NEW SPECIES OF PHILIPPINE PISHES. 513 



snout than origin of anal, its length 1.30 in head. Pectorals 1.30 in 

 head, caudal forked with the outer rays of u))per lohe filliform, its length 

 2.35 of body, the lower lobe 1.30 in head. 



("olor in aleoliol yellowish, a wide brown band slightly less than width 

 of eye, occupies the middle of sides from eye to caudal. A yellowish 

 urea above this band, the entire upper portion brown, a round dusky 

 dot at posterior end of lateral line, snout dark browii. There is a slight 

 indication of an additional but very indistinct dusky band on upper 

 sides of belly fading out posteriorly. Fins all uniform, yellowish white 

 without markings. • 



Type is No. 1755 from Surigao, Mindanao, P. 1. taken 17 September, 

 1007. Length, 130 millimeters. 



Family LITTIANIU/K. The Snappers. 

 Lutianus orientalis Seale, .sp. nov. (Mayamayu.) 



Head 2.75; depth r3.80 ; dorsal X, 14; anal III, S: scales 8-51-14; 

 eye 3.75; snout 3.10; interorbital 5.25; maxillary 2.30, ending under 

 anterior third of pupil; mandible 1.75 ending on a line with posterior 

 margin of pupil; pectorals 1.30; ventrals 1.55. 



Body oblong, compressed, the greatest depth at origin of spinous 

 dorsal. The upper outline from axil of dorsal to eye is an even curve; 

 outline of head at eyes slightly concave. The lower profile from anal 

 to chin is almost straight, the lower jaw being at a low angle. The 

 length of tlie caudal pedtmcle is 1.80 in head, its greatest depth 1.25 in 

 its length. Interorbital space slightly convex, a median ridge along its 

 center ; snout conical ; width of preorbital but slightly gTeater than pupil. 

 Jaws equal. Teeth consisting of villiform bands with outer row of 

 curved canines, and a very long and strong anterior canine on each side 

 of upper jaw. Teeth on vomer and palatine, none on tongue. A very 

 shallow preopercular notch, no opercular knob, opercle ending in a fiat 

 spine. Gill openings wide, ending under anterior margin of eye. (jill 

 rakers of moderate length, sharp-^jointed, ten on lower limb, the longest 

 about equal to pupil. Pseudobranchia present. Body fully scaled, 

 cheeks, nape and opercles scaled, soft dorsal, caudal, anal and ])ectoral 

 scaled at base. 



Origin of dorsal above axil of pectoral, the fourth spine the longest, 

 2.50 in length; longest dorsal ray 2.30 in head; second anal spine 

 slightly the longest, 2.75 in head; longest anal ray 3.10 in head. Origin 

 of anal under second dorsal ray; origin of ventrals, midway between tip 

 of snout and fourth anal ray, their spine only about lialf length of rays. 

 Pectorals not reaching to anal. Ventrals extend to anal pore. Caudal 

 scarcely emarginate, its length 1.35 in head. 



Color in life yellow, darker above, four wiile black longitudinal stripes 

 of almost the width of pupil at their median point, the first from snout 



