118 " SEALE. 



dorsal with the three anterior rays elongate, greater than length of 

 head; first dorsal spine very minute, the second 1.30 in eye, the third 

 and fourth the longest, 1.85 in head; origin of anal midway between 

 base of caudal and posterior margin of eye, its second spine equal to 

 width of orbit, its longest ray 1.75 in head; origin of ventrals on a line 

 with origin of first dorsal, its rays reaching anal spines, its length 1.30 

 in head; pectorals "1.50 in head. 



General color in alcohol mars-bro^\'n ; yellow on belly; margins of the 

 scales on sides above belly are shaded with minute brown dots. There 

 is a very indistinct indication of five or six narrow dark stripes on the 

 middle of the rows of scales anteriorly, scarcely to be distinguished in 

 the cotypes ; no marking on head ; a brownish blotch on base of pectorals ; 

 a small black dot on base of caudal just above the lateral line, one of 

 the cotypes is without dot. Dorsal fin grayish, the spinous dorsal 

 slightly darker on margin; caudal yellowish, the margin grayish; anal 

 yellowish at base shading into grayish on outer half; ventrals yellowish, 

 their margins gra^dsh ; pectorals yellowish. 



Type, IsTo. 5701 in collection Bureau of Science, from Bantayan 

 Island, P. I. Length, 125 millimeters. Cotypes. Kos. 569G and 5698, 

 from same locality. Length, 124 and 135 millimeters. 



K'amed in honor of Dr. L. E. Griffin, the collector. 



