DESCRIPTIONS OF FOUR NEW SPECIES OF FISHES FROM 

 BANTAYAN ISLAND, PHILIPPINE ARCHIPELAGO. 



By Alvin Seale. 



(From the Section of Fiahciies, Biological Laboratory, Bureau of Science, Manila, 



P. I.) 



Chaetodon carens Seale, sp. nov. 



Head 3.10; depth 1.75; eye 2.S(> in head; snout 3.'i5; interorbital 3; 

 dorsal XIII, 'il; anal III, 17; scales 7-38-20, the scales are larger on 

 middle of sides; maxillary 4.60 in head, its distal end iinder nostril. 

 Bod}' slighth- more elongate than is usual in this genus, strongly com- 

 pressed, length of caudal peduncle 1.10 in its depth. Head of moderate 

 size, characterized by the large eye, and short pointed snout ; profile from 

 tip of snout to origin of dorsal rornis an angle of about 4-j°, the line 

 from tip of snout to nuchal region is straight, sliglitly concave on the 

 shoulder; the depth of the fish at origin of dorsal 1.7.") in length to end 

 of vertebra ; origin of soft dorsal and origin of anal about on line. 

 Mouth small; teeth brush-like in several rows, slightly projecting; gill 

 openings wide, being carried forward to below eye ; nostrils small, close 

 together, in front of e\i; ; gill ralcers i'ow, short and weak ; dorsal spines 

 rather long and saber-like, the third, fourth, and fifth the longest, the 

 fourth 1.30 in head ; dorsal and anal rounded ; the origin of anal midway 

 between middle oF opercle and end of caudal \'e]-tebra; tlie second anal 

 spine is the strongest and equal in length to the third spine, its lejigth 

 1.50 in head; origin of ventrals midway between origin of anal and 

 middle of cheeks, its tip extending slightly past anal pore; pectorals 1.10 

 in head. 



Color in alcohol sepia-brown; no ocular band; nuchal region and 

 top of head slightly darker, being a clove-brown; a wide black band on 

 middle of spinous dorsal extends back and occupies almost the entire 

 anal, except a narrow white tip and a small portion at the base of the 

 anal spines; caudal yellow with a slight dusky wash on its posterior third; 

 ventral brown with some indistinct yellowish blotches ; pectorals )'ellowish 

 white. 



Type, Xo. G173 in collection of Bureau of Science, from Bantayan 



Island, P. T. Length, 108 millimeters. 



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