.VEW Sl'KCIES OF PHILIPPINE KISHKS. 525 



from below angle of jaws around lower lip, doi-sal gi-ayisli with yellowish 

 margin and clouded with dusky in ronter. Caudal yellowish with some 

 lighter markings on welis. Anal whitish at haso, the distal two-thirds 

 yellowish. Yentrals yellowish, pectorals yeljowisli, teeth green. 



Type No. 292S from Zamboanga, Mindanao, P. 1., 10 April, 1908. 

 Length, 315 millimeters. 

 Callyodon hadji" Scale, sp. nov. 



Head 3; depth 2.15; dorsal IX. !) ; anal III, 9; scales 2 1 to end of 

 caudal vertebra, S^ scales in vertical series; eye 5.75 in head; snout 2.60; 

 interorbital space about equal to snout ; scales on cheeks in three rows, 

 the lower row covering the limb of preopercle; lips rather wide covering 

 about two-thirds of jaws; each jaw with a strong canine near angle; 

 teeth rosy; pectorals 1.30 in head; ventrals 1.75. 



Body oblong, compressed, the upper and lower outlines about evenly 

 curved, the head moderately pointed; least depth of caudal peduncle 2.1 

 in head, being about equal to its length. 



Greatest depth of head about equal to its lengtli. Interorbital space 

 convex. Snout not particularly blunt. Lips thin, without folds. Gill 

 openings of moderate size, ending anteriorly on a line with posterior 

 margin of eye. (Jill rakers very minute, short, hair-like, at least 22 on 

 lower limb. Pseudobranchia large. 



Scales large and smooth. Body and head fully scaled except snout and 

 chin. Six scales in front of dorsal. Origin of dorsal is midway between 

 tip of snout and base of second dorsal ray, its longest spine 2.75 in head, 

 its longest ray 2.7 5 in head. Base of anal 1.20 in head, its origin midway 

 between end of caudal vertebj-a and angle of preopercle, its longest ray 

 about 3 in head, origin of ventrals midway between anal and angle of 

 jaws, the fin not reaching to anal pore. Origin of pectorals below origin 

 of dorsal, its tip on a line with ninth scale of lateral line. Caudal 

 slightly lunate, its longest rays equal to pectoral, the mid rays 1.50 in 

 head. 



Color in life is chiefly pinkish and bluish green. The throat, thorax, 

 belly and sides below the median line being a bright pink ; each scale on 

 entire side in front of caudal peduncle is margined with pink, upper part 

 of sides and back green, upper half of head reddish brown, caudal 

 peduncle blue-green, upper lip bright green with a blue-green line around 

 its base, this line is bordered by pink above and extends to below and 

 slightly posterior to eye. Three short blue-green lines radiate from eye, 

 two backward and one forward. An irregular-shaped bright green area 

 extends from angle of mouth to below eye and down almost to 

 chin. Under lip pink crossed by two deep blue lines, one near margin 

 the other near base of lip. About 8 deep blue spots or dashes on each side 

 of throat. A row of deeper green spots along base of dorsal fin. Dorsal 



' Hadji =Moro pilgrim or chief. 



