYPTES <PAENEAPOCRYPTES) MINDANENSIS sp. nov. 



PLATE 20, FIG. 4 



Dorsal VI, 1-12; anal I, 13; there are about 70 scales in a 

 longitudinal series. 



The depth of the slender elongate body 7.17 times in the 

 length ; the head large, blunt, wider and deeper than body, 3.75 

 times in length, its depth 1.76 times in its length, its breadth 

 0.9 of its depth ; the broad, bluntly rounded snout descends from 

 eyes in a bold curve, and equals eye, 3.8 times in head ; the eyes 

 very high up, dorsolateral, their inner margins a hair's breadth 

 apart; the mouth oblique, the lower jaw projecting, the enlarged 

 posterior angle of maxillary reaching beneath posterior part of 

 eye; the teeth in upper jaw of unequal size, some of them large, 

 hooked ; the teeth in lower jaw much smaller, none of them en- 

 larged, the postsymphysial canines minute; the head, nape back 

 to the first dorsal, breast, and base of pectorals naked; the 

 dorsals close together, the first spine of first dorsal much elon- 

 gated, with hairlike tip, a little longer than head, 3.66 times 

 in length; the second dorsal and anal approximately equal, the 

 posterior rays longest, 1.76 times in head, the fins reaching cau- 

 dals when depressed; the caudal peduncle 1.4 times in its length, 

 3^ times in head; the long, pointed caudal 2.5 times in length; 

 the pectoral 1.46 times in head; the pointed ventrals nearly 

 reach anus, 1.25 times in head. 



The color in alcohol uniform very pale yellowish brown, with 

 a series of four light brown, elongate spots along middle of side, 

 and a large, nearly circular spot on base of caudal; at base of 

 each dorsal spine and ray is a brown spot; the first dorsal pale 

 brown, with a large, dark brown basal spot behind sixth spine ; 

 the second dorsal very pale brown; the anal clear with a dark 

 brown margin; the ventrals blackish, the outer margins pale; 

 the other fins clear. 



Here described from the type and only specimen, 33 milli- 

 meters long, obtained on the south coast of Cotabato Province. 



Mindanensis, from Mindanao. 



130. PARAPOCRYPTES SERPERASTER (Richardson) 



Apocryptes serperaster RICHARDSON, Ichthy. China, Report Brit. Ass. 

 Ad. Sci. 15 (1845) 206; GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. 3 (1861) 

 82; DAY, Fishes of India (1878) 300, pi. 6, fig. 2. 



Dorsal VI, 1-25 to 27; anal I, 26; scales in a longitudinal series 

 65 to 70. 



