90 PHILIPPINE POMACENTRHXE 



Head 2g; depth It; D. XIII, 11; A. II, 12; P. I, 14; V. I, 5; tubes 

 in upper part of lateral line 17, and pores in straight section 7; 3 scales 

 above lateral line to spinous dorsal origin and about 8 scales below in 

 vertical row to spinous anal origin; about 14 predorsal scales; head 

 width 1 its length; head depth 1; snout 3J; eye 24; maxillary 34; interor- 

 bital 21 ; third dorsal spine 2 ; thirteenth dorsal spine 2i : fifth dorsal 

 ray lg?; second anal spine 1; fifth anal ray 1$; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 2i; caudal li; pectoral IS; ventral 1 T V 



Body well compressed, contour orbicular, deepest midway in length, 

 predorsal with slight median keel and other edges convexly rounded. 

 Caudal peduncle compressed, length 1J in its least depth. 



Head moderate, well compressed, evenly constricted above and below, 

 profiles similarly inclined. Snout convex over surface, very slightly so 

 in profile, length g its width. Eye large, close to upper profile, and hind 

 pupil edge nearly midway in head length. Mouth well inclined, gape mod- 

 erate, and jaws about even. Maxillary extends back slightly beyond front 

 eye edge, though not quite to that of pupil, upper edge entirely slips 

 below preorbital. Row of moderate, even, rather crowded, compressed 

 incisors in each jaw, end of each tooth truncate, and whole forms even 

 cutting-edge. No teeth on tongue or mouth roof. Tongue depressed, 

 pointed, free. Inner buccal folds broad. Lips fleshy, moderately wide. 

 Nostril slightly behind middle in snout length. Interorbital convex. 

 Preorbital width 31 in eye. Hind preopercle edge slopes well forward, 

 so that angle would fall nearly opposite center of eye, and like lower 

 preorbital and suborbital edges, entire. 



Gill-opening forward opposite front pupil edge. Rakers 7 + 16, lan- 

 ceolate, longest about long as gill-filaments or 3 in eye. Pseudobranchiae 

 slightly longer than gill-filaments. Isthmus narrowly constricted, tren- 

 chant, branchiostegal membrane moderately broad across. 



Scales finely ctenoid, narrowly imbricated, in even lengthwise rows, 

 smaller along body edges. Fins all scaly basally. Suprascapula thin, 

 entire, small. Cheek with 4 rows of scales. Opercle with moderate 

 scales, small on interorbital, and still smaller on upper part of snout. 

 Moderate scales on suborbitals and preorbital. Chin, lips, and narrow 

 strip on front of snout naked, though mandible scaly. Scaly ventral 

 flaps damaged. Lateral line with upper branch curving up at first, 

 and then largely concurrent with upper limit of general squamation on 

 dorsal fins, and ends below soft dorsal origin. Tubes simple, large, extend 

 nearly over first half in scale exposure. Pores in horizontal section 

 inconspicuous, small, and one in middle of each scale exposure, not on 

 caudal base. 



Spinous dorsal inserted opposite pectoral origin, spines rapidly grad- 

 uated up to third, then subequal, fin edge well notched. Soft dorsal 

 origin nearly at last third between upper hind preopercle edge and caudal 

 base, rays graduated up to sixth and seventh, which form sharp point 

 behind. Spinous anal inserted well before soft dorsal, first spine about 

 3 in second, or fin origin nearly midway between ventral origin and caudal 

 base. Soft anal like soft dorsal. Caudal (damaged) apparently little 

 emarginate behind. Pectoral reaches anal. Ventral inserted below mid- 

 dle of pectoral base, nearly reaches soft anal origin, and spine nearly 

 3 fin length. Vent close before anal. 



