286 SEALE. 



Glossogobius aglestes Jordan and Seale. 



These spec-imens have the large moiith and the color markings of the 

 PhiliiDpine cotypes of this species, although an examination of a good 

 series may show specific differences. Our specimens are in poor condition. 

 Nos. 2701, 2707,and 2712; length, 85 millimeters. 



Family SCOEP^NIDJi;. Scorpian-fishes. 

 Gennadius stoliczse (Day). 



Color pale yellowish, mottled with brownish; fins barred with brown; 

 no cranial spines. No. 2606 ; length, 110 millimeters. 

 Not common; recorded from the Philippines. 



Prosop^odasys trachinordes (Cuv. and Val.). 



Dorsal III, 12, 4, anal III, 3. 



Color yellowish, mottled with brownish specks ; fins barred with dark 

 brown. Nos. 2472, 2533, 2693, 2702, 2709, 2763, 2763, 2775, and 2791; 

 length, 48 to 62 millimeters. 



Not recorded from the Philippines, and differing chiefly from Philip- 

 pine species of this genus in the number of spines. 



Polycaulus elongatus (Cav. and Val.). 



These specimens agree with Day's description and figure,^^ which he 

 states are identical with Bloch and Schneiders type examined by him. 

 Nos. 2534, 2741, and 2779; length, 60 to 85 millimeters. 



Not reported from the Philippines. 



Pamily PLATYCEPHALID^. Platheads. 

 Thysanophrys tentaculatus (Riippell). 



Color clove-brown, without distinct bands over back, all the fins more 

 or less mottled with brownish; anal and ventrals tipped with brownish; 

 however, the ventrals are fully colored above. Tentacles of eye very 

 distinct, the spines at angle of opercles very short, about equal to width 

 of nostril. Head with few low spines. No. 2496; length, 315 milli- 

 meters. 



This species is common at Sandakan; it has also been recorded from 

 Cuyo, Philippine Islands. It is esteemed as a food-fish. 



Platycephalus indicus (Linnaeus). 



Pale sepia above, yellowish- white below ; rays of the dorsals barred with 

 brown ; a dark median line on middle of caudal fin with converging dark 

 lines from the upper and lower portions of the fin, meeting the median 

 line at its extremity ; four or five brown dots on the upper ray of caudal. 



, "Fishes of India (1878), 164, pi. 39, ag. 6. 



