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rays elongate; anal similar to dorsal but shorter; the first anal spinp midway between tip of snout and base 

 of caudal; the longest spine 2 in heiid, none of the anal spines or rays elongate; vertical fins without scales 

 but with deep sheaths; pectoral 1.7 in head; ventrals 2.2.5 in heatl, their origin midway between origin of anal 

 and posterior end of mandible; caudal deeply forked. 



Color in spirits, light brown above, silvery below, with a slight wash of yellowish; a peculiar lanceolate 

 area on middle of side shaded with fine black dots, and having the appearance of an abrasion; fine brownish 

 dots just above anal fin; upper half of body with numerous vermiculato brownish lines; i black line on base 

 of dorsal; upper lip dusky; dusky dots in axil of pectoral; anterior spines of dorsal and anal with some fine 

 brown dots, most distinct on anal, othenvisc fins unmarked. 



This species is related to L. oblongus but differs among other things in having scales on chest. It is more 

 elongate than L. nndatim and L. lineatus, with which we have compared it. 



Seven specimens from Bulan, length 3.75 to -1 in. Type, no. 55906, U. S. National Museum (field no. 3591), 

 length 4.75 in., from Bulan, Sorsogon, P. I. Of the cotypes, all from Bulan, one (field no. 3590) is no. 20004 

 Stanford Univ. Mus.; another (field no. .3.")N,S) is no. 4.537 U. S. Bureau of Fisheries; another (field no. 3587) 

 is in the museum at Manila; another (field no. 35.S9) is in the U. S. National Museum; another (field no. 3592) 

 is in Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences ; another (field no. .3593 ) is in the Indiana University Museum. 

 (Stercorariiis of or pertaining to dung; from the fly-spects on the side.) 



79. Leiognathus edwardsi Evermann & Scale, new species. Patuan. 



Head 3.6 in length; depth 2.(3: eye 2.75 in head; snout 2.9: interorbital 3.1; dorsal vni, 16; anal in, 

 13; scales about 70, about 4.S pores. 



Body oblong-ovate, the dorsal and ventral outlines about equally curved and gently arched; head mod- 

 erate, pointed, snout pointed; mouth, small, very protractile, the lower jaw included: maxiUary short, its 

 exposed tip pointed, scarcely reaching vertical of orbit; teeth in jaws fine, villiform; vomer and palatines 



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Fig. 1 .—Leiogmthus edwardsi Evermann & Seale, new species. Type. 



apparently toothless; eye large, in middle of head; lower edge of preopercle entire; cheek deep, greater than 

 interorbital width; a broad, blunt supraocular spine over anterior part of eye; interocular space broadest 

 anteriorly, its length nearly twice its greatest width; occipital ridge greater than diameter of orbit and 

 slightly greater than distance from its tip to origin of dorsal fin; origin of doraal fin posterior to insertion of 

 ventrals; first dorsal spine produced and filamentous (the tip broken off), its length probably about 1.5 in 

 length of body; soft dorsal low; origin of anal under about sixth dorsal spine; first spine greatly produced 

 and filamentous, its length about 1.8 in depth; anal rays short: both dorsal and anal fins folding into a 



