NO. 1868. NEW FISHES FROM THE PHILIPPINES— RADCLIFFE. 445 



broader interorbital, shorter snout, weaker canines, and more spines 

 bearing serrations on anterior margin. 



There is a large series of specimens in the collection from the Phil- 

 ippines from depths of 96 to 279 fathoms. The type is a female with 

 eggs in an advanced stage of development. 



Genus HYNNODUS Gilbert. 



This genus differs from Epigonus in having teeth on the palatines 

 and a more elongate body. 



HYNNODUS MEGALOPS Smith and Radclifie, new species. 

 Plate 38, fig. 3. 



Dorsal vii-i,10; anal ii,9; scales 4 + 7-50. 



General form cylindrical ovate, elongate, depressed anteriorly, 

 compressed posteriorly; head 2.90, pyramidal, depressed, breadth at 

 occiput greater than its depth, 1.75 in its length; body cylindrical, 

 tapermg posteriorly, slender, its breadth at base of pectorals equal 

 to its depth, 5.30; caudal peduncle slender, elongate, compressed, 

 depth 3.70, length 1.37; eye 2.15, very large, horizontal diameter 

 greater than vertical diameter; snout 4.07, short, pointed; mouth 

 small, oblique, lower jaw included; premaxillaries, maxillaries, and 

 mandibular bones slender, weak; maxillary 2.67, short, narrow, 

 partly covered by overhanging preorbital, reaching vertical from 

 front of pupil ; anterior nostrU circular with a raised border, posterior 

 slit-like; interorbital 4.90, concave, orbital rims noticeably raised; 

 preopercle with a thui lamina projectmg backward at angle to pos- 

 terior margin of opercle, no serrations ; the thin laminsB of interoper- 

 cles overlapping on ventral surface ; opercle with a strong spme near 

 upper angle; teeth in jaws small, incurved, not crowded together; a 

 single row of similar teeth on vomer; palatme teeth small, very slen- 

 der and quite widely separated; peritoneum silvery, washed with 

 brown; scales small, ctenoid, deciduous, lateral line very distinct, 

 tubes large, about one-third breadth of scale, 54 pores; head with 

 scales. 



Orighi of dorsal from tip of snout 1.70 in length; dorsal spines 

 feeble, first short, third longest, about 2.20; spine of second dorsal 

 distinct, slender, longest ray about 2.10; anal spines slender, longest 

 ray about 2.30; ventrals 2.44, reaching halfway to origin of anal; 

 pectorals 2.30, rounded. 



Color in alcohol: Ground color buff; scales margined with sepia, 

 many of them entirely sepia colored, especially below the lateral line 

 and near head; fins dusky; head dusky; opercle metallic blue shading 

 mto black posteriorly; tliroat blackish. 



Tyije.— Cut. No. 70255, U.S.N.M., 15.6 cm. in length, taken with 

 a beam trawl at station 5388 (lat. 12° 51' 30" N.; long. 123° 26' 15" 



