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very close and may not be different. The pectorals are, however, clear, bright yellow, without bars. 
Mr. McGregor states that the pectorals of the present species are yellowish in life. Those of Synchiropus 
lili are bright yellow, edged with golden. It is not unlikely that both microps and lili are identical 
with Synchiropus ocellatus. 
CALLIONYMUS Linnzus. 
284. Callionymus sagitta Pallas. 
Two young males, 1.50 inches long, from Manila. Dorsal rv-9; preopercular spine with four or five 
hooks directed inward and upward, and with a single strong spine in front pointing forward. Color in 
spirits brownish, with numerous darker ocelli; a row of dusky blotches along middle of each side; cheeks 
with small dark specks bordered with whitish; spinous dorsal blackish. 
Family BLENNIID. 
ENNEAPTERYGIUS Rippell. 
825. Enneapterygius philippinus (Peters). 
Head 3.75; depth 5; depth caudal peduncle 3 in head; eye 3; dorsal m-—x1, 8; anal 15; pectoral 2.75 
in length without caudal; ventral 1.1 in head; caudal 1.4 in head; scales 30, 12 in lateral line; a pair 
of short nasal barbels; orbital cirri absent, or, if present, extremely small (not found by us). 
Color in spirits pale straw, probably red in life; top of head, sides, and under parts more or less 
dusted with fine dark specks; two small spots of silver under eye; a large silver spot below front base of 
each pectoral, and a pair of similar small ones before base of ventrals; several splashes of silvery along 
lower portion of side, forming an indistinct row; second and third dorsals a little dusky outwardly; 
caudal faintly barred; anal pale; pectorals with distinct black specks in four series. A second, and 
smaller specimen, has the under part of the head and breast much more profusely specked, the anal 
uniformly dusky, and the caudal with a large, rather diffuse basal blotch. 
This species is close to Enneapterygius tusitale Jordan & Seale, from Samoa, apparently differing 
from it chiefly in the presence of the silvery markings and in the reduction (or absence) of the orbital 
tentacle. 
Two specimens, 0.70 and 0.80 inches long, from Calayan. The description of Peters differs only in 
that the type specimens from Luzon have the body marked by obscure dark cross bands. 
PETROSCIRTES Riippell.2 
286. Petroscirtes eretes Jordan & Seale. 
Petroscirtes eretes Jordan & Seale, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxv, 1905, 801, fig. 19; Negros, Philippine Islands. Bul. U. 8. 
Bureau of Fisheries, XxXv1, 1906 (1907), 47; Iloilo, Philippine Islands. 
Petroscirtes vulsus Jordan & Seale, Bul. U. S. Fish Comm., xxv1, 1906, 47, fig. 20; Manila (young specimen). 
(2?) Petroscirtes variabilis Cantor, Cat. Mal. Fishes, 200, 1850; Sea of Pinang. Giinther, Cat. Fishes, 11, 234, 1861. Day, Fishes 
India, 327, pl. LxIx, fig. 7, 1878-88. 
Head 4.20; depth 4.75; eye 3.50; nose 3.40; interorbital space 4.00; superior dermal flaps minute, 
there being two above each eye and one on each side of nuchal region; chin with a pair of well developed 
but small barbels, and a trace of a second pair (on one side only in this specimen); color in spirits, grayish 
brown, obscurely blotched and mottled; an indistinct dark stripe from eye to base of caudal fin, most 
prominent in front of pectoral, back of which it is nearly invisible, except when viewed at a favorable 
angle; dorsal with specks in the rays, these scarcely arranged in rows; caudal with an obscure V-shaped 
basal blotch; in life mottled with white and dark green, and with numerous points of pale blue. 
One specimen, 2.50 inches long, from Cuyo. 
This species is close to Petroscirtes variabilis Cantor, as figured by Day, and may not be different, 
although that species is stated by Giinther to have no orbital tentacles. These are shown, however, in 
the figure by Day, although, on account of their small size, they are likely to be overlooked. Day states 
that specimens of Petroscirtes cynodon Peters (placed in the synonomy of Petroscirtes variabilis by Giinther, 
sent to him by Doctor Peters, lacked the orbital tentacle. The present specimens show the dark lateral 
stripe of P. variabilis, a marking which apparently disappears readily, being difficult to make out in the 
cotypes of P. eretes. 
a Petroscirtes azureus jordan & Seale, from Samoa, is probably not different from P. t#niatus (Quoy & Gaimard). 
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