NEW SPECIES OP PHILIPPINE PISHES. 541 



A roughened asperite on nuchal region behind each eye^ the space betwc^en 

 these smooth, slightly concave. Interorbital space strongly concave, pro- 

 file of snout concave, anterior ocular ridge especially prominent. Gill 

 openings confined to a small pore on dorsal surface. 



Origin of dorsal is midway between tip of snout and base of second 

 dorsal ray, the anterior spine prolonged, the first 2.14 in length of fish 

 without caudal, the remaining spines are graduate, the last being 2 in 

 head, the origin of the soft dorsal is the width of the eye posterior to 

 last dorsal spine, its longest ray equal to head and longer than its posterior 

 ray. Caudal rounded, its length a third greater than head. Origin of 

 anal midway between base of caudal and angle of ventrals, being below 

 the third dorsal ray, its posterior ray is the longest 1.30 in head, difllering 

 in this respect from the shape of the soft dorsal, ventrals are in front of 

 pectorals, a single detached anterior ray which is slightly less than length 

 of head, length of ventrals 2.25 in fish without caudal ; pectorals scarcely 

 equal to head. 



Color in life brown, marbled and mottled with drab and pale blue. 

 Spinous dorsal brown on lower half, black on upper half, six large yellow 

 spots in the membrane, four between the second and third spines, two 

 between third and fourth spines. Soft dorsal mottled with yellow and 

 brown, its distal third black. Caudal yellow, broadly margined with 

 brown, a submarginal row of brown spots and two additional rows of 

 brown spots on 4 upper rays near base and middle of fins respectively. 

 Anal yellowish at base, dusky on outer two-thirds, about three longitudinal 

 rows of bright blue dots extending the length of fin. Pectorals yellowish 

 brown, with darker markings, ventrals yellowish brown, darker on outer 

 third, the lower ray with about four brown bands and tipped with 

 yellow. 



Color in alcohol similar to above except that about five darker cross- 

 bands show on the back, and the sides have whitish rings and ocelli ; belly 

 white; the spinous .dorsal seems to have 3 or 4 dusky cross-bars and a 

 dusky spot between the two last spines. The pectorals have about 5 

 cross-rows of dots, the lower rays uniform yellow, the ventrals are 

 brownish except at base which has four pale brown bars extending into 

 fin. Top of eyes dusky, some dusky markings on cheeks. 



Type is Ko. 4456 from Zamboanga, Mindanao, P. I., 16 June, 1908. 

 Length, 73 millimeters. Cotype No. 3070. 



