THE PHILIPPINE 



Journal of Science 



A. GKNERAL SCIHNCE 



Vol. IV NOVEMBER, liMi!) X,,. c, 



NEW SPECIES OF PHILIPPINE FISHES. 



By Alvin Seale. 



(Frum the, Scvlmn of Fixlicrirs. Bioh'<ji<-nl Lahuniiiirij. Bur: mi ijf Srit-iiri', 



Manila, I'. I.) 



I'lie present paper is based on the study of about ten thousand speci- 

 mens of fishes eolleeted in the Philippine Islands by thp author and his 

 native assistants, C. Canonizado and Datto Alii, during li)07 and 

 19U8. The collections were made in almost all the important islands i>f 

 the Archipelago. All of the specimens were taken to Stanford University 

 and compared with the material m the collection of that institution which 

 included a number of types. All types mentioned in this paper are in 

 the ichthyological collection, Btireau of Science, Manila, P. I. 



I take this opportunity to thank President David Stan- Jordan for 

 valuable suggi'Stions in ri'Ljanl to the work. 



Family .M 1" I!,EXID.E. The Morays. 

 Gymnothorax indong ' Seale, sp. iiov. [Indnng-iiKlDni;.] 



-Head 3.50 in body to anal pore; tail is longer than the body by a 

 distance equal to about two-thirds of head; eye 2 in snout; snout 5 in 

 head ; interorbital space equal to eye. Mouth large, the jaws not closing 

 completely, mandible l.TO in head; gape ■>. Teeth slmn^ and saber-like, 



'Indong is a .M()r(.i name for AJoray.-i. 



^AU comparative measurement.^ in tliis paper are taken in the length from 

 tip of snout to end of last caudal vertebra, and tlie head is measured to posterior 

 edge of hard operculum and e.\cliiding the membraneou.s npiirular flap. Scale 

 count is to end of caudal viTlcLra. the vertical series bein;,' .-onnted at origin of 

 anal, unless otherwise stated. 



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