n( )4 SEALE. 



tlic foi'fkead has an abrupt cur\(\ i'oniicd by the pronounced ocular 

 ridges; iiiti'idibilal ppacc deeply concave; opcides willi numerous fin- 

 shaped slria\ which radiate from a single larger longitudinal ridge; 

 ten distint'l ridges in the intenuhital space which unite and form one 

 on the snout, 1hJs I'ldge has a few small spines; the orbital ridge is also 

 spinate; rings of body and tail without spines; length of dorsal rays 

 less than width of operch.'. 



Color brown, the tlii'ee aiilenor eauihil rings lighter, the ventral 

 sui-face of liody rings and opereles bi^jwii. with the yellow cross line- 

 on their under surface, these cross lines not extending on body rings; 

 snout brown above and white below. A brown ring near the tip, fin< 

 giayish without markings. 



Type is l^o. '.^3'M from Balayan Bay. Luzon, 20 .Fanuary, 1!)0S. 

 Length, 1-Hi millimeters. 



Family H()L( )( 'EXTJilD. K, The SipiiTel Fishes. 

 Myripristis schultzei Sealo. sp. iiov. (Bai;a liii>rM.i 



Head :i.lO; depth 2.r,l) : dorsal X. I, 15; anal HI, lo ; scales ^s to 

 end of vertelira, 10 in vertical series; eye hirgc, ■> in head; snout 7..")0; 

 interorbital space .'{.^O ; ma.xillary l.so. its ])ostei-ior tip ending on a 

 line with po?t(.'iior jnargin of pupil, width of distal end 2 in eye; 

 mandible 1.60 in liead; pectorals 1.25; venti-als 1.45. 



Bodv oblong, compressed, greatest width at origin of (hii'sal. Upper 

 and lower outlines of Ijody about equal. Length of caudal peduncle 2.50 

 in head, its de])th 3.10. Depth of head about c(|ual to its length, its 

 greatest width 1.50 in its lengtli; intei'(jrbital space ilat witli 4 hmgi- 

 tudinal ridges. Tlie anterior outline of head is bent rather abruptly 

 down in front of eyes making a shoi-t blunt snout, the length of which 

 is 2 in its width. The groove to receive the maxillary process ends on 

 a line witli a)itei'i(n- of eye. I'reoi'hital is nari'ow aTul denticulate, 

 its greatest width 3 in interorbital sjiacc ; opercular boni's arr denticulate, 

 the operele has a single flat spine on its posterinr margin, maxillary with 

 small teeth on its lower posterior border. i\Iouth large, oblique, lower 

 jaw slightly tlie longest. Four distinct ].iores on tip of lower jaw; 

 bands of villiform teeth in jaws, vomer, palatin, and on hyoid portion 

 of tongue. A few large exterior teeth on tlie oulsid' of each jaw. more 

 abundant and larger on lower jaw. dill openings verv large being 

 carried forward to below anterior margin of pupil. (Jill rakers rather 

 long, about 30 on hiwer arch, the longest 2 in eye. Pseudobranchia 

 present. 



Scales are large and toothed; body fully scaleil; head naked except 

 about 3 rows of scales on cheeks; ventral with distinct axillary scale. 



Origin of dorsal fin midway between tip of snout and third anal ray. 

 Fourth spine the longest, 1.S5 in head. Anal and soft dorsal similar, 



