52() sio.vr.io. 



fin salmon-red with a broad ))lue-green border. A row of green spots 

 ^Ipng middle of red portion. Caudal fin pea-green with deep blue upper 

 and lower margin. Anal fin deep red with outer half blue. Pectorals 

 deep blue with 4th to 5th rays bright pink. A^entrals pinkish and 

 yellow with anterior ray blue-green. 



Color in spii'its uniform dull grayish, whitish on belly, the bright 



greenish irregular area back of angle of mouth shows distinctly. All 



. markings of the fins dull but show the general arrangement described 



above, the pectorals are greenish with a darker stripe on second to 



fourth rays. 



Type is No. rj;!!)? from Puerto Princesa, Palawan, 19 August, l;)(>!). 

 Length, :3ar) millimeters, and cotype ."i 494 from same locality. 



Callyodon albipunctatus Scale, sp. nov. 



Head :^.75 ; depth 3 ; dorsal IX, 10 ; anal III, 9 ; scales 'io, Si in vertical 

 series; eye 5.25; snout 3.50; interorbital 3.25; two rows of scales on 

 cheeks; lower limb of preopercle entirely naked; lips narrow, the teeth 

 being more than half exposed ; teeth pinkish. 



Body oblong compressed, under normal conditions the upper and lower 

 outlines are evenly curved; the snout, however, is very deep, giving a 

 blunt appearance to head. Depth of caudal peduncle '3.75 in head. 

 (Greatest depth of head 1.35 in its length. Mouth rather large. Teeth 

 prominent, no canines. Gill openings carried forward to a line with 

 posterior third of eye. (lill rakers numerous, minute and hair-like. 

 Pseudobranchia large. 



Scales large and smooth, four in front of dorsal. Body and head fully 

 scaled except on interorbital space and snout, preopercular limb and 

 chin. 



Origin of dorsal midway between tip of teeth and second dorsal ray, 

 the longest spine 3.10 in head, tlic longest lay 3.10. Origin of anal 

 midway between axil of pectoral and last caudal- vertebra, its base 1.75 

 in head, its longest ray 3.10. Origin of \cnlrals midway between angle 

 of jaw and anal, their length 2.10 in head. Pectorals 1.50, caudal 

 truncate. 



Color in life. (u;neraL color of lower parts pinkish, the scales on upper 

 portion of body with greenish bases and margins. About ten distinct 

 lound white spots on sides usually in pairs at regular intervals, belly with 

 slight wash of purplish. Dorsal fin uniform pink. Caudal uniform pink. 

 Anal bluish at base, fading to pink distally. Pectorals and ventrals 

 uniform pink, iris golden, snout and chin uniform pink, cheeks with a 

 slight tint of bluish. A wide yellow area surrounding caudal peduncle. 



Color in alcohol grayish, base of scales darker, belly purplish, gape and 

 chin and area at base of caudal yellowish. Twelve to fourteen round 

 white spots on posterior half of body, fins uniform grayish green. 



Type is .Vo. 487(5 from Sitanki Island, Jolo Archipelago, P. I., l.S, 

 July, 190H. Length, 170 milliineters. 



