NEW SPECIES OV I'llILII'I'INE FISHKS. ."i^j;! 



graduating Ime through the lower lialf oL' soft dorsal, ,L!:cn(;ral ccilor of 

 soft dorsal, pale yellowish, caudal yellowish with tint of green, tho upper 

 and lower rays green with the second ray a heavy brownish icd. Anal 

 pale yellowish, ventrals pinkish, pectorals washed with ycllowisli at base 

 and slightly dusky at tip. 



Color in alcohol similar to aboM', except the bluish below fades into 

 whitish, the deep gi'een on dorsal and between the purple bars fades and 

 becomes dull bhiish, the stripes on head browii-pur])Iish, the anal shows 

 a dusky blotch on middle of anterior rays. 



Type IS Xo. 4583 from Sitanki Island, Job Archipelago, P. I., '3 

 July, lOOS. Length, 112 millimeters. 



Choerops palawanensis Seale, sp. nov. 



Head 3; depth ■?.80; dorsal XIV, v ; anal 111,10; scales 28; 11 ^eales 

 ill vertical series; eye 6; snout 2.35; interorbital 5.50; cheeks with about 

 6 rows of imbricate scales. 



Body oblong, compressed, the upper outline more rounded tbau luwer. 

 Depth of caudal peduncle 2.35 in head. 



Upper profile of head a sti'ong even curve back to origin of dorsal. 

 Interorbital space convex. Greatest depth of head l.l-t in its length; 

 mouth rather huge, the upper jaw protractile. Lips thick, with fold, 

 four strong projecting canines in the front of each jaw. a canine at angle 

 of upper jaw. Posterior margin of jireopercle is finely denticulate. 

 Lower limb of i)ieopeicle naked. Gill openings moderate, eudinfi- on a 

 line slightly postei'ior to eye. (iill rakers thick, sharp-pointed, short, 

 about 8 on lower limb. 



The scales are large and smooth, fully eo\ering bi^ad and body e.xcept 

 top of head, snout, limli of preopercle, and chin. Tubules of lateral line 

 strongly branched. 



Origin of dorsal midway between tip of snout and base of 12th dorsal 

 spine, the longest spine 3.50 in head, its posterior lays tlie longest, 2.50 

 in head. Base of anal 1.15 in head, its posterior ray 2.20, origin of anal 

 is midway between last caudal vertebra and angle of preopercle. Origin 

 of ventrals midway between anal and angle of moutli, the anterior rays 

 elongate, reaching to base of anal. Pectorals 1.25, ending on a line 

 with 12th scale of lateral line. Caudal slightly lunate, 1.15 in head. 



Color in life, (icneral color brownish above, whitish below, margins 

 of the scales drab. An oblong bright yellow patch on side> uudei- 

 po.sterior third of spinous dorsal, a row of about five black spots along 

 the median line, sides of head greenish with tint of yellow, the color below 

 this is blue, a led line back from angle of mouth marks the meeting of 

 these two colors, four greenish lines on sides of snout fiom eye to mouth, 

 about 6 oblique yellow lines on opercle, three red lines on lower jaw, two 

 rows of dusky dots near base of dorsal fin. Dorsal blue with about 4 

 irregular rows of red dots tending to fomi broken vertical lines on 



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