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broad, indistinct, dark brown crossbands over back, the first 

 under posterior part of first dorsal and behind it, the second 

 under anterior part of second dorsal, the third under posterior 

 part of second dorsal and over anterior part of caudal peduncle ; 

 the interorbital space marked by irregular brown spots and 

 lines. 



Here described from one of the cotypes, a specimen, 61 milli- 

 meters long, collected from the Rio Grande de Mindanao, Cota- 

 bato, Mindanao, in 1903, by Doctor Morse. 



This unique species is known only from three specimens secured 

 by Doctor Morse ; the type and the other cotype are in the United 

 States National Museum. 



Genus 55. PARACHAETURICHTHYS Bleeker 



Parachaeturichthys BLEEKER, Arch. Neerl. Sci. Nat. 9 (1874) 325; 

 JORDAN and SNYDER, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 24 (1901) 103. 



The moderately elongate body covered with rather large 

 ctenoid scales; the head rounded in profile, not depressed above, 

 the eyes close together ; the body covered everywhere with large 

 scales, which extend forward upon interorbital space to posterior 

 part of snout and on cheeks, those on head, nape, and anterior 

 underparts cycloid, the rest ctenoid; the mouth oblique, of me- 

 dium size, the teeth simple, in narrow bands of about five rows 

 in each jaw, the outer ones enlarged, without true canines; the 

 chin bears many small barbels on each side along underside of 

 jaw; the dorsal fins short, separate; the pointed caudal much 

 longer than head, with a conspicuous black ocellus on upper part 

 near base; there are no free silklike rays on upper margin of 

 pectoral ; the isthmus broad, the gill openings narrow, not con- 

 tinued forward below; branchiostegals 4; dorsal VI, 1-10; anal 

 I, 9 ; scales in a longitudinal series, 28 to 32. 



There is but one species known; it occurs along the coasts 

 of India, China, and southern Japan, and in the Philippines. 



135. PARACHAETURICHTHYS POLYNEMA (Bleeker) 



PLATE 21, FIG. 4 



Chaeturichthys polynema BLEEKER, Verb. Bat. Gen. 25 (1853) 44, 



fig. 4. 

 Gobius polynema GUNTHER, Cat. Fishes Brit. Mus. 3 (1861) 46; 



DAY, Fishes of India (1878) 286, pi. 61, fig. 8. 

 Parachaeturichthys polynemus JORDAN and SNYDER, Proc. U. S. Nat. 



Mus. 24 (1901) 103; JORDAN and SEALE, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 



29 (1906) 528. 



