526 SEALE. 



fill salmon-red witli a broad hluu-green border. A row of green spots 

 along middle of red portion. Caudal fin pea-green witli deep blue upper 

 and lower margin. Anal fin deep red with outer half blue. Pectorals 

 deep blue with 4th to 5th rays bright pink. Ventrals pinkish and 

 yellow with anterior ray blue-green. 



Color in spirits unifonn dull grayish, whitish on belly, the bright 

 greenish irregular area back of angle of mouth shows distinctly. All 

 markings of the fins dull but show the general arrangement described 

 above, the pectorals are greenish with a darker stripe on second to 

 fourth rays. 



Type is No. 5367 from Puerto Princesa, Palawan, 19 August, 1909. 

 Length, 325 millimeters, and cotype 5194 from same locality. 



Callyodon albipunctatus Seale, sp. nov. 



Head 2.75 ; depth 3 ; dorsal IX, 10 ; anal III, 9 ; scales. 23, 8^ in vertical 

 series; eye 5.35; snout 2.50; interorbital 3.25; two rows of scales on 

 cheeks; lower limb of preopercle entirely naked; lips narrow, the teeth 

 being more than half e.xposed ; teeth pinkish. 



Body oblong compressed, under normal conditions the upper and lower 

 outlines are evenly curved; the snout, however, is very deep, giving a 

 blunt appearance to head. Depth of caudal peduncle 2.75 in head. 

 G-reatest depth of head 1.35 in its length. Mouth rather large. Teeth 

 prominent, no canines. Gill openings carried forward to a line witli 

 posterior third of eye. Gill rakers numerous, minute and hair-like. 

 Pseudobranchia large. 



Scales large and smooth, four in front of dorsal. Body and head fully 

 scaled except on interorbital space and snout, preopercular limb and 

 chin. 



Origin of dorsal midway between tip of teeth and second dorsal ray, 

 the longest spine 3.10 in head, the longest ray 3.10. Origin of anal 

 midway between axil of pectoral and last caudal vertebra, its base 1.75 

 in head, its longest ray 3.10. Origin of ventrals midway between angle 

 of jaw and anal, their length 2.10 in head. Pectorals 1.50, caudal 

 truncate. 



Color in life. General color of lower parts pinkish, the scales on upper 

 portion of body with greenish btlses and margins. About ten distinct 

 round white spots on sides usually in pairs at regular intervals, belly with 

 slight wash of purplish. Dorsal fm, uniform pink. Caudal uniform pink. 

 Anal bluish at base, fading to pink distally. Pectorals and ventrals 

 uniform pink, iris golden, snout and chin uniform pink, cheeks with a 

 slight tint of bluish. A wide yellow area surrounding caudal peduncle. 



Color in alcohol grayish, base of scales darker, belly purplish, gape and 

 chin and area at base of caudal yellowish. Twelve to fourteen round 

 white spots on posterior half of body, fins uniform grayish green. 



Type is No. 48715 from Sitanki Island, Jolo Archipelago, P. I., 18, 

 July, 1908. Length, 170 millimeters. 



