XEW SPECIES OF I^HILIPPINE FISHES. 503 



Body entirely covered with large smooth scales, about 33 in. front of 

 dorsal, and 31 between the origins of the two dorsals. The fins, except 

 spinous dorsal, are more or less scaled. Head is naked except on nape, 

 cheeks, and opereles; lower limb of pieopercle naked, no scales on head 

 in front of ai^terior margin of pupil. 



Origin of spinous dorsal midway between orig-in of second dorsal and 

 posterior margin of pupil, being above the middle of the ventral rays, 

 the anterior spines longest, being equal to postocular portion of head. 

 Origin of second dorsal considerably nearer the first dorsal than to end 

 of caudal vertebra. Origin of anal is under the second dorsal ray and 

 is slightly nearer end of caudal vertebra than to orgin of ventrals. 

 Base of soft dorsal sliglitly greater than base of anal which is 3.75 in 

 head. The longest dorsal ray and longest anal ray about equal, 3.10 in 

 head. Origins of ventrals midway between middle of maxillary and anal 

 fin. Caudal deeply emarginate, the lobes 2 in head. 



Color in life, above lateral line lemon-yellow, a purplish stripe from 

 snout over interorbital space and nuchal region to near base of .second 

 dorsal, a short stripe with some yellow edgings in front of eye. A 

 brown stripe from origin of lateral line to middle of base of caudal, 

 .another line from posterior margin of eye over l)ase of pectorals to 

 caudal, the area between these two lines rather a bright blue, ventral 

 surface a pale blue. Some greenish scales with yellow margins on 

 nuchal region, lips brown, soft dorsal with slight wash of l)rown, caudal 

 yellowish brown, anal with a slight trace of pink, other fins white. 



Color in alcohol dull brownish above, silvery below; two brown lines 

 on sides; top of head and snout darker; soft dorsal and caudal grayish, 

 pectoral more or less grayish at axil. 



Five specimens. Type is aSTo. 4138, from Zamboanga, Mindanao, 33 

 May, 1908. Length, 280 millimeters. 



Family SYNGNATHIDJi!. 

 Trachyrhamphus caba ' Seale, sp. nov. 



Head 4 in body (measured from tip of snout to anal opening) ; 

 greatest depth equal to postocular portion of head; dorsal 22, its base 

 occupying 4 rings which are swollen, thus the base of the fin is consider- 

 ably elevated above the level of the dorsal surface; body with 18 rings, 

 tail with 33 rings. The dorsal is located on two of the tail rings and 

 two of the body rings; anal 4; snout equal to distance from pupil of eye 

 to posterior margin of opercle; eye 4 in head; interorbital equal to eye; 

 pectorals 1.75 in snout; caudal 1.50 in snout, its tip rounded; length of 

 body and head equal to 31 rings of caudal; lateral line passes to lower 

 caudal edge which is strongly scalloped; nuclial region- has a decided 

 crest ; snout strongly depressed, being in line with lower margin of body, 



' Caba is the native name for tliis fish. 



