﻿76 The Philippine Journal of Science 1914 



Oxyurichthus amabalis Seale, sp. nov. Plate II, fig. 1. 



Head, 4 without caudal; depth, 6; eye, 4 in head; dorsal, VI, 

 13; anal, 14; scales, 50; enlarged scales on posterior half of 

 body; 21 scales in vertical series; snout 3.30 in head; interor- 

 bital space a mere ridge; mouth large, the lower jaw slightly 

 the longer; maxillary extending to below middle of eye; upper 

 jaw with a single series of rather strong sharp teeth, lower jaw 

 with a single row of similar but smaller teeth ; tongue rounded ; 

 head naked except on the occiput which is finely scaled; no 

 tentacles ; about 24 scales in front of dorsal ; anterior anal spine 

 longest, 1.25 in head; soft dorsal and anal similar, origin of 

 anal under 1st ray of soft dorsal; caudal long and acuminate, 

 2.60 in length of fish without caudal; ventrals scarcely equal 

 to length of head, their origin is anterior to the origin of dorsal, 

 their tip scarcely reaching to anal pore; length of pectorals, 3.5 

 in body without caudal; no silk-like rays. 



Color a very light brown, white on chin and thorax, fins with 

 a slight grayish wash, anal blackish. 



Type is No. 6432, Bureau of Science collection, secured in 

 Hongkong market by Seale; length, 130 millimeters; 3 cotypes, 

 Nos. 6411, 6438, and 6453. 



Gobiichthys tentacularis (Cuv. and Val.). 



Length, 75 to 110 millimeters. 6500, 6501, 6505, 6510, 6515, 

 6519, 6523, 6524.) 



Cryptocentrus filifer (Cuv. and Val.). 



Length, 105 to 130 millimeters. (6412, 6430, 6447, 6449, 6470, 

 6478.) 



Cryptocentrus venustus Seale, sp. nov. Plate II, fig. 2. 



Head, 3.75; depth, 5.50; dorsal, VII, 10; anal, 11; scales on 

 anterior portion of body very small, becoming larger posteriorly, 

 about 90 in lateral series from posterior border of opercle to end 

 of caudal vertebra, about 27 in a vertical series; mouth large, 

 the maxillary ending slightly posterior to eye; teeth in several 

 series, some slightly enlarged ones in the outer row of upper 

 jaw and in the inner row of lower jaw, no recurved canines; 

 no posterior canines; tongue truncate; gill rakers rather blunt, 

 14 on lower arch; head naked, without filaments or barbules; 

 eye rather small, 4.5 in head, and about equal to length of 

 snout; interorbital space very narrow, being equal to pupil; 

 anterior dorsal rather high, its longest spine being equal to 

 length of head, the 6th spine is located a considerable space 

 from the 5th ; origin of soft dorsal midway between end of caudal 



