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has twenty-four bifid teeth, inclined outward and not extending 

 as far back as upper teeth; the entire head except interorbital 

 and snout closely covered with scales, those on nape extending to 

 eyes; those on cheeks do not extend entirely over the space be- 

 neath eyes ; the depth of caudal peduncle twice its own length and 

 contained 3 times in head; the vertical fins all low, the longest 

 spines equal to depth of trunk; the height of second dorsal and 

 anal of depth; the pectoral rather pointed, its length f that 

 of head ; the ventrals are pointed, their origin apparently anterior 

 to that of pectoral, which they equal in length, and extend two- 

 thirds of the distance to the cylindrical, round-topped anal pa- 

 pilla; the elongate, pointed caudal a little longer than head, 3^ 

 times in length. 



The color in alcohol silvery gray, with numerous small, cir- 

 cular, black dots scattered over sides of head and trunk, partic- 

 ularly on upper half; a median longitudinal black line extends 

 from axil of pectoral to base of caudal; along it are five faint, 

 black blotches, the last and most distinct at base of caudal ; the 

 dorsal and anal rays dusky ; the pectoral blackish, its lower mar- 

 gin white; the caudal crossbarred by four rows of dark spots, 

 the elongated tip black. 



Here described from the type and only specimen, 44 milli- 

 meters long, collected by my colleague Mr. H. R. Montalban, at 

 Zarraga, Iloilo Province, Panay. 



140. APOCRYPTODON SEALEI sp. nov. 



Dorsal VI, 1-21 ; anal I, 22; there are 52 scales in a longitudinal 

 series, 18 in a transverse series, and 22 before first dorsal. 



The elongate, laterally compressed body low, the dorsal and 

 ventral profiles nearly horizontal and parallel, inclined toward 

 each other posteriorly, the depth 5.77 times in length; the head 

 broad, flattened above, 3.7 times in length, its breadth greater 

 than its depth and about 1.68 times in its own length; the convex 

 snout almost vertical anteriorly, 3.8 times in head; the eyes 

 oblique, dorsal, a trifle more than 1.2 times in snout and 4.66 

 times in head; the interorbital very narrow, 3 times in eye and 

 14 times in head; the large mouth very slightly oblique, low 

 down, the lower jaw included, the posterior angle of maxillary 

 reaching lower posterior angle of preopercle, the gape itself ex- 

 tending beyond eye ; there are ten conspicuous but rather small 

 conical teeth on each side in upper jaw, curving downward out- 

 side the lower jaw, which has fourteen small, bilobed, outward- 

 inclined, and nearly horizontal teeth on each side, not extending 



