524 SEALE. 



soft dorsal. Margin oi' spinous dorsal blue. Anal similar to dorsal 

 in color except that the I'ound red spots tend to form two or three longi- 

 tudinal lines on distal portion of fin. Caudal 3'ellowish green with 

 alternating blue and red dots on sides. Ventrals blue, the \veb.s yellow. 

 Pectorals yellow, blue at base with a ring of red. 



Color in alcohol dull light brown with tint of green, the golden blotch 

 and the black dots on sides show distinctly. Markings of dorsal scarcely 

 showing; markings of anal more distinct, the dots being yellow, caudal 

 almost uniform greenish with the slightest trace of markings. 



Type is No. 5501, from Puerto Princesa. Palawan Island, P. I., 22 

 August, 1907. Length, 235 millimeters. 



Family SCAEICHTHYID.-E. 

 Callyodon rostratus Seale, sp. iiov. (Ogos.) 



Head 2.75, measured from tip of opercular flap to tip of upper teeth ; 

 depth 3; dorsal IX, 10; anal III, 9; scales 23; 8| scales in vertical 

 series; eye 7 in head; snout 2.20; interorbital 3.15, two rows of scales on 

 cheeks, the lower limb of i^reopercle being entirely naked; only the 

 slightest indication of canine teeth at angle of upper jaw, none on lower: 

 teeth green, the margins crenulate; lips narrow, not covering half of 

 either jaw. 



Body oblong compressed, the upper and lower outlines equal, the snout 

 is heavy and deep, the teeth large and exposed, giving a blunt appearance 

 to the head. Depth of caudal peduncle 2.50 in head. 



Depth of head 1.40 in its length, the upper and lower outlines with 

 very low angle. Interorbital space convex. Gill openings are carried 

 forward to below eye. Gill rakers numerous, minute and hair-like. 

 Scales large and smooth, 3^ in front of dorsal. Origin of dorsal midway 

 between tip of teeth and second dorsal ray, its longest spine 3 in 

 head, the last ray 3.25. Caudal slightly rounded in middle, the lower 

 ray slightly produced. Base of anal 1.70 in head, its origin being 

 midway between last caudal vertebra and axil of pectoral, its longest 

 ray 3. Origin of ventrals slightly nearer to angle of jaws than to anal, 

 their length 2.10 in head. Pectorals 1.50 in head. 



Color in life deep blue-green, more decidedly bluish on belly, which 

 shows three or four longitudinal stripes of darker bh;e. A yellowish 

 area encircles and occupies the entire caudal peduncle. Cheeks washed 

 with reddish, two darker lines extend back from eye. A red line 

 around lips, a second red line across base of lower jaw. Dorsal red with 

 a green line through center and a deep blue margin. Caudal deep blue, 

 with some of the webs washed with red. Base of anal red, the distal two- 

 thirds blue. Pectorals green, the first ray blue. Teeth green. 



Color in alcohol yellowish shaded with dull brownish. A yellow area 

 occupies caudal peduncle, two wide dusky stripes from posterior part 

 of eye, snout greenish. Cheeks and opercles yellowish except the upper 

 portion of opercle which is crossed by the dusky bar. An indistinct line 



