78 BUILETIK OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



Color in spirits, uniform yellowish, with slight wash of dull brown, evidently uniform red in life; fins 

 unmarked. 



Related to 0. anranthis Cuvicr & Valenciennes, but with shorter premaxillary and obtuse flap to opercie, 

 and fewer scales in lateral line. 



One specimen, the type, no. 55910, U. S. National Museum (Bureau of Fisheries no. 3541; length 9.15 in.) 

 from Bacon, Sorsogon, P. I.; collector Charles .J. Pierson. 



116. Cromileptes altivelis (Cuvier & Valenciennes). 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 37(i3; length 3.75 in.). 



Color in spirits, yellowisli, the spots brown, large, and sparsely placed. 



Serranus altivelis Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 241 (324), pi. 35, 1828, Java. 

 Cromileptes altivelis, Bleeker, Atlas, vii, 30, and Atlas, viii, pi. cccxxn, flg. 3; Boulenger, fat., i, 271. 



117. Gramioistes sexlineatus (Thunberg) . 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3750; length 3 in.). 



Perca sexlineata Thunberg, K. Vetensk. Acad. u. Handl., xiii, 1792, 142, pi. v", no locality. 

 Qrammistes sexlineatus, Boulenger, Cat., i, 34G. 



118. Psammoperca waigiensis (Cuvier & \'alencieimes) . 



One small specimen from Bulan (no. 3759; length 1.85 in.). 



Labrax icaigiensis Cuvicr & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 61 (83), 1828, Waigiou. 

 Psammoperca waigiensis, Binekor, Atlas, vn, 108, pi. cccvi, fig. 2. 

 Psammoperca caigtensis, Boulenger, Cat., i, 365 (Cebu). 



119. Plectropoma calcarilerum (Bloch). Mulmvl. 



One specimen from Zamboanga (no. 4065; length 13.5 in.). 



Holocentrus calcarifer Bloch, Ichth., iv, 80, pi. ccxLiv, 1797, Japan. 

 Lates calcarifer. Day, Fishes India, 7, pi. 1, flg. 1; Boulenger, Cat., i, 363. 



120. Pharopteryx nigricans Ruppell. 



One specimen from Bacon (no. 3S37: length 1.5 in.). 



Pharopteryx nigricans Ruppell, Atlas, Fische, 15, pi. iv, fig. 2, 1828, Red Sea. 

 Plesiops nigricans, Gunther, Cat., in, 363; Boulenger, Cat., i, 340. 



Family PRIAC.\NTHID.€. 



121. Priacanthus hanxrur (Forsk^l) . 



One specimen from Bulan (no. 3267; length 7.5 in.). 



Head 3 in length; depth 2.75; eye 2.56 in head; snout 3: interorbital 3.75; gillrakers 15 on lower limb of 

 first arch; preopercular spine 2 in pupil ; tenth dorsal spine 2.5 in head, or 1 .7 times length of second; longest 

 soft rays of dorsal a third longer than longest spine; pectoral 1.9 in head; ventrals 1.1, the spine l.S; third 

 anal longer than sixth dorsal spine, nearly equal to tenth; dorsal spines smooth, the anal and ventrals spinulose. 



Ventrals black on distal third and a black spot in axil; dorsal and anal margined with black. 



Boulenger gives the number of gillrakers on lower limb of first arch as 18 to 23. Our specimen has 15. 

 This range is great and may represent 2 or more species. 



Scisena hamrur Forsk§,l, Dcscr. Anim., 45, 1775, Red Sea. 

 Priacanthus hamrur, Boulenger, Cat., i, 355. 



Family LUTI.\MD^. 

 122. Diacope sebae Cuvier & ^'alenciennes. 



Three fine specimens from Bulan (no. 4072 tu 4074; length 47") to 5.25 in.). 



Diacope sebx Cuvier & Valenciennes, Hist. Nat. Poiss., ii, 310 (411), 1828, Waigiou. 

 Lutianus sebse, Day, Fishes India, 30, pi. jx, fig. 3. 



