530 SEALE. 



Labracinus flavipinnis Seale, sp. nov. 



Head 3.50; depth 3.75; dorsal II, 20; anal III, 10; scales 3G, lateral 

 line interrupted; vertical series 10^; eye 3.10; snout 4.75; interorbital 

 equal to snout; maxillary 3.75, its distal end under anterior margir of 

 pupil. 



Upper and lower outlines of body evenly and equally curved, depth -f 

 caudal peduncle 1.75 in head, its length 2 in head. Head moderately 

 pointed. The lower jaw slightly longer. Mouth oblique, small. Teeth 

 of upper jaw fine, in several bands, with about 6 enlarged anterior canines. 

 Teeth of lower jaw in a single series on sides with two. enlarged canines 

 and bands of small teeth in front. Teeth on vomer and palatine. Scales 

 on cheeks in three rows: opercular and preopercular margins entire. Gill 

 openings wide, being carried forward to a line witli posterior margin of 

 orbit. Gill rakers thin, sharp-pointed, short, about 12 on lower limb. 



Body and head, except snout and chin, covered with rather small 

 smooth scales, caudal scaled for half its length, other fins unsealed, about 

 ten rows of scales in front of dorsal. The two dorsal spines short, the 

 second being about half length of first ray, the longest ray about 2.10 in 

 head. The caudal is rounded, 1.30 in head. Origin of anal midway 

 between end of last caudal vertebra and a line with middle of operele, 

 its rays about 2 in head. Origin of ventrals sliglitly in front of origin 

 of pectorals, being considerably nearer the tip of snout than to anal, its 

 length 1.14 in head. Pectorals 1.25. 



Color in life yellowish brown, darkest anteriorly, the posterior half 

 of body with some small vertical blue marks. Top of snout, interorbital 

 space and nuchal region back along base of spinous doi'sal black. Lower 

 half of spinous dorsal jet black, the upper half orange, a narrow yellow 

 line between the colors. Caudal yellow, a jet black line extends from 

 along top of caudal peduncle into the fin where it forms a subraarginal 

 wedge-shaped band ; anal and ventrals pink ; pectorals yellowish brown. 



Color in alcohol similar to above but less bright, the bluish markings 

 obsolete. 



Type is No. 4410 from Zamboanga, Mindanao, P. I., 11 June, 1908. 

 Length, 46 millimeters. 



Family OSPHROMENID.^. 



Osphromenus insulatus Seale, sp. nov. 



Head 3.18 ; depth 2.75 ; dorsal VII, 8 ; anal XI, 32 ; scales about 45 in 



lateral series, from 20 to 34 pores in lateral line which is very irregular, 

 in the type specimen the line is broken on one side and jumps 4 scales, 

 in some cotypes the line is broken in two or three places and jumps 

 several scales, in the tj'pe the lateral line has a distinct arch anteriorly 

 as in the carangoids, becoming more or less straisrht about the middle 



